I did....same BS as most people.
Trailer Porn
And so it begins!
Mine's a custom job. An old bass boat trailer stripped down, rebuilt with angle iron, treated 1x4's in the floor, and boat deck built on top with two 2x10's(not treated and need to replace). New 2500'b axle with 15in tires. No clue on weight, but pulls smoothly at up to 80-85mph. Boat deck is just high enough to slide coolers, dry box, and tubs underneath; but not too tall that I have wind drag on the top. Each deck board has rollers on the back, but they haven't been as useful as I thought.
And yes, those are trucker mudflaps. They help keep the muck out of the gear on the trailer, and prevent the rocks from ricocheting back into the car(shattered a rear window on good ole Trough Rd).
Enjoy.
Mine's a custom job. An old bass boat trailer stripped down, rebuilt with angle iron, treated 1x4's in the floor, and boat deck built on top with two 2x10's(not treated and need to replace). New 2500'b axle with 15in tires. No clue on weight, but pulls smoothly at up to 80-85mph. Boat deck is just high enough to slide coolers, dry box, and tubs underneath; but not too tall that I have wind drag on the top. Each deck board has rollers on the back, but they haven't been as useful as I thought.
And yes, those are trucker mudflaps. They help keep the muck out of the gear on the trailer, and prevent the rocks from ricocheting back into the car(shattered a rear window on good ole Trough Rd).
Enjoy.
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Just to show I wasn't joking.... who really needs a trailer anyways?
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Made it all the way to the Grand and all the way back with the 18' Dory...worked great and no worries about trailer problems. With the right trailer...I could still pull one behind me with this setup. With my raft, the overhand wouldn't be nearly as bad as well...so could very comfortably. Mounted a 2500lb winch just behind the cab and a made a roller system on the back of the flatbed. I need to do a few mods to it but overall it worked great.
Made it all the way to the Grand and all the way back with the 18' Dory...worked great and no worries about trailer problems. With the right trailer...I could still pull one behind me with this setup. With my raft, the overhand wouldn't be nearly as bad as well...so could very comfortably. Mounted a 2500lb winch just behind the cab and a made a roller system on the back of the flatbed. I need to do a few mods to it but overall it worked great.
I'll use it for towing and other heavy lifting uses and might eventually make it into a poor mans earth roamer with truck camper or something... but for now its just for river trips.
I just found some 9" rubber rollers on amazon and bought some mild steel tabs and just welded them on. Ran a 1/2" steel rod through the tabs (8 of them) with a roller or two in between.
It was kind of a last minute project before the trip and I had a ton to do to get ready beyond truck mods so I never got around to painting it. You can see its kinda wavy now (partially the boats fault...its wavy too after over 100 runs down the Grand plus other rivers)... just need to add some support brackets in the middle. It tore up one of the rollers pretty good...but that one always seems to get the brunt of the weight when it starts getting pulled up and I have a few spare ones.
yes....which is why I went this way...
Except for last week where I trailered due to diesel being $2 a gallon more then regular gas....so I took the Tacoma. My 146DD works pretty on the 12ft flat bed though... did a Lodore trip last month with it.
I don't know what it is about trailers that fails so often. You can rally a truck for a decade and 100's of thousands of miles and the bearings will last without issue...but trailers fail in less then 10k. It makes me want to buy a few 14 bolt axle spindles or something and make a super heavy duty trailer axle that will never fail.
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