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06-14-2015, 10:20 PM
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Location: Oregon Ciry Oregon
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Re: Trailer Project
Not knowing much about trailers I am curious if the spare tire mounted on the side will through off the weight distribution and thus the tracking behind the tow vehicle.
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Read detailed trip reports, see photos and videos on my travel blog, luinil.com.
Current van: 2002 Ford E350 extended body camper with Colorado Camper Van pop top and Agile Offroad 4WD conversion.
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06-15-2015, 10:09 AM
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Location: San Francisco/Nevada City
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Re: Trailer Project
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Sweet! Ipe deck will be cool also.......nice welds and paint too! 
....makes me want to re-do my crappy trailer, but I have a van to finish first. |
I have too many projects. And I'm stupid so I keep adding to the list.
P.S. Some of the welds are not so nice, but you can't really see them!
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06-15-2015, 10:10 AM
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Re: Trailer Project
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Originally Posted by larrie
Not knowing much about trailers I am curious if the spare tire mounted on the side will through off the weight distribution and thus the tracking behind the tow vehicle.
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With a couple dirtbikes and firewood and water and gas, the spare tire is a rounding error.
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06-22-2015, 10:20 AM
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Re: Trailer Project
Ipe deck is in, although I need to drill and screw a lot more fasteners in..
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06-22-2015, 10:59 AM
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Location: boise idaho
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Re: Trailer Project
looks good man, nice work!
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06-22-2015, 11:55 AM
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Re: Trailer Project
Really nice! I wonder if you might end up adding a pintel hitch for those off camber excursions?
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KC6TNI
2001 GTRV
Advanced 4wd
Agile Ride improvement package
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06-22-2015, 12:36 PM
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Re: Trailer Project
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Really nice! I wonder if you might end up adding a pintel hitch for those off camber excursions?
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Oh, I've got one better than that. Fully rotational solid mount hitch... Kind of like this:
I'll share pictures one of these days.
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06-25-2015, 09:21 AM
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Re: Trailer Project
Did a test run of 500 miles hauling a couple bikes here and there.
And other than total suspension failure, the trailer works great!
Airbags completely deflated, not sure what happened, no time to figure it out. Suspension bottoming on the shocks for most of the trip. I think I may go Timbren axle-less, like I originally was planning when I was going to build my own trailer from scratch. Argh.
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06-25-2015, 09:33 AM
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Re: Trailer Project
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Originally Posted by rallypanam
Did a test run of 500 miles hauling a couple bikes here and there.
And other than total suspension failure, the trailer works great!
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 Well, at least it looked good going down the road, and the bikes have their own suspension, so it could have been worse......
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06-25-2015, 09:37 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Sacramento Delta, CA
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Re: Trailer Project
Man that is pretty! Tractor Supply Co. sells weld on fenders for a good price.
I haven't ordered them yet but if you are considering building your own trailer, take a look at the Lincoln Foundations' trailer project/plans (like I plan on doing eventually):
I think I will order this latest project book vol. V (it has 10 trailer projects) or all five of the project books published over the years for $43?
http://www.jflfoundation.com/ProductDet ... Code=APKIT
Keep posting!
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