Rat_ranger
Coast to Coast
Well I posted about this in the what did you build today thread, but I'll start this to keep up with changes on it. It was picked up with title off offerup for $200.
First I had to fix the tongue. It had 2 pieces of round tube welded on with the coupler spot welded onto those. Fixed that with some 3" box tube .125 wall. Since I bought a 10ft piece of the tube I added diagonal braces as well.
Second it got a new axle. The new axle is a dexter 4" drop with 3500lb capacity. Southwest wheel has a more than fair price even shipped. You get to specify width and lug pattern, you'll need some welding ability as the spring brackets aren't attached. New axle was $260 shipped, and showed up in less than a week. Here's a link to southwestwheel incase anyone else is axle shopping. https://www.southwestwheel.com/c-1249-3500-lbs-4-drop-dexter-trailer-axles.aspx
unfortunately due to time I wasn't able to blast and paint the frame the way I wanted. So fenders got attached to the removable sides for now, I added a pair of bearing buddies and loaded it up. 2 xs650s and a triumph tiger 800 on the trailer and it hit the road. 35hrs and 2000 miles later it went from washington to oklahoma with no issues.
For the future it needs better springs, sandblasted, painted, and better attached fenders. But it towed great and easily handled the 75-80mph I cruised most of the trip.
First I had to fix the tongue. It had 2 pieces of round tube welded on with the coupler spot welded onto those. Fixed that with some 3" box tube .125 wall. Since I bought a 10ft piece of the tube I added diagonal braces as well.
Second it got a new axle. The new axle is a dexter 4" drop with 3500lb capacity. Southwest wheel has a more than fair price even shipped. You get to specify width and lug pattern, you'll need some welding ability as the spring brackets aren't attached. New axle was $260 shipped, and showed up in less than a week. Here's a link to southwestwheel incase anyone else is axle shopping. https://www.southwestwheel.com/c-1249-3500-lbs-4-drop-dexter-trailer-axles.aspx
unfortunately due to time I wasn't able to blast and paint the frame the way I wanted. So fenders got attached to the removable sides for now, I added a pair of bearing buddies and loaded it up. 2 xs650s and a triumph tiger 800 on the trailer and it hit the road. 35hrs and 2000 miles later it went from washington to oklahoma with no issues.
For the future it needs better springs, sandblasted, painted, and better attached fenders. But it towed great and easily handled the 75-80mph I cruised most of the trip.
