13 year old trailer rebuild

rzucker

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/yjf7gnpw22tryry/2016-08-29%2008.49.11.jpg?dl=0Pics will be forthcoming, This is a trailer I built 13 years ago, the owner stripped the deck to re-deck it and asked me to look it over for cracks and other issues happily... not a single crack any where. the rear sill was bent up pretty badly by a bozo trying to push the combination out of a sand pit so I will be re[acing that. Other wise it's held up to daily use quite well.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2s6rbfoten8g1gx/2016-08-29%2008.48.46.jpg?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/3oecz3cjxc1k5di/2016-08-29%2008.50.17.jpg?dl=0[[URL="https://www.dropbox.com/s/wtbjvs9qm3wdxhp/2016-08-29%2008.49.44.jpg?dl=0"]https://www.dropbox.com/s/wtbjvs9qm3wdxhp/2016-08-29%2008.49.44.jpg?dl=0
 
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Truck Shop

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Damn RZ now I know where to send someone looking for a custom built trailer. Just kidding, that's some damn fine work there RZ. I like the way
you added those gussets to the main rail and crossmembers.

Truck Shop
 

rzucker

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Actually the gussets are there to compensa0te for sag in the main rails. that is the only part of the original trailer that I reused, added 4' of I beam to make it a 24'deck. The title says its a 1948 Utility. Over the years I've done 5 similar rehabs for these guys.
The other half of this project is the 40 footer next to it. All new cross sills and replacing the front 8' of the frame due to rust out. I forget the brand of the trailer but basically its all rusty tin over the 5th wheel plate. DOT was not impressed.
More pics will follow.
 

rzucker

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1-1/8" plywood soaked with used engine oil on the bottom side. That seems to be their preference for decking. They haul mostly hay or other well distributed loads so they don't really need the bother of 2x6 tongue and groove.
Picked up the new rear sill on the way home today (wish I had a BIG press brake). Should have it welded back on and ready for paint tomorrow.
 

BoxCarKidd

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Not so pretty but I had free van trailer doors from a trailer shop. Double stacked them with the seams offset half way between the top and bottom. No galvanized on top,, put carage bolts in the old hinge bolt holes, !/4 by 2 flat bar across the seams.
It lasted about 10 years with galvanized on top, no flat bar, and old bolt holes left open. Hauled backhoes. tractors, hay, and used it for a cattle hay feeder.
Nice work there! Probably would not want a floor that is white orange blue stainless with signs and lettering anyway.
 
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