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They build shops all the time. They ain’t making any more Land. (Except for the Chinese making that island)

You have no excuse not to have a shop!!! It might be an unconventional design, but it wouldn’t blow away! Even cash flow wouldn’t stop me at that point. “Uh, mr banker, I’d like to finance my slab over 30 years please”. Kidding of course. But, that was quite a score on the steel. Or was it a...

I have been buying aluminum scraps on eBay. Cheaper than HD. Plus, you can often find pieces cut at close to what you need if you look around long enough. Lots of 1/8” plate in 12” to 24” square range that are drops from some manufacturing. There are also 3/16, 3/8, 1/4” ... you name it. Some...

Thanks Toby, pretty excited about learning how to TIG. Been watching videos and picking up hints and tricks. Jeez, some of those guys are amazing Welders. The spool gun is my first assignment. I’ll think I’ll start with it. Learn a bit about aluminum and how it behaves with heat and all the...

Almost exactly like this, just slice the bottom off

Toby, Yep, I get the angle iron welded like that. I did that on the front of my dump trailer, only vertical instead of horizontal. It works. Triangles are strong, period! That 2” would be the top horizontal piece of the “T” the vertical piece would be 5” or so. It would have dimple die holes...

Torsion spring is a good idea, I’d have to distribute the force of it over a large area since the walls are aluminum. I could use the ramp assist springs they use on equipment trailers. Wish I would have thought of that before I scrapped it. :( But I'm off on an aluminum tangent now. 98G...

I assume you are talking about using this as my cross members? That’s a good idea, something to keep in mind to incorporate into the plan. What I’m thinking of is cut my crossmembers from a sheet of 1/8” aluminum. It will have a slight radius to the top. Weld a piece of 2”x 1/8” flat to the...

Hmm. Dry ice blasting can’t be cheap. Maybe I like green ok. :) both in my wallet and on my trailer. The more I think about this, the more expensive it all sounds.

The lid has been “repurposed” as of a few months ago. It sat around for a year waiting on me to solve the issue and other trailers got built and other ideas and problems solved and it never gained a higher number on the list and it was in the way. I had two 200 lb gas struts to help open it...

Toby, I’d build a bit of a different frame. More akin to an airplane wing, with ribs with die punched holes for rigidity. Similar style except a slight peak in the center. Maybe just a couple degrees of brake. Or possibly a slight radius. As for the trailer, I was wondering if anyone went...

Here was the frame And here is where I had started covering it in diamond plate.

They have a galvanized frame and an aluminum bed. Anyone ever try to strip the paint off completely via chemical means? I would be hesitant to sandblast it. I built a really cool looking diamond plate lid for my 1101. Problem was, it was so heavy that it was not practical at all, even with the...