What did you do to your trailer today.

Mainsail · Jun 16, 2017

Took the trailer out on the interstate for a speed run with the new (used) wheels and tires. Before I left I dropped the pintle one notch on the riser plate and that seems to be level now. The trailer pulled nice, no sway and only a little bounce between 40 and 45MPH; other than that you could hardly tell it was there. The Hemi had no trouble passing other cars with the (empty) trailer.

NEIOWA · Jun 16, 2017

Mainsail said:
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There's a lesson there...somewhere.

Check the spare FIRST to see if it has air?

Tinstar · Jun 17, 2017

Mainsail said:
Took the trailer out on the interstate for a speed run with the new (used) wheels and tires. Before I left I dropped the pintle one notch on the riser plate and that seems to be level now. The trailer pulled nice, no sway and only a little bounce between 40 and 45MPH; other than that you could hardly tell it was there. The Hemi had no trouble passing other cars with the (empty) trailer.

That's looks much better than I thought it would with regular sized wheels and tires on it.
Do you have a pic of the rear showing both tires in the pic?

two.fiveM35 · Jun 17, 2017

I like your trailer cable set up

Mainsail · Jun 17, 2017

Tinstar said:
That's looks much better than I thought it would with regular sized wheels and tires on it.
Do you have a pic of the rear showing both tires in the pic?

Updated patch avatar? :beer:

Tinstar · Jun 17, 2017

Mainsail said:
Updated patch avatar? [/QUOTE

Just a unit patch. The other one is our unit crest

Looking for a pic that shows the rear of trailer where you can see both tires in same pic.
Like your driving behind it.

simp5782 · Jun 18, 2017

Replaced the rest of the boards on my M322 had a rash of SEEs with no wheels and the rotors are heck on wood. Replaced those 4 a few months back after a forklift operator needed to take some frustration out on my trailer. I will probably rhinoliner the wood tomorrow if its not raining

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Mos68x · Jun 18, 2017

Looks good simp, is that the trailer you use most of the time?

simp5782 · Jun 18, 2017

Mos68x said:
Looks good simp, is that the trailer you use most of the time?

Yes.

Tinstar · Jun 18, 2017

Finally sold my M989A1 HEMAT trailer today.
Delivered it for the guy who bought it locally.

Man that is a heavy trailer.
Tows great, stops great, starting out you definitely know it's there.

I will not miss it.

srodocker · Jun 19, 2017

Looked at my m105 and said man I need to get working on it? Thinking of putting either the 395s on it or the 1200s

Mos68x · Jun 19, 2017

Put the 12s on it and give me the 395s lol

srodocker · Jun 19, 2017

Buddy has tons of 1200s so easy to get those. The 395s are defiantly trailer only tires and not under to much of a load should be put on them heh. There older tires and been sitting awhile.

Tinstar · Jun 21, 2017

Finally installed NOS gates on back and front.
The front gate will be very nice and handy!!

Next project, besides installing the new free-back brake assembly's, is to paint the trailer CARC green.
Its time.

red · Jun 22, 2017

Sliced and diced the bed on the m103a2, being used for a flatbed project on the pickup and the chassis is being sold off.

Another Ahab · Jun 22, 2017

Nothing going to waste, that's for sure.

It all looks good. [thumbzup]

simp5782 · Jun 24, 2017

Put new jacks on my trailer finally and ditched the old JOST setups. I welded them on with some angle iron with my old Idealarc 250. Then I let my 8yr old have at it on the exterior welds. I bought him a little 140 Hobart mig the other day. He is getting better just takes some time. and just like me, he has no patience. Added another toolbox to replace the one that got smashed. and installed some vertical brackets to hold the double stack spare tires. I also hooked both wheels together with 7/8" all thread with nuts on each end and Also added a locking chain inside of it that goes out the bottom. they shouldn't move. It has a centering piece of metal in the middle of it as well. The top one is my truck spare 395 and the bottom one is a 365/80/20 XZL that is a trailer spare.

Next up is hydraulic rams for lifting the 300lb ramps. 5x10 I Beam with 14 cleats that are 3" x 3" 3/8" Angle. Oh yeah they are 24" wide inside and 9ft long. Need a little help sometimes.

Another Ahab · Jun 24, 2017

simp5782 said:
Put new jacks on my trailer finally and ditched the old JOST setups. I welded them on with some angle iron with my old Idealarc 250. Then I let my 8yr old have at it on the exterior welds. I bought him a little 140 Hobart mig the other day. He is getting better just takes some time. and just like me, he has no patience.

What you say reminded me of the welding instructor I had W-A-Y back in the day. He had been a quality control welding inspector for the Alaska oil pipeline.

He told all of us in his class that he noticed that the welds done by women welders (there were a number of them apparently working the pipeline) were consistently better than the average weld.

His conclusion was that they were generally more patient than most of the men. He was telling that because he always was pounding into us to be patient-and-methodical. That was the welding mantra he drilled into us.

That's it. The End

wheelspinner · Jun 25, 2017

simp5782 said:
Put new jacks on my trailer finally and ditched the old JOST setups. I welded them on with some angle iron with my old Idealarc 250. Then I let my 8yr old have at it on the exterior welds. I bought him a little 140 Hobart mig the other day. He is getting better just takes some time. and just like me, he has no patience. Added another toolbox to replace the one that got smashed. and installed some vertical brackets to hold the double stack spare tires. I also hooked both wheels together with 7/8" all thread with nuts on each end and Also added a locking chain inside of it that goes out the bottom. they shouldn't move. It has a centering piece of metal in the middle of it as well. The top one is my truck spare 395 and the bottom one is a 365/80/20 XZL that is a trailer spare.

Next up is hydraulic rams for lifting the 300lb ramps. 5x10 I Beam with 14 cleats that are 3" x 3" 3/8" Angle. Oh yeah they are 24" wide inside and 9ft long. Need a little help sometimes.

New deck, jacks, toolbox-Not even going to recognize you next time!

RobM36A2 · Jun 27, 2017

Bought a Dutch ex-army trailer. A Saris 10 KN.
The whole trailer is almost like new. A very small cut in the tarp, that gets repaired on thursday by a company here in town.
Brakes are good, bearings are good, even all the lichts work. Well, the tail lights didn't work, but is getting repaired today.
Following some pic's of my new toy

And of course the reason why my tail lights didn't work:

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