I've had my car trailer for at least 25 years and the implement paint that came on it is pretty well gone and the undercarriage is pretty rusty so its time to do something about it before I literally lose the trailer to the rust goblins. I got a great price to have it sandblasted and epoxy primed but I need strip it down so they can do the work on it (I don't want to pay their price to strip the trailer).
So I've started pulling the deck off. It has a pressure treated wood deck that has held up well for all these years and I intend to replace it with similar product. A number of years ago I added a pressure treated 2X12 runner and a couple of spots with the 2 X 12s doubled to raise the car - this was mostly to allow me to open the door on the Camaro and get out. I later added a stop block so I had something to lash the car against as I tightened the straps. All of this has worked well. I thru-bolted the stop blocks and the rear risers which kept the 2 X 12's tight to the deck as they had a tendency to warp. Sadly, those bolts DID NOT want to come out and I can't pull the trailer deck until I get the parts I added off.
SO some pics of progress to date:
Here's the deck off the beaver tail area. I'm not coming up with how they installed the deck at the factory as the beaver tail boards are too long to slide one end in, center it, and screw the pieces in place (which is what I expected). So I had to cut these to get them out but I'm working on a different way to reassemble the deck.
All the stuff I added on the left side is off. If you look at the right side you can see the trailer in the configuration that I've been using it. I plan to reinstall the added parts as it has worked really well for me.
More to come as the project progresses.
Dan
So I've started pulling the deck off. It has a pressure treated wood deck that has held up well for all these years and I intend to replace it with similar product. A number of years ago I added a pressure treated 2X12 runner and a couple of spots with the 2 X 12s doubled to raise the car - this was mostly to allow me to open the door on the Camaro and get out. I later added a stop block so I had something to lash the car against as I tightened the straps. All of this has worked well. I thru-bolted the stop blocks and the rear risers which kept the 2 X 12's tight to the deck as they had a tendency to warp. Sadly, those bolts DID NOT want to come out and I can't pull the trailer deck until I get the parts I added off.
SO some pics of progress to date:
Here's the deck off the beaver tail area. I'm not coming up with how they installed the deck at the factory as the beaver tail boards are too long to slide one end in, center it, and screw the pieces in place (which is what I expected). So I had to cut these to get them out but I'm working on a different way to reassemble the deck.
All the stuff I added on the left side is off. If you look at the right side you can see the trailer in the configuration that I've been using it. I plan to reinstall the added parts as it has worked really well for me.
More to come as the project progresses.
Dan
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