I'm still undecided on whether or not I'll be towing a trailer on DW. On one hand, I want the car to be self supporting as a true street car should be. On the other hand, I'm not sure I want to do the whole trip on the Hoosiers ... and I don't know if I'll even have room in the car for a spare tire. I think over the past year I've trimmed down the essentials that I need in the tool bags when I go racing, and I've devised a power inverter to charge the cordless drill/saw/impact that easily fits in the trunk.
Anyway, I'm gonna start working on a trailer just in case I decide to use one. I built this trailer about eight years ago for a friend. It was made to haul his ATV to the hills, unload the ATV, load the trailer up with his camping/hunting gear and hook it to the ATV and head into the woods. It was made narrow and to sit high on purpose so it'd fit down the narrow trails and make water crossings.
He sold the ATV and gave me the trailer. I decided a few years ago to re-make it wider, longer and lower to haul my golfcart behind my travel trailer. In the rush to get it ready for a camping trip a few years ago, I kinda half a$$ed putting it together. So I need to cut a few things apart and rebuild/reinforce some areas.
The original trailer is all of the part that is cover with the expanded metal. The axle was cut and sleeved both inside and out and re-welded so I could lower it 4 1/2 inches.
I need to beef up the spare tire carrier a bit, fenders need to be cut off and re-hung (straight this time). and I want to add a wood floor. I'll also add about a foot to the tongue, throw a few gussets back to the frame from it and build a rack to carry a cooler or two up in the front (exposed).
Throw some ideas at me guy, what would you add that fits within the DW rules for trailers?
Anyway, I'm gonna start working on a trailer just in case I decide to use one. I built this trailer about eight years ago for a friend. It was made to haul his ATV to the hills, unload the ATV, load the trailer up with his camping/hunting gear and hook it to the ATV and head into the woods. It was made narrow and to sit high on purpose so it'd fit down the narrow trails and make water crossings.
He sold the ATV and gave me the trailer. I decided a few years ago to re-make it wider, longer and lower to haul my golfcart behind my travel trailer. In the rush to get it ready for a camping trip a few years ago, I kinda half a$$ed putting it together. So I need to cut a few things apart and rebuild/reinforce some areas.
The original trailer is all of the part that is cover with the expanded metal. The axle was cut and sleeved both inside and out and re-welded so I could lower it 4 1/2 inches.
I need to beef up the spare tire carrier a bit, fenders need to be cut off and re-hung (straight this time). and I want to add a wood floor. I'll also add about a foot to the tongue, throw a few gussets back to the frame from it and build a rack to carry a cooler or two up in the front (exposed).
Throw some ideas at me guy, what would you add that fits within the DW rules for trailers?
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