Never Ending Trailer Project
The list of things keeps getting smaller on the trailer repair list and a new axle has been ordered to replace the bent old one that was taking out my tires. I cut off the old U-bolts, because you don’t reuse U-bolts, and dragged the axle out from under the trailer. I tossed the axle up on the deck and put a straightedge on it and it had about 3/8″ gap in the middle. Considering the axle should have almost 3/4″ of a bow upwards, this one was more than past its prime.
Bent as hell axle!
I’ve been looking at trailer boxes for a while and they want a ton of cash for them. Since buying things is not really my style anyways I dug thru the scrap pile and found some old pieces of extruded steel and an old bed frame! If you watch my videos you know how much I love to use a good bed frame. Cheap source of great angle iron so I always grab them when I see them in the scrap bin.
Short on space on the front of my trailer I decided to make the box flush with the bottom of the frame rail, giving me as much depth as possible.
I got to work cutting and tacking the extruded steel for the lower part of the box.
Scrap metal is the best metal
Once the bottom was all together I got work cutting the bed frame for the upper part of the box.
As I started welding the last of the pieces together the rain arrived. I quickly finished up my welding and by the time I was done it was just pouring rain.
Love me some bed frame
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