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12-30-2008, 05:40 PM | #1 |
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Any home made car trailers here?
Did you build it? What materials did you use. What size axles? Im thinking of building one.
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12-30-2008, 06:18 PM | #2 |
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Re: Any home made car trailers here?
I've built a bunch of trailers over the years.
For a car hauler, I use 4 inch channel for the tongue and 2x3x1/4 inch angle iron for the rest. Wood for the floor. My local trailer parts place sells axle packages really reasonably priced. I use two 3500 pound axles with electric brakes on one. Fifteen inch tires and 5 on 5 pattern wheels. Oh, Bulldog coupler is the way to go.
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12-30-2008, 07:18 PM | #3 |
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Re: Any home made car trailers here?
Food for thought . . .... A guy I work with used to build them for a living before working w/me. Several months ago he showed up @ work w/the new trailer he just bought. I was curious why someone who built them for a living would go & buy one already done & he told me there's no way he could buy all the materials needed (steel, flooring, coupler, axles, brakes, wheels, tires, lighting) & build just one for what he can purchase one already done.
He said one @ a time is expensive & it was cheaper to buy.
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12-30-2008, 07:32 PM | #4 | |
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The last trailer I built, I maybe saved 100 bucks over buying it. My final product was painted to match my truck though, and factory trailers don't do that. Mainly, I try to build my stuff better than production trailers. As an example, I weld a run of 1/2 inch EMT conduit along the underside of the trailer to run my wiring through front to back. Plus, I use LED lights, and have better and more tie down spots. In the end, the money is a wash, but I wind up with a better trailer.
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12-30-2008, 07:44 PM | #5 |
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Re: Any home made car trailers here?
I want to build one for the fact i can say i "Built That" and well ive never done anything that big before so i think it would be fun. Oh and i can get the steel at a killer discount. Plus i scrap cars on the side and the home made trailer i had was very heavy...strong and just not wide enough. Whoever built it went WAY overboard. Lol plus it was butt ugly, nasty welds.
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12-30-2008, 08:35 PM | #6 | |
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I am actually working on drawing a trailer right now. Going to get prices tomorrow on the steel, mine is going to be a hydraulic tilt deck using a ram for a cherry picker from harbor freight.
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12-31-2008, 01:56 PM | #7 | |
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With that said...if the steel, power for the welder and you consider your sweat equity FREE...than it may be cheaper to build one!
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12-31-2008, 02:40 PM | #8 |
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Re: Any home made car trailers here?
I dont consider my time free. The point to all this is i want to build a trailer for myself for the fact is then i can say Yep i built that. Yep those custom touches are all mine. I have the main rails for it. I can get steel cheap (friend on the inside) And i can do it in stages.
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12-31-2008, 02:41 PM | #9 |
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You need to find one at a dealer that you like and get the best price. Then compare that to one you want to build. I helped my uncle build several trailers over the years. The only reason we built them was to make them stronger and customize them the way we want. We would over build them which makes them stronger but also makes them heavier. The weight adds up fast so do your math to figure your axles out. We put two 6000lbs axles under his hydraulic tilt trailer but had it registered for 10,000lbs or you need to have it inspected twice yearly. But we would usually build two at a time and in the end it isn't much cheaper. There is a lot of work involved, cut and welding metal, paint, wiring and lights, axles, wood for the floor, tie downs and the hassle of getting a title.
We would use channel for everything. |
12-31-2008, 02:47 PM | #10 |
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Mr. Beast, My uncle and buddy's have three total hydraulic tilt trailers like the one you want built. Theirs have a 19ft deck and removable fenders which came in handy several times. These are nice trailers and you will love it.
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12-31-2008, 04:07 PM | #11 |
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Re: Any home made car trailers here?
Can't say I have built any, but I agree on this quote above.
I put one on my LWB Truck Bed Trailer that I bought in Oct.
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12-30-2008, 07:30 PM | #12 |
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Re: Any home made car trailers here?
I'll build one after I buy a welder, I'll use mobile home axles. and 2x6 square tubing.
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12-30-2008, 07:45 PM | #13 | |
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They are too wide, use those weird ugly wheels, and the goofy tires that no tire store carries. My local trailer supply house (Quality Trailer parts, they're nationwide, website, etc..) sells a 3500 pound axle kit. It includes :
All that for less than 100 dollars total. You can't beat that anywhere. It's everything you need from the frame out, plus you can choose from any bolt pattern you want for the hubs. That way you can use a wheel that matches whatever your truck pattern is. Makes spare tires easy.
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12-30-2008, 09:05 PM | #14 | |
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WOW are you serious??? lol i called my local trailer supply store redneck trailer supply, They want 280 per axle for a 3500 at 85 wide. Im going to call your place tomorrow and see what i can get. I was thinkin of using the axles i have, cutting them up, making them wider...i found a place online with the spindle and the plate for the brakes and hub. I know it sounds like a lot of work BUT its a money thing....
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12-30-2008, 10:10 PM | #15 | |
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12-31-2008, 01:48 AM | #16 |
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Re: Any home made car trailers here?
you do not want to use tubing, it will flex too much, I did mine with tubing first, now i have angle on it.
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12-31-2008, 02:03 AM | #17 |
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Re: Any home made car trailers here?
Well, just my $.02...my buddy owns a custom trailer shop. They started doing small trailers but now they do 18 wheeler trailers and custom hydraulic trailers around to 30'+ range.
Unless you have a good place for steal...you probably wont save any money. Steel prices are high and without an account, you are going to pay big time. Dont bother with 3500lb axles. Go with 5000lb axles. The axles are rated for load + trailer weight. When you have a 1500-1800lb trailer + a car, you will max out pretty darn quick. It's better to overbuild than underbuild. Id go with 5" C channel for a 18' trailer. Bullydog hitches in my opinion is overrated. I have seen a couple stories about them coming off the truck. I have seen one personally. I would go with a larger ball hitch than a 2". Get a 2 5/8" or something like that. It will help cut down on possible trailer theft. You could do a pintle hitch and throw everyone for a loop. |
12-30-2008, 10:23 PM | #18 |
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Re: Any home made car trailers here?
I also wouldn't use house trailer axle's.Be sure to find out what your total width is in N.C. In Indiana it's 8' 6'' overall width.
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12-30-2008, 10:36 PM | #19 |
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Standard maximum width for a vehicle is 102" this is nation wide. The only part of a vehicle that does not have to adhere to this is the mirrors. Anything over 102" will require an oversize permit.
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12-30-2008, 11:59 PM | #20 |
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Your right. I was born and raised there...and I had a mobile home frame hauling it home and I was pulled over and was told it was too wide to haul it with an escort.
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12-30-2008, 10:39 PM | #21 |
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Here is a link to their location finder. Choose the one closest to you.
http://www.polartank.com/lg.php?bg=qtploc Keep in mind, the price I quoted was for a non brake axle. I used that reference because we were talking non brake mobile home axles at the time.
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12-30-2008, 10:45 PM | #23 |
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mrbeast, thank you I did not know 102'' was a nationwide width.
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12-30-2008, 10:52 PM | #24 |
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Also if you need any more regs on vehicles, look up your states DOT site online, and you can usually find any of that information there, like length limits, and weather or not you can pull double and triple trailers.
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12-30-2008, 10:49 PM | #25 |
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I am working on this trailer design right now. It is a 16' tilt deck.
As you can see from the tilted view the trailer on level ground can load a car with 4" ground clearance that has a distance of 14 1/16" from the centerline of the tire to the front of the car. With 5" ground clearance you can have 18 1/16" from the wheel centerline to the front of the car. The nice thing about this setup is that you can have a winch on the front of the deck, and use it to pull your vehicle up onto the trailer, this will be really handy if I am going to get a non runner.
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