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Old 10-03-2022, 10:03 PM   #76
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Re: 60-66 Trailer made from a 60-66 bed

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Sweet! I like the dual gate idea
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Old 10-04-2022, 02:50 PM   #77
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I like the twin tailgate idea. It would also be nice if you were loading truck bed with trailer attached so you could just load through the trailer with small ramps or something.
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Old 10-07-2022, 09:00 PM   #78
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I like the twin tailgate idea. It would also be nice if you were loading truck bed with trailer attached so you could just load through the trailer with small ramps or something.
Yes, I do that too.. and when both gates are down there's 12 feet of platform.. This thing is great, It's like having another work truck..
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Old 03-16-2024, 03:53 PM   #79
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Re: 60-66 Trailer made from a 60-66 bed

Old thread, but the one having the most posts
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How do these trail?

I have a utility trailer that you have to load correctly or it'll really start whipping around.
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Old 03-17-2024, 04:05 PM   #80
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Re: 60-66 Trailer made from a 60-66 bed

Pretty much any single axle is going to be more sensitive to weight distribution but we have built 3 truck bed trailers (no 60-66 unfortunately or would that be fortunately?) and they pull pretty well and seem less prone to wagging than my 5x8 utility trailer but I think we always had longer tongue's on them. We would cut the truck frame right behind the middle cab mounts and V the frame in right infront of the rear cab mount.
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Old 03-18-2024, 09:33 PM   #81
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Re: 60-66 Trailer made from a 60-66 bed

Mine pulls really well, but I do take care to have a somewhat ideal weight distribution. I haven't had any issues with trailer sway, and that could be because it's built similar to how 350TacoZilla would build them. The original truck frame and 8 foot bed in my case provides a decent weight distribution loaded or unloaded from what I've experienced
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Here's mine that I've had for years, I just built the stake sides for it. '63 longbed with coils and helpers. It's hauled a lot for me.
I like how you used the brake handle and brakes.
Great idea so you don't have to always chock the wheels.
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Re: 60-66 Trailer made from a 60-66 bed

How hard is it to bend the frame in?
Does it need to be heated with a torch?
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Old 06-06-2024, 06:00 PM   #84
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So we have heated just the top and bottom of the C channel and then folded them in using a pipe for leverage at the front and one we cut small notches in top and bottom and folded in then welded the seam up. I keep thinking all of them had a small flat bar crossmember welded across the top right at the bend point also to reinforce the area.
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Re: 60-66 Trailer made from a 60-66 bed

Perfect! Thanks!
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Re: 60-66 Trailer made from a 60-66 bed

How much do you think these could carry?
C10 = 1/2 ton?
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Old 06-25-2024, 03:09 AM   #87
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Probably the safe way to figure would be to go off what the axle and springs are rated for. If you put a trailer axle under it with brakes the frame and suspension would have no problems with more weight, the functional trailer brakes is a big part of what I would feel safe hauling. We mainly used ours for landfill runs, home improvement store pickups, mowers etc like you would a small 5x8 trailer like I currently have so maybe 1ton upper limit? Though I'm sure there were a few times where we were pushing way past that with firewood in both the pickup and the trailer stacked up to the top of 2ft sides on beds.
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Re: 60-66 Trailer made from a 60-66 bed

Thanks.
Yeah, mine will rarely be taken on the road. It'll just be used around my property. Firewood and dirt.
I was just curious. Mine is a C20 with a 73+ 14-bolt Rearend.
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Re: 60-66 Trailer made from a 60-66 bed

Here is all I have left from the 66.
Hope to get to the welding this weekend.
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Old 10-24-2024, 10:26 PM   #90
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Great work.

I have a couple that are built similar to what you are doing.

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Re: 60-66 Trailer made from a 60-66 bed

I took a load of scrap to the scrap metal place. 1000 pounds. It trailed really nice.
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I recently did a large bathroom remodel. Took everything to the landfill in one go... half ton D44 with 1 extra leaf, I dropped 2,800 pounds off, yikes. Pulled like a dream and squatted nice and level. But she did squat a LOT.
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I recently did a large bathroom remodel. Took everything to the landfill in one go... half ton D44 with 1 extra leaf, I dropped 2,800 pounds off, yikes. Pulled like a dream and squatted nice and level. But she did squat a LOT.
Slammed! 😄
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