Building a new trailer

[hotrodsonoma]

So far.Picked up some more materials today to finish it today.

[hotrodsonoma]

Little more done today.
Hangers made and installed.



As well as the rest of the cross members.





Got jack made and brazed on.1/4" brakeline,6/32 allthread,2-6/32" nuts.

[hotrodsonoma]

A little more.

[hotrodsonoma]

Made u-bolts earlier.
2-56 threaded rod,axle tube(in my case)1/4" brakeline,pliers(I used hand breaks)(for bending metal flashing).
Cut into 2" lengths



Bend it around axle tube as far as possible by hand(fingers),finish with pliers,etc.
Sorry for the next to pics being blurry.My son took them.





And here they are.

[hotrodsonoma]

Axles,piveting center hangers,u-bolt plates made.axles installed.

[Undefined]

I made u bolts for my trailer too...think i just used 8-32 though. I heated mine up and wrapled em around axle tubing...sweet ones you made without heating em up.
What did use for leafs? Looks like some kind of spring steel?

Sent from a whiskey downer beer pounder's shop

[Corey123]

Originally Posted by hotrodsonoma

Axles,piveting center hangers,u-bolt plates made.axles installed.

Hey there, can you give us a little how-to on your axles? Like what you used for The shaft itself and the hubs? It just seems like there's a lot of trailer builds, but none go into any detail about the axles, haha.

[hotrodsonoma]

Originally Posted by Undefined

I made u bolts for my trailer too...think i just used 8-32 though. I heated mine up and wrapled em around axle tubing...sweet ones you made without heating em up.
What did use for leafs? Looks like some kind of spring steel?

Sent from a whiskey downer beer pounder's shop

Thanks man.I used a recoil spring from a push lawnmower.

Originally Posted by Corey123

Hey there, can you give us a little how-to on your axles? Like what you used for The shaft itself and the hubs? It just seems like there's a lot of trailer builds, but none go into any detail about the axles, haha.

Ok it is simple.I used a piece of 1/4" brakeline,8/32 threaded rod.
Slid rod inside,brazed it so that it will stay in brakeline.And used regular hexes(will have to drill out the center hole a little for threaded rod)for the "hubs".

[Corey123]

Sounds simple enough! Thanks!

[hotrodsonoma]

Originally Posted by Corey123

Sounds simple enough! Thanks!

np.not to hard to do.shhhhhh.lol

[hotrodsonoma]

Started on the fenders a few minutes ago.

[hotrodsonoma]

Finished the fenders today.

[hotrodsonoma]

Made the front box within 3 minutes.

[JonnnScott]

Do you have any issues with the whole thing twisting? Being made out of all round tube.

[hotrodsonoma]

Originally Posted by JonnnScott

Do you have any issues with the whole thing twisting? Being made out of all round tube.

No sir,not with the crossmembers in it.

[fried daddy]

Thats a nice trailer man. I like that truck in the back of the pic, what is it????

[hotrodsonoma]

Originally Posted by fried daddy

Thats a nice trailer man. I like that truck in the back of the pic, what is it????

Thanks a lot.The truck is a custom step side I made.

What am I going to do with it?

Custom stepside clod build.

[hotrodsonoma]

Damnitman,I haven't worked on this thing for a while now.Time to finish it up.

[hotrodsonoma]

Made a tongue coupler earlier.















And why does it not post the pics anymore?States,click image instead.