Finishing up the new wood trailer

Adirondack case guy · Nov 15, 2016

I am putting on the finishing touches on the new wood trailer. Got the tailgate fitted and built with 4yoke and pin hinges so the tailgate can hinge from top or bottom, Fab up a lader on each rear corner to clumb up and rearange some wood if necessary, Still have to weld in the sheet metal plates in the rear gussets to house the tailights.
Temps suposed to get into low 60s in a couple of days, so my plan is to remove the body from the chassis, and squirt paint onto the body, out in my CBS paint booth by Friday. Never figured it would get this warm in Nov.
Loren

Richard L · Nov 15, 2016

Adirondack, I don't know whose leg you are trying to pull but I can tell that is a metal trailer not a wood trailer. What made me do this? HA HA

lee little · Nov 15, 2016

Awesome!I love projects like that. I wish I could weld that pretty.

Adirondack case guy · Nov 15, 2016

You GOT ME on that one!! HeHe.
Loren

big tee · Nov 15, 2016

Loren--you never cease to amaze me! Is there anything you can't do? Looks GOOD. I still can't believe there is that much "new" steel in the USA. Let me guess what color your going to paint in your CBS paint booth---DEERE GREEN?????----TEE

JerryS · Nov 15, 2016

Gee, I don't know.....are you sure it's going to be sturdy enough to haul a load of wood?

Billy NY · Nov 15, 2016

That is going to work great in your woodlot and at your shed ! It was only in '14 that the temperature dropped around November 15th and never got above freezing til just about spring or so. You just never know what you'll get. My guess for this year is it will drop out in January sometime. They (weather gods) must have known you have a trailer to paint! So I assume you'll shoot it outside then bring it in again to dry?

Philip d · Nov 15, 2016

That's an incredible looking trailer! How much do you think it will hold?

Geo-TH,In · Nov 15, 2016

Loren,
Looks very nice. Are you building a dump trailer? You are a better welder than I, so I purchased a 10k dump. I didn't realize how much I needed a dump trailer. Don't haul firewood but I have hauled trees and branches to burn pile using the dump trailer.

Recently I had to remove a large evergreen that grew too big next to a house. It was rubbing on shingles. So I backed my dump trailer close to evergreen, cut off the lower branches, put in trailer. Then I cut off the top 15 ft of evergreen. Tree landed perfectly in the trailer. Hauled it to the burn pile, pushed a button and it was unloaded. Make short work of cutting down that tree.
geo

jm. · Nov 15, 2016

Sure is a lot of KUBOTA steel in that bed. You will have to paint it ORANGE, lol
Looks good.

sms · Nov 16, 2016

Now you done it! Making that tailgate so it can lay down you will just want to stack more wood on it! Then you will be right back where you started from. LOL Looks great, YTers will be putting in orders.

Adirondack case guy · Nov 16, 2016

Struck load to top of rails, it is 117BU. It is 10' long and 42" high. Heaped up but not stacked, I figure it will hold near 1.5 cord.
Loren

KEB in GCMS · Nov 16, 2016

Great looking trailer!

Adirondack case guy · Nov 16, 2016

George, I have a 4X36" DA cylinder that will bolt to the tongue and fasten to the body with a cable system to dump it. Jon sent me some pics of dump systems on Minisota flareside wagons that I am using to design mine.
Loren

larry@stinescorner · Nov 16, 2016

that is a great job! TEE,,,Im thinking it would look good blue and white?

fixerupper · Nov 16, 2016

You do good work Loren.

Adirondack case guy · Nov 16, 2016

Yea, that was the last of the big heavy crates before they switched to returnables. I added 26" to the length of it with the end of another crate that had some bends in it.
Loren

Adirondack case guy · Nov 16, 2016

Billy, Neil Esteno (sp) on CBS6 issued his prediction for this coming winter.
After this warm spell in Nov., temps will drop below normal for the season. No major NorEasters predicted, BUT a lot of Great Lakes clippers are supposed to be common all winter, with above normal snow fall.
Sounds like lots of OT for DOT workers this winter, if he is correct.
Loren

JimIA · Nov 16, 2016

Very well designed and constructed.

Geo-TH,In · Nov 16, 2016

Make sure the bed makes a 45 degree angle or you may have a problem.

BarnyardEngineering · Nov 16, 2016

(quoted from post at 18:17:45 11/15/16) Gee, I don't know.....are you sure it's going to be sturdy enough to haul a load of wood?

Haul a load of wood, protect occupants from IED's and small arms fire... It'll work great for that.

Philip d · Nov 16, 2016

Very nice!

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