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Post by bcjeep on Feb 16, 2009 22:14:10 GMT -5
I have this problem: I currently have a 16' long by 6'6" apr. wide utility trailer . How might I modify it to do double duties? I want to be able to load my Jeep which is 7'2" wide and still use this as a utility trailer when I am working. It has a rail all the way around it like most utility trailers. I need input .. Rsmith. I sent you a PM also.
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Post by JWP on Feb 17, 2009 13:21:03 GMT -5
Sell it and buy a car hauler trailer that you can add sides to.
Most of those utility type trailers are very light duty and do not do well hauling a vehicle.
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Post by rccolacc on Feb 17, 2009 13:44:32 GMT -5
Sell the Jeep and get something that's not so wide. Keep the trailer. -RC
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Post by rsmith on Feb 17, 2009 14:27:11 GMT -5
I have this problem: I currently have a 16' long by 6'6" apr. wide utility trailer . How might I modify it to do double duties? I want to be able to load my Jeep which is 7'2" wide and still use this as a utility trailer when I am working. It has a rail all the way around it like most utility trailers. I need input .. Rsmith. I sent you a PM also. Sorry BC, I have gotten back in the rat race here. One thing to consider is the strength of the undercarraige of the trailer. Sometimes the strength of a utility trailer is in the rails above the bed. My flat car hauler has 5" channel iron running the length. A utility trailer that we have here at the school only uses angle iron, but it has some strong rails up top. I am afraid that a utility trailer may weaken if you cut the top rails off or modify them. Do you think this would be the case? If I were you, I would keep my eyes open for an old beat up trailer to modify to just fit your Jeep. You can find one in the bushes if you shake them enough. That may not be what you want to hear, but I would hate for you to modify a good trailer and it end up destroying the integrity of it.
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Post by krimes13 on Feb 17, 2009 14:37:53 GMT -5
This idea would only work like RSMITH said if the under carriage of the trailer is strong enough without the rails. Turn the present sides into stake sides. Chop them off just above floor level (fenders and all). Weld some plugs (red in pic) into the bottom of the “legs” that can then slide back into and be pinned through what’s left on the trailer. Then pick up some bare fenders and set them up like the red trailer you brought to Feb Frenzy.
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Post by Rovernut on Feb 23, 2009 20:40:19 GMT -5
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