Wingnut
Veteran Member
The post on channel vs angle iron set my mind on the trailer path, and reminded me of something that's been sitting in the back of my mind for awhile.
I bought an older used Cherokee 2 horse bumper pull trailer some years back and I've been slowly making sure it lasts for awhile. Doesn't get used a whole lot since mama has a hard time selling and I keep reminding her we don't have room for her to buy any more ...
Anyway, when I changed all the rubber last spring (old rubber was getting severely weather-checked), I noticed that the trailer had electric brakes out of the factory, but certainly weren't much to brag on any more. One side simply had the wires cut ... the other had most of the components removed.
So ... question for those who know a lot more about electric brakes than I do (which should be just about anyone who knows what electric brakes are ...), would I be smarter/better off to simply replace the axle with a replacement that has brakes ... or simply buy and install rebuild kits (I'm assuming such are available).
And, on an unrelated to brakes topic .... this trailer has 2 swinging doors in the back which probably worked ok for standard horses. However, it's a pretty good step up for minis ... so I was thinking of replacing the 2 doors with a single door that dropped to a ramp. I need to do something with the door anyway as the sheet metal is rusting out at the bottom of the doors.
The question here, for anyone that might have a trailer with a ramp door instead of swingers .... what kind of hinges do these use? Continuous (piano style) hinge or strap type hinge.
Where would I look for them?
I bought an older used Cherokee 2 horse bumper pull trailer some years back and I've been slowly making sure it lasts for awhile. Doesn't get used a whole lot since mama has a hard time selling and I keep reminding her we don't have room for her to buy any more ...
Anyway, when I changed all the rubber last spring (old rubber was getting severely weather-checked), I noticed that the trailer had electric brakes out of the factory, but certainly weren't much to brag on any more. One side simply had the wires cut ... the other had most of the components removed.
So ... question for those who know a lot more about electric brakes than I do (which should be just about anyone who knows what electric brakes are ...), would I be smarter/better off to simply replace the axle with a replacement that has brakes ... or simply buy and install rebuild kits (I'm assuming such are available).
And, on an unrelated to brakes topic .... this trailer has 2 swinging doors in the back which probably worked ok for standard horses. However, it's a pretty good step up for minis ... so I was thinking of replacing the 2 doors with a single door that dropped to a ramp. I need to do something with the door anyway as the sheet metal is rusting out at the bottom of the doors.
The question here, for anyone that might have a trailer with a ramp door instead of swingers .... what kind of hinges do these use? Continuous (piano style) hinge or strap type hinge.
Where would I look for them?