handirifle
Veteran Member
I recently acquired a trailer from a neighbor for free. It had bad tires so i picked up a couple tires 7-14.5". They ARE 14.5" tires, typical for mobile home axle, I'm told. Anyway this is a farm tractor with drawbar hitch that I need to convert to ball hitch, for convience sake.
It also sits rather high as well and I would like to lower it, just to make it easier to get stuff on and off. Currently it is a straight overslung (axle under the spring) axle and in looking for a replacement drop axle, they seem to all be overslung. Will the springs not work properly on a drop axle that is mounted UNDER the spring? There is not enough travel room to mount the axle above the springs.
I'd like to have the ends cut off with a rectangular piece welded in place to drop the trailer 6" or maybe 8", but would like to leave the mounts as they are. I say this because I just spent $200 on two new tires and don't want to get rid of them till I get some use.
It also sits rather high as well and I would like to lower it, just to make it easier to get stuff on and off. Currently it is a straight overslung (axle under the spring) axle and in looking for a replacement drop axle, they seem to all be overslung. Will the springs not work properly on a drop axle that is mounted UNDER the spring? There is not enough travel room to mount the axle above the springs.
I'd like to have the ends cut off with a rectangular piece welded in place to drop the trailer 6" or maybe 8", but would like to leave the mounts as they are. I say this because I just spent $200 on two new tires and don't want to get rid of them till I get some use.