Lets talk small utility trailers,78 inches wide x 14 feet long.

[Markcuda]

Mud flaps.

 

[Markcuda]

Spare tire bracket.

40mm ammo cans.

 

[Markcuda]

Rear drop leg stabilizer support jacks.

 

[94BULLITT]

Rear drop leg stabilizer support jacks.
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I like those. Did you buy them or make them?

 

[Markcuda]

Board drop for my rear gate, 2x10=treated?

 

[Markcuda]

I like those. Did you buy them or make them?

I bought them at the time I picked up the trailer but I welded two stake pockets together and then
welded the sleeve to the stake pocket.

 

[terryknight]

Here are a few pictures of the stuff I've added to make my trailer more to my liking.
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I set my jack pad into this gizmo, I can wheel the trailer
around the drive way and garage like nothing at all.

i like this. may have to steal your idea. using slightly larger pneumatic wheels and i could use it around the shop

 

[Markcuda]

All they are is 2 inch cast steel wheels.
The base plate is 12 inchs square, by 1/4 inch thick, the angle iron is 2x2 inchs by 1/4inch thick.
My foot pad was 6 inches by 8 inches, bigger than most I see.
I for sure am glad I didn't get a tandem axle, I would never move it around like a single axle.

 

[Markcuda]

Every Saturday is my day to tinker on the new trailer, today was no exception.
I didn't like where the original license plate holder was located.
So, I made a frame out of 1.1/2x1/8 inch flat stock.
I new LED plate light is on the way to my house.
Also bought a 2x10 treated for the rear gate.

 

[sld]

I made a tailgate for mine similar to yours. It did pop out once on a rural road so make sure you have a way for retention. I ended up using pins thru a hole with bushings.

 

[Markcuda]

Wow, it actually jumped out, holy cow.
Mine is a 2x10, actually 9.1/4 inches wide.
I don't see mine jumping out ever, but, I guess stranger things can happen.

 

[Markcuda]

I put new safety chains on my trailer, can some one tell me if they are to long?
They are 4 inches off the ground.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I put new safety chains on my trailer, can some one tell me if they are to long?
They are 4 inches off the ground.
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I don't see a problem per say but can I ask why you use that hitch extension? It's going to degrade your towing experience.

Chris

 

[Markcuda]

can I ask why you use that hitch extension? It's going to degrade your towing experience.

I wanted a foot longer tongue added to the trailer but the factory could not do it.
I thought a longer hitch would be the same?
Tell me what I will experience going this route.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I wanted a foot longer tongue added to the trailer but the factory could not do it.
I thought a longer hitch would be the same?
Tell me what I will experience going this route.

You place the hitch point back a foot on your vehicle. This acts as a lever arm on your suspension. When you hit a bump all forces will be multiplied by that much making the tow vehicle that much more unstable causing steering and braking losses and increased sway. Very dangerous.

Think of it this way. It's a lever. Much like using a standard ratchet vs a 24" breaker bar.

Chris

 

[Markcuda]

Thank you for the explanation, things I did not know.

 

[dieselcrawler]

Hitch extention just adds to the cantilevered leverage the tounge weight has on the rear of your tow vehicle. Will also make steering input more sensitive when backing up. More of an issue the shorter the trailer.

Safety chains can be adjusted as needed to suit the load/tounge sag by putting a few twists in each chain to tighten up slack. My 20' deckover has chains that always need a few twist to not drag, even unloaded. Another trick is to cross them, right chain hooked to left on bumper, left chain to right hook point, makes an x under tounge. Does two things. One, you can tighten up each chain with more twist and less sag because they will get more sag when you turn, and two, if the hitch comes off the ball the crossed chains make a sling to catch the tounge instead of it falling through the straight chains to the ground due to loser chains, catching and snagging and over powering the chains and just ripping them off, and becoming totally detached.

Trailer towing is an art of its own. Good luck... nice trailer by the way...

 

[dieselcrawler]

Lol diamond pilot beat me to it and said it better!

 

[Markcuda]

Greg, and thank you for the reply/explanation.
I got more hours into this trailer since I bought it making it my way than it took
the manufacturer to build it.lol

 

[Diamondpilot]

Lol diamond pilot beat me to it and said it better!

You brought up some good points I forgot. Especially crossing the chains.

Chris