Split-dovetail car hauler trailer

[buggyman1]

Here she is, less paint and a few other things. I pulled it down the road a few miles to see how it towed, was real happy with it. It seems a lot lighter than my dump trailer.

 

[buggyman1]

Loaded up, I didn't use the rear jack and the truck did fine. That's a Toyota Camry (if you can't tell), I had about 4 inches clearance between the door and fender. I decided to paint it myself with the help of another poster on another site ( thanks farmersamm). He did a full how-to paint thread for me on weldingweb, thanks again samm. I hope to get started painting sometime this week.

 

[All In A Days Work]

Looks very nice. I like it a lot!

 

[buggyman1]

I finally got my linear actuator in and installed. I made two brackets for it and welded them on. It was kind of a pain getting everything to work in an enclosed space but I finally made it work.

 

[buggyman1]

I've been making and welding on wire looms out of square tubing.

 

[buggyman1]

I also bought a paint gun to paint this beast with, hope to get started sometime this week.

 

[Xfaxman]

I finally got my linear actuator in and installed. I made two brackets for it and welded them on. It was kind of a pain getting everything to work in an enclosed space but I finally made it work.

That is awesome! :thumbsup:

I have never seen a powered storage box lid.

 

[buggyman1]

That is awesome! :thumbsup:

I have never seen a powered storage box lid.

Thanks, I really didn't need it, but its cool to watch it in action.

 

[jb1390]

When you welded on the spring mounts and the tongue, how did you square everything up? You said it tows nicely so that's a good sign that it tracks straight down the road. I'm thinking of building a trailer one day, and have been curious how precise the axle location needs to be?

Very nice build, btw.

 

[buggyman1]

When you welded on the spring mounts and the tongue, how did you square everything up? You said it tows nicely so that's a good sign that it tracks straight down the road. I'm thinking of building a trailer one day, and have been curious how precise the axle location needs to be?

Very nice build, btw.

I measured the same distance from both sides and also used a square. I used a string to center-up the tongue, I think there is a pic of that in an earlier post.