ATV Trailer Build

[Sodo]

TThat looks good.

You probably already have this in the plan but I have to try to be a forum hero and attemt to make it look like my idea.

I'd gusset the tabs that hold your beam pivot. Its a large trailer & could get loaded heavy someday, and its long too. Consider the situation where you are turning sharply, or doing a 3-point turn-around, and it has a lot of weight in it. Maybe its hooked to a tractor somday in its life. The force you must consider is that long trailer tongue twisting on the vertical beam pivots, scrubbing the tires.

Double axle has to scrub tires to turn, and all that twisting moment from the traction of two tires appx 2 feet apart,,,,,,, is twisting on those vertical tabs. Triangular gussets are necessary. A short (angle-cut) section of your axle tubing sistered on may look good too, stronger and allow access to the pivot bolt head. Alternatively, if you want to over-engineer it you could put tie tods from each front wheel angled back to the axle. Tie rods could pivot in loose holes as their only function is to resist twisting while sombody is horsing a heavy trailer around. Could be chain or cable too.

 

[ferrari99]

I was planning to do something to strengthen, but I hadn't thought of gussets but that's really good idea, thanks.
The draw bar still has to be shortened.

 

[ferrari99]

Almost a year later it is finally finished! :cool2: The machine it's behind isn't what's going to be pulling it. I am pretty happy with it, just a few things could be better but it's operational. What do you think?

 

[blackdog2086]

Very nice looking trailer. I saw the pics before I read the post and thought you might be a bit underpowered with your tow vehicle. A personal comment based on what I would use it for and not a criticism, I would go with bigger tires and wheels.

 

[ferrari99]

I would go with bigger tires and wheels.

We wanted flat free tires so that was the biggest we could go, and what it's going to be used for is nothing too rough.

 

[plumbstraight]

I have built a few of these for locals and they work well. They will take a load that is enough for an atv. I have built them large enough for tractors also. This one works well behind the small Kioti. With the stiffleg it can pick a load easily to dump. There is a flatbed that rests on the arch when in horizontal.

 

[aczlan]

We wanted flat free tires so that was the biggest we could go, and what it's going to be used for is nothing too rough.

My worry would be that they will sink into ground that's even thinking of being soft.
Can you put duals on it (ie: two of those wheels back to back)?

Aaron Z