Building Custom "Wagon" Trailer

[aczlan]

do you have an example of that pump? i suspect they will be expensive also.

Not sure where you are located, but here are some from my local Craigslist: Fisher Minute Mount Plow Setup, Snow plow
Buy the whole thing for $300 and then sell the plow/mount for $250

another idea came to me, I can use the steering box as the linear activator. put a motor on the steering wheel input, and it can exert a lot of force pretty quickly, then with the motor turned off, it would just wind back to neutral.

Could work.

Aaron Z

 

[plumbstraight]

with that much overhang you are going to have a fishtailing trailer. The other thing is that putting a boat on top of a truck frame is going to be so topheavy it would be scary to pull. Plus the fact that a truck axle for a 1ton is narrower than a trailer amplifys the problem. There is a reason that boat trailers are set up to have the boat as low as possible.

 

[nimblemotors]

with that much overhang you are going to have a fishtailing trailer. The other thing is that putting a boat on top of a truck frame is going to be so topheavy it would be scary to pull. Plus the fact that a truck axle for a 1ton is narrower than a trailer amplifys the problem. There is a reason that boat trailers are set up to have the boat as low as possible.

i agree a 15ft overhang isn't a good idea, therefore the wagon trailer. Have you seen sailboat trailers for full keel sailboats? They are very high off the ground. The reason boat trailers are so low is because they are loaded from the water and want to float onto the trailer. I will have to winch mine up the trailer no matter what. But I do plan to widen the frame so the lower part of the hulls will fit between the rails, making it easier to have the side supports go up from the frame rails.

With a full floater dana 70 axle, I will remove the center section with the differential, and replace it with a straight piece that will be stepped down so the frame will sit much lower than the wheel height. I can't do much about the front wheels to lower the frame.
So the trailer will have an incline, higher in front and lower in back.

 

[MikeInEburg]

I would scrap the idea and find an old boat trailer that you can rehab. I think you'd be far ahead on both cost and safety.

 

[aczlan]

I would scrap the idea and find an old boat trailer that you can rehab. I think you'd be far ahead on both cost and safety.

Agree. By the time you widen the frame, widen the axle, rig up a set of brakes, etc you would be time and probably money ahead to either start from scratch or to get a boat trailer that needs some work.

Aaron Z

 

[nimblemotors]

Agree. By the time you widen the frame, widen the axle, rig up a set of brakes, etc you would be time and probably money ahead to either start from scratch or to get a boat trailer that needs some work.

Aaron Z

I don't think so. I've looked for used trailers for weeks. Everything is at least $500, a double axle is usually much more.
All boat trailers are NOT wagons, there are NONE that are 30ft long. So I'm looking at MAJOR modifications to existing trailers.
My 350 chassis was $150, and includes 6 2500lb load wheels and tires and a 7500lb load axle, and a 10000lb load frame.
No boat trailer is even close to that. A used triple axle boat trailer (if you can find used one) is thousands of dollars.

My only issue is the brakes, and I can use a surge coupler if need be and consider problem solved, just isn't the best solution.