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1stDeuce
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I haven't used it as much lately, but nothing wrong with it at this point. It still works for what I need. The rustoleum red has faded a bit in the Colorado sun, but not so much that it's pink like my tractor.
What would I change... Hmm. I had the spare tire work loose on a long trip last winter and I ran it over and lost it. (At a city intersection in the dark, with no place to immediately pull over...) Someone had picked it up by the time I realized what had happened and returned to the intersection. I went with a better ratchet strap for now, but a bolt down spare mount is probably not a bad plan.
And I should have accounted for the springs to settle some... I'm not sure how much these settled, vs. me welding the fenders lower than I had intended... My plan was to set them 3-1/4" above the deck, so larger things can sit on 4x4's w/o crushing the fenders. I think they ended up closer to 2-1/2". Thought about installing just the cam brackets of a Correct-track kit, which would give about 1" of lift and also allow me to fix a slight dogtrack, but I'm trying to build a house, so it'll have to wait.
I've needed a winch on the trailer a few times, so I need to get a receiver welded on it somewhere for a receiver winch to pin into.
I also would like a toolbox of some sort for binders, chains, chocks, etc.
Building a shorter tongue to work with my shortbox was a good plan, but when I tow it with the baby dump, which has an 8-1/2" bed, the clearance is too tight to get much of a toolbox in front of the deck... Perhaps I'll put one behind/below the spare tire eventually...
The stain I used on the deck is mostly gone. I need to do something about it before next winter I suppose... Porch and Floor is on my snowmobile trailer, and it's holding up well. I'll probably do the same on this trailer. Gray will look nice too.
