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Utility Trailer Gets a New Purpose
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Three new 225/75R-15 ten ply tires mounted on the newly painted wheels are ready to go on the trailer.
2" x 6" x 10' pressure treated boards for the floor.
The new floor is in. The boards are screwed down to the frame at mid point. The angle steel over the end (painted white) is bolted on. This allows for easy removal of boards when they need to be replaced.
2" x 6" x 10' pressure treated boards for the floor.
The new floor is in. The boards are screwed down to the frame at mid point. The angle steel over the end (painted white) is bolted on. This allows for easy removal of boards when they need to be replaced.
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Looks like you are leaving a small gap between the floor and sides to wash it out? Or am I seeing things?
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You are seeing right.:thumbsup:
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The weather finally cooperated and with the help of the Mahindra :thumbsup: the trailer went outside and up on jack stands again to be painted with 1.25 gallons of Rustoleum Gloss White. After 3.5 hours it looked like this. 
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Back into the shop for the final steps, wiring and lights. 
The oval shaped super bright tail lights right at eye level to the driver behind you. If that driver is in a car.
Rear side marker LED lights.
Even the license plate light is an LED.
Add the tarp, reflective tape and my contact information and it is finished.
Now, just to satisfy my curiosity. What would a trailer like this sell for in your neck of the woods? I know from experience that trailers in Colorado sell for nearly twice what you would pay here in Texas. Let me hear from you and thanks for following along. I don't make much money on them, but they sure are fun to build and it keeps me out from under my Bride's feet.
The oval shaped super bright tail lights right at eye level to the driver behind you. If that driver is in a car.
Rear side marker LED lights.
Even the license plate light is an LED.
Add the tarp, reflective tape and my contact information and it is finished.
Now, just to satisfy my curiosity. What would a trailer like this sell for in your neck of the woods? I know from experience that trailers in Colorado sell for nearly twice what you would pay here in Texas. Let me hear from you and thanks for following along. I don't make much money on them, but they sure are fun to build and it keeps me out from under my Bride's feet.
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All that work and you start from a used trailer?!
Someone will be lucky to buy it!
Someone will be lucky to buy it!