New expedition trailer

[lowe1974]

Here is the start of my off road trailer. I have not decided if I want to bend up a top for it yet. It is one piece of 14ga steel. i will fab up a frame and weld on the ends. What do you think?

 

[Badger]

Nice work..! Having played with a metal brake I know that had to be some fun to bend up.

 

[1\4elliptic toy]

I like it! Great start.

 

[lowe1974]

Well I sell steel fabrication equipment so the brake I used was one of the best with precision tooling and dead on accurate.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Excited to see how you finish it off.

 

[mesha]

Updates on this?

 

[Panos]

yeah, could you bend me up something like that?

 

[Bart]

I was thinking the same thing about the bed for my TJ truck. About exactly what you have without the last top piece, and different measurements. How much would you charge?

Nice job!

 

[lowe1974]

If anyone needs one of these bent up, email me at utahtraildragger@gmail.com. They are about $400 including material and two end pieces. If you want it longer then 5' I can get you the pricing.

 

[Bart]

I'll be contacting you in a month or so. Thanks for the info.

 

[jeep-N-montero]

If anyone needs one of these bent up, email me at utahtraildragger@gmail.com. They are about $400 including material and two end pieces. If you want it longer then 5' I can get you the pricing.

Sweet! Any pictures with the ends?

 

[Cascadia]

And how tall can you make the sides?

 

[lowe1974]

I'll get some pic. Basically it is flat with the lip at the top like the other sides.

 

[lowe1974]

And how tall can you make the sides?

It is one piece of steel all bent up both sides. The end you will need to weld on. Anything can be made. It you send me a pic or a drawing with what you want I can tell you if I can do it.

 

[Hickey]

Updates?

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Maybe he is on expedition with it?

 

[Hickey]

Mebbe. I was thinking, having the tub bent up in one piece like that would add to the complexity of bending it up and there by the cost. I keep thinking it would be fun to build one of these a year during my slow times at work, and resell them. The trailers on the market are pretty high priced for the average guy who may not have the skills required to build one.

 

[Bob B]

After Dans' first post, I contacted, and met up with him to bend up one of this. Mine was a little different than his design. His was 48" wide at the bottom, I only wanted 42". They are 60" long. He bend up the ends also. I think after the little bit of reprogramming he had to do to make these changes, the bending actually took him and I 5-10 minutes... I just have to find the time to cut, fit, and weld the ends on and the lower box will be done.. I will start a build thread as I get sometime to work on it.. I have things all planned out, just needing time..

 

[mesha]

After Dans' first post, I contacted, and met up with him to bend up one of this. Mine was a little different than his design. His was 48" wide at the bottom, I only wanted 42". They are 60" long. He bend up the ends also. I think after the little bit of reprogramming he had to do to make these changes, the bending actually took him and I 5-10 minutes... I just have to find the time to cut, fit, and weld the ends on and the lower box will be done.. I will start a build thread as I get sometime to work on it.. I have things all planned out, just needing time..

I look forward to your trailer build!

 

[lowe1974]

Sorry for no follow up on build tread. It Looks like I might be moving across country and I need to flog some stuff. Anyone want one of these? I have two and one fully welding frame that goes under it. One of the "boxes" has the ends welded on the other has the end but needs to be welded on. Great start for a trailer.

$450 for the one welded
$400 for the one not welded
$125 for the frame 2x4 tube nice and burly

I have not posted on KSL yet.

I also have a M101 axle for FREE that another RME guy gave me but it is not wide enough.


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