55 Fargo Posted July 26, 2014 Report Posted July 26, 2014 Bought a trailer last week, I knew it needed a new wood floor, and proper sides. The trailer has 3 new tires, and a very beefy suspension, tilt etc 6 X8 ft. Well the the frame was crusty under the floor, your have to remove the angle iron retainer at the back of the trailer, did this, and had to clean entire frame, do some welding, and shoot on paint. I installed a new BC fir plywood floor, tongue and groove, and made side rails out of BC cedar, I had to weld the angle iron retainer back onto the trailer frame, still need to stain/oil the wood, the under side i used green wood preservative. The rims were pulled, bead blasted and repainted. lot of work, but a decent trailer as a result... 1 Quote
Don Coatney Posted July 26, 2014 Report Posted July 26, 2014 Looks good. What does an indecent trailer look like? Quote
Frank Elder Posted July 26, 2014 Report Posted July 26, 2014 Mighty fine trailer you rebuilt Fred, it isn't correct anymore but my gramps used dirty motor oil to soak the bottom half of his trailer floors.......hayracks, honey wagon..etc. Sure took a long time for those boards to rot. Quote
mattimuss Posted July 27, 2014 Report Posted July 27, 2014 (edited) Hey Frank, My gramps, uncle and a friend all told me the same thing. Grab an old paint brush and 'paint' any new wood on your trailer with used motor oil and the wood will last a lot longer. Edited July 27, 2014 by mattimuss Quote
55 Fargo Posted July 27, 2014 Author Report Posted July 27, 2014 Now out for some fun, truck trailer and Kids Quad, mine is a lot bigger and heavier to get on, but the trailer could handle it no problem. 1 Quote
48Dodger Posted July 28, 2014 Report Posted July 28, 2014 Very cool Fargos. Love easy to move trailers...lol. Hope you don't mind me sharing my trailer deal on your thread Fargos, seems like a good place to make a couple quick posts about it. I've been saving an old trailer for my ATV to pull......someone welded up a solid axle to a fairly decent frame, so I figured why not save it? It'll be done soon.... 48D It had wooden sides with home made brackets, I'm removing those, but they worked good as jackstands when I had it upside down. pic 1: stripped the beast of wood and junk (note the simple tongue set-up) pic 2: the metal work begins pic 3: improved toungue design pic 4: metal/frame work done pic 5: naval jelly scrub down and washing....... Its been primered with black epoxy on the bottom flipped for the same treatment on the top along with the brackets being cut off. 1 Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted July 28, 2014 Report Posted July 28, 2014 Nice trailer Fred. And.....I like the 1959 Dodge wheel cover on the spare tire. 1 Quote
Lumpy Posted July 31, 2014 Report Posted July 31, 2014 Excellent...perfect for a vintage truck. well done! k. Quote
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