pflaming Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Years ago my dad cut off the frame a few feet before the rear axle and by welding tight the steering and by adding a tongue where the reae axle was, made a two wheel trailer for a nurse propane tank. He used that to fill tractors and to provide fuel for cattle tank heaters in the winter. It has occurred to e that such a trailer would work good for a boat or a car dolly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Years ago my dad cut off the frame a few feet before the rear axle and by welding tight the steering and by adding a tongue where the reae axle was, made a two wheel trailer for a nurse propane tank. He used that to fill tractors and to provide fuel for cattle tank heaters in the winter. It has occurred to e that such a trailer would work good for a boat or a car dolly. I would like to see pictures of the nurse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted May 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 A picture of that nurse would be too hot for this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 A picture of that nurse would be too hot for this forum. That is why I have a PM box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave72dt Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 (edited) I'd think using the back half of the vehicle for a trailer would work better and be easier to make than the front half. I've seen a lot more trailers made from pickup boxes and rear frames than those from front axles. Edited May 31, 2015 by Dave72dt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 PP...stop a bit and think of the very principle of towing with active suspension....you will find your box welded rig is of little use for a dolly.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted June 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 OK, so it's not a good idea, better know that now then when tooling down the highway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 PP...stop a bit and think of the very principle of towing with active suspension....you will find your box welded rig is of little use for a dolly.... Active steering would be more of a problem....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 yes..the front suspension is what is usually hoisted on the dolly so that was my reference...the steering is the issue...I have one here that is home made and has been a very useful tool for recovery...but I will admit it is a tad narrow for some of the larger vehicles thus my eventually purchasing a factory commercial rental size unit...by Demco. I bought the first one for very little as it was in the same manner of PP post made just to lock the car and had no provisions for steering of the car being towed...I changed all that by making it a wagon style setup with a turn table..little plate steel, welding and it is a breeze to tow, very low for easy loading etc...only drawback is the ramps have to detach for loading/unloading..but for 150.00 and some 30 years later...still going strong.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 the caboose project (sadly on hold due to lack of stake pocket availability) has a front axle on it....it was welded in place and actually works quite well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave72dt Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 I've got a skid loader trailer that uses the front axle from an International motorhome chassis. Originally the chassis was purchased for the engine to swap into our tilt bed truck. The rear 3/4 of the chassis was then converted into a trailer to tow behind the tiltbed truck so we used all of it except the front 1/4 of the chassis itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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