Nicely done. I love this type of trailer. I recommend doing truck bed liner on the bed. It will provide enough grip when it's wet out, but not be an issue for a pallet jack.
I have been thinking about bedliner, I figured I should wait until the spring when things warm up, I barely got to 50 degrees to paint this as it is… I only wonder if bedliner would scrape off dragging things across it? I’ve never dealt with it/abused it before
@@MakeEverything It should survive fine I have had it in the back of my truck for about 15 years and it has held up great. (just don't go cheap get a reputable brand)
I was coming on here to recommend doing something to the decking also, some type of nonskid. I have a roll back that was the same smooth steel plate, and when it rains, it is an ice skating rink. We haul forklifts a lot of times, and I have had forklifts chained with bucking bars, every different ways and the still would slide all over. So dangerous, I realize my driver could have probably had better angles with his chains, but if there would have been some type of nonskid it wouldn’t have been a problem.
@@MakeEverythinghigh quality bedliner applied properly and cured fully is amazing and will withstand everything except the worst abuse and nastiest chemicals. I love the stuff.
As someone who has done his share of rewiring, repainting, repairing, rewelding and re-everything more than one utility trailer this was a blast to watch. I suggest one small modification: round or clip at 45 degrees those two corners on the fan tail. They are viciously sharp and all too easy to run into with ankle or shin. I learned that the hard way and spent a couple hours with an angle grinder clipping all the angle iron corners on a small trailer.
Overkill is better than dead on the side of a freeway with a full load. Did you add a new spare tire to the collection? One observation, not criticism; consider adding marine grade wheel bearing hubs to allow the periodic addition of grease. A friend did that on all of his equipment to prevent salty road spray and grit from entering his trailers. Wishing you and your team a great week. Cheers
@@catgynt9148 absolutely! I actually ordered new bearings and caps but they were the wrong size… in the spring once things warm up I’m gonna do some other little upgrades. That being said I drove 300 miles checking the wheel bearings every 50 or so and none of them even got warm
@@Look_What_You_Did In case you did not see it bet he welded all the cracks before adding the gussets. It is no different the boxing in a frame of a car. He did a killer job.
So nice to see a build with narrative explaining how and why your taking the steps you are. Almost 37 mins of useful info without any" fluff". Great job building and narrating.
Wow ! Now this is a PROPER rebuild ! That’s a ton of work but the end result is an amazing trailer. I’ve loved these trailers ever since I saw my first one. I saw one being used by a safe and vault company to transport massive safes that were extremely heavy ! Well done . Thanks for sharing
Watching you fortify the joints that the *manufacturer had missed during fabrication* is a really nice needed touch! Those gussets will carry the load much better, and reinforce the stress points. Good job!
I'm not a welder or mechanic but like seeing people do quality work(hard)..... lol, this trailer was unique & seeing the repairs really gave insight to the original makers. Also I appreciate the pearl of wisdom concerning the laser cutter when you have an open side of the piece. I didn't Know you'd lose the cutting arc & what you did was so kool/kewl...... I'll remember that one. peace
Great Job! I love these trailers. We've used one for years at my job. Handy as can be. And a real attention getter when people see it working. They are a heavy built trailer, so no doubt yours had been abused. You really did a fantastic job reinforcing. It should last a life time now. Thanks for the video.
Impressive rebuild for a cool trailer! Great work! Amazing. One tweak - in the future, avoid welding in-line with stress when feasible, such as the vertical welds down 90 degrees across frame members, as the vertical heat alters some of the metal and can crack through in the future. Better to do an off-angle (e.g., 45-degree or anything not 90) on those verticals. The gussets could be cut an odd shape to allow for a non-90 overlap with the horizontal frame overlap, providing a non-90 degree weld on the frame. Using an off-angle that doesn't align with the stress (e.g. gravity pulling straight down) your weld covers more surface area for greater hold and doesn't apply heat in a straight-line downward, thus the original manufactured steel remains in place for most of the original frame. There are other welders doing vehicle frame work that explain this better, if my comments aren't clear. Thanks!
@@MakeEverything Love the outside projects! Keep up the great videos, both inside and outside the shop! I very much appreciate the content, as many lessons learned and great examples are demonstrated. Thank you!
41 yr retired industrial sheet metal worker here. You and crew did an excellent job. First class. Extra gussets was smart. Always do the extra things when you can or know will be a bear to follow up on. Great trailer great job good luck in your business.
Great video. Thanks for plugging your sponsor, WD40. I enjoy hearing products mention in RUclips videos for a number of reasons. For one, it helps me hear product reviews. For another, I learn about new products. In this case, I never heard of WD40 penetrating spray or degreaser. For penetrating, I've always used Liquid Wrench. I also never heard of a trailer like this. I'll be watching out for more because I subscribed.
@@benjaminmarquez8073 Hahaha, that's a good one. Thanks for the humor. I should have been more specific. I was actually talking about their "Specialist" line which this RUclipsr was demonstrating. I've never really looked for different formulae of WD-40. After a bit of research, I found they even introduced a non-aerosol degreaser in 2017.
I have no need to haul heavy equipment. Nor do i have knowledge of restoration or fabrication, but I just sat and watched this entire video because it was so well done. I was thoroughly entertained and felt like i walked away knowing I learned something new.
I have seen these trailers before and the first time I saw one I knew I would have to have one in the future. Well, The future has not gotten here yet. Lol Great job, Love the video on the rebuild and it looks awesome . At some point I may take on building my own for my shop. Thanks Chris . Always a great job.
This was great, such a great piece of equipment to have around and you did a great job fixing and improving it. It looked like a significant labor but the final product really shows all of the care and thought that went into it. Nice work Chris.
Now that Ive played around with this one I definitely considered building my own! its not that complicated once you break it down to the base components
I got a single axle version maybe 10 years ago as a surplus off the Sunbelt Rental web site. At the time they had the 4,000 hydraulic outside Philly and the 2,000lb by Norfolk, VA
A good and very comprehensive rebuild, the only thing with it is the colour, all my trailers are yellow as it makes a big difference when reversing in the dark, I am looking to revamp my 6x12 flatbed with down lighters at the rear corners (led number plate lights) to highlight the area when reversing, well worth the total rewire as trailer lights can be the bane of your life, greetings from sunny Scotland😊.
I love your channel. The father of a friend of mine when I was a kid had a sawmill near Plumsteadville, PA. (Bucks County), and just listening to your mill. Brings back a lot of memories. I’m in Iowa now. (I have a small band mill of my own). My best wishes for Pete, for a complete recovery.
This trailer is great. I worked for a bank equipment CO. 15 years ago and we had 3 of this trailers, they worked great. we had this bigger more rugged trailers, that were on Spindles, and they worked great but they were very hard on the truck. I would pick up a lot of Safes downtown Houston. as you all know everything was dock height, which was no problem. this trailer would go 5 feet in the air. then we got this smaller trailers which worked great, and I didn't have to go Down town. I remember back then we paid 11 grand for the trailers. they paid themselves of fast. Hey you did great on rebuilding this trailer. we rebuilt the trailer but of course we had 2 big Forklifts. Great job. I wish I could still be out their doing that stuff.
Great job refurbishing the trailer. Adding all the gussets and flat steel to reinforce the trailer will help it last for many more years and it looks damn good as well.
I love it, very well thought-out and executed! Thou I have a couple of small sugestions: Reverse lights in both sides, I know they may seem unecesary, but if youre backing it up and you have a nice and bright led kit in both sides they double as work lights so you see what are you reversing into; Bed lining the bed, it provides very good protection and grip while wet winout compromising rolling up palet jacks and the like, but if you do go all the way and bed line the underside to, since when you lower the bed in to the ground you run the risk of chipping the paint; and lastly, I would put a small solar panel on the tool box, nothing big nor fancy, just to keep the battery topped up when not in use for a while. Nothing sucks more than needing to go to find a spare battery because yours truly left it hooked up for 7 months straight.
I used one of these to move a big metal lathe that weighed about 10,100lbs. I wasn't sure how it would go, but it seemed to lift it and haul it with no issues. Not sure I would want to use that trailer if I hauled a load like that everyday, but for a 1 time move it did great. I was impressed.
Great job. As a hobbyist welder that wants the 360MPX air (not that I need it) it would be my emergency generator and I could get rid of my large air compressor and cause me to invest in a suitcase MiG welder too. So much fun to make useful things that are overkill but that’s sorta the point as DIY’ers. We don’t want it to fail and only want to do it once. Especially as you get older.
Good job. You might consider adding breaks to the other axle as well. I have had the displeasure of loosing brakes on a trailer. We had 1 set catchfire & another trailer just plain fail. When I had my trailer built, I had them put 2 braking axles. He tried to talk me out of it, but I insisted & I’m glad I did.
New load limit is easily 10K with all the new gussets and brakes. Agree, forget flappy, my prepferd disk - 61167. Thanks for video, all the IG posts, WD40 and your friends are the best. Happy trailering.
Thanks! It was a pretty simple wiring job using a LED trailer kit from Amazon, the best thing I did was to redo ALL of it to a new 7 way junction box instead of trying to reuse any of the old wires. So far everything's working flawlessly!
Nice, I like the concept of this trailer. I wonder why it's not more popular, this is the first I've seen of a drop deck trailer. I bet every old guy with a Harley would love to have one.
Great video, Have concern the trailer when empty could be hard to see from a following vehicle in poor visibility. Some extra lights mounted on the cross frame at the front, (facing the rear) would help here, and can also be an aid when loading when it is dark.
On all the triple L trailers I've ever seen they have the 3 marker lights cut out on the center ramp. By law they're supposed to be there on any trailer 80" and wider. On the flat deck trailers I've built, I add sandblasting sand after the 1st coat of rust paint and then a coat over top the sand for the 2nd. That deck is going to get super slick when wet.
Good catch on the three lights! I was wondering if anyone would notice! I didn’t want to do the cutouts in the deck so I rigged up a three light attachment that’s on a magnetic bar, and is wired in to the tail light, when I’m loading I take the magnet off and when I’m driving I put it back in the center of the ramp. I haven’t gone far with it yet but it works nice! Good call on the sand, I’m between that and bed liner when it’s warm enough to paint again.
Your video popped up on the side so I decided I would watch it. There was not much that you did not replace, but now you have a top-notch trailer. Value added should and if you ever decide to sell it. Have good days!
damn such a good deal, i do want to point out a little thing some people would overlook. when you took the deck off and flipped it up the first time, great idea/job securing it to that tree. its the little safety stuff that some people dont think about.
Superb work... when you repurpose and improve a tool or something like this... there's a certain level of appreciation and satisfaction that you gain from this and future experiences. Great job
I believe this is my new favorite channel. I do stuff like this for a living. Love doing it. Definitely would recommend it to others but like they say, “there’s a heart for every type of work, just have to have that one person with the heart to make dreams come true.”
I’ve been in the building business for 20 plus yrs and this is the first time I’ve ever seen a small business owner type of this trailer. I’ve seen them on larger trucks but never like this and now I have to find one for myself
Thanks f or sharing. I rented the same exact type of trailer and used it to haul a 1,000 pound lathe. It was so nice to use the pallet jack and pull it up on to the trailer. You are going to enjoy this for a long time.
Hello Chris, superb job of bringing this trailer back into use. If you haven’t already done so, can I suggest that you smear some waterproof sealant around the join between the axle dust caps and the hubs before tapping the caps fully home. This will prevent the ingress of water leading to ruined/noisy bearing ?? months in the future. Ask me how I know? ;-)
Love it. Great job, and glad to see someone else from Massachusetts haha. Can i make one suggestion, where you put the wires thru the Dimond plate cut a piece of rubber hose and cut it inhalf and put that around the holes you made for the harness, I've used the plastic wire loom and had it still rub against a metal edge and ground wires.
Attention to detail is off the chart. Fabulous. I guess it doesn’t get too hot where you are, that black paint job would be too hot to touch where I live. 😊
Wow! What a beautiful job! Looks great and better than new! Thanks also Much! I really enjoyed your video. As I always say, anything worth while requires the time and skill to achieve. You certainly did so! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Very interesting repair, I wish I knew more about CAD or metal strength b/c you added lots of frame to that rig. 28:38 I was thinking the rear-roller bearing might slip off but I guess they're held on with a retaining-ring 9:40 If you ever build a 2.0 version it might need a 3rd pair of roller-bearings to help keep the back-end of the frame from flexing outward & stressing those rear-rollers. Similar to roller-coaster designs that keep them on track.
Fantastic R&R of this indispensable workhorse. Dig all the reinforcement and corrosion resistance that you added. Really does look Brand new. Hats off, CHRIS!👍👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Awesome video. I recently saw this type of trailer for the first time. They are very cool. With big equipment moving these would be invaluable. I want one. lol
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Hands down the best trailer refurbish video I’ve ever seen. Fantastic job.
I would've repaired the cracks on that trailer. Made blueprints of the trailer and built a new one and flipped the old one.
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Jewelry work. Master! Congratulation.😮
Awesome trailer never seen one of these before.
i wouldn't even do all this work if i got the trailer for free .... he just did this for the video ...
Nicely done. I love this type of trailer. I recommend doing truck bed liner on the bed. It will provide enough grip when it's wet out, but not be an issue for a pallet jack.
I have been thinking about bedliner, I figured I should wait until the spring when things warm up, I barely got to 50 degrees to paint this as it is… I only wonder if bedliner would scrape off dragging things across it? I’ve never dealt with it/abused it before
@@MakeEverything It should survive fine I have had it in the back of my truck for about 15 years and it has held up great. (just don't go cheap get a reputable brand)
I would go with line-x. I have it on three different trailers and my truck, and it has held up great.
I was coming on here to recommend doing something to the decking also, some type of nonskid. I have a roll back that was the same smooth steel plate, and when it rains, it is an ice skating rink. We haul forklifts a lot of times, and I have had forklifts chained with bucking bars, every different ways and the still would slide all over. So dangerous, I realize my driver could have probably had better angles with his chains, but if there would have been some type of nonskid it wouldn’t have been a problem.
@@MakeEverythinghigh quality bedliner applied properly and cured fully is amazing and will withstand everything except the worst abuse and nastiest chemicals. I love the stuff.
As someone who has done his share of rewiring, repainting, repairing, rewelding and re-everything more than one utility trailer this was a blast to watch. I suggest one small modification: round or clip at 45 degrees those two corners on the fan tail. They are viciously sharp and all too easy to run into with ankle or shin. I learned that the hard way and spent a couple hours with an angle grinder clipping all the angle iron corners on a small trailer.
Thank you! That’s exactly what I’m going to do! My ankles have already felt their wrath!
Great tip! Thanks.
All those gussets are total overkill... and i like it!!! You did a damn good job! 👍
Thanks man!!
Nothing is overkill when you are in the boonies. I speak from experience.
Overkill is better than dead on the side of a freeway with a full load. Did you add a new spare tire to the collection? One observation, not criticism; consider adding marine grade wheel bearing hubs to allow the periodic addition of grease. A friend did that on all of his equipment to prevent salty road spray and grit from entering his trailers.
Wishing you and your team a great week. Cheers
@@catgynt9148 absolutely! I actually ordered new bearings and caps but they were the wrong size… in the spring once things warm up I’m gonna do some other little upgrades. That being said I drove 300 miles checking the wheel bearings every 50 or so and none of them even got warm
@@Look_What_You_Did In case you did not see it bet he welded all the cracks before adding the gussets. It is no different the boxing in a frame of a car. He did a killer job.
So nice to see a build with narrative explaining how and why your taking the steps you are. Almost 37 mins of useful info without any" fluff". Great job building and narrating.
I appreciate your presentation style. Direct and informative without extra fluff. High signal-to-noise ratio. Even the sponsor plugs were helpful.
Great job. I never knew trailers like this existed.
As a lay person who has done some welding, i have to say your welding skills are spot on. Beautifully finished trailer.
Wow ! Now this is a PROPER rebuild ! That’s a ton of work but the end result is an amazing trailer. I’ve loved these trailers ever since I saw my first one. I saw one being used by a safe and vault company to transport massive safes that were extremely heavy ! Well done . Thanks for sharing
As a trailer engineer, I applaud the design of this. Also the cig before welding is necessary. Gives you energy. Awesome video!
Watching you fortify the joints that the *manufacturer had missed during fabrication* is a really nice needed touch! Those gussets will carry the load much better, and reinforce the stress points. Good job!
I'm not a welder or mechanic but like seeing people do quality work(hard)..... lol, this trailer was unique & seeing the repairs really
gave insight to the original makers. Also I appreciate the pearl of wisdom concerning the laser cutter when you have an open side
of the piece. I didn't Know you'd lose the cutting arc & what you did was so kool/kewl...... I'll remember that one. peace
Great Job! I love these trailers. We've used one for years at my job. Handy as can be. And a real attention getter when people see it working. They are a heavy built trailer, so no doubt yours had been abused. You really did a fantastic job reinforcing. It should last a life time now. Thanks for the video.
Impressive rebuild for a cool trailer! Great work! Amazing. One tweak - in the future, avoid welding in-line with stress when feasible, such as the vertical welds down 90 degrees across frame members, as the vertical heat alters some of the metal and can crack through in the future. Better to do an off-angle (e.g., 45-degree or anything not 90) on those verticals. The gussets could be cut an odd shape to allow for a non-90 overlap with the horizontal frame overlap, providing a non-90 degree weld on the frame.
Using an off-angle that doesn't align with the stress (e.g. gravity pulling straight down) your weld covers more surface area for greater hold and doesn't apply heat in a straight-line downward, thus the original manufactured steel remains in place for most of the original frame. There are other welders doing vehicle frame work that explain this better, if my comments aren't clear. Thanks!
Thank you! I see what you are saying! I never thought of it that way but will definitely keep it in my mind for the next job like this I take on!
@@MakeEverything Love the outside projects! Keep up the great videos, both inside and outside the shop! I very much appreciate the content, as many lessons learned and great examples are demonstrated. Thank you!
Looks awesome bro
41 yr retired industrial sheet metal worker here. You and crew did an excellent job. First class. Extra gussets was smart. Always do the extra things when you can or know will be a bear to follow up on. Great trailer great job good luck in your business.
well done! Milwaukee needs to sponsor this guy
Tell me about it!!!
@@MakeEverything holy crap yes!
Great video. Thanks for plugging your sponsor, WD40. I enjoy hearing products mention in RUclips videos for a number of reasons. For one, it helps me hear product reviews. For another, I learn about new products. In this case, I never heard of WD40 penetrating spray or degreaser. For penetrating, I've always used Liquid Wrench. I also never heard of a trailer like this. I'll be watching out for more because I subscribed.
Yes WD40 is a fairly new product. It hasn’t been on the market more than 65 years I don’t think. First time hearing about it myself.
@@benjaminmarquez8073 Hahaha, that's a good one. Thanks for the humor. I should have been more specific. I was actually talking about their "Specialist" line which this RUclipsr was demonstrating. I've never really looked for different formulae of WD-40. After a bit of research, I found they even introduced a non-aerosol degreaser in 2017.
Kroil is superior
I have no need to haul heavy equipment. Nor do i have knowledge of restoration or fabrication, but I just sat and watched this entire video because it was so well done. I was thoroughly entertained and felt like i walked away knowing I learned something new.
Thank you! I appreciate you watching it!
I have seen these trailers before and the first time I saw one I knew I would have to have one in the future. Well, The future has not gotten here yet. Lol Great job, Love the video on the rebuild and it looks awesome .
At some point I may take on building my own for my shop.
Thanks Chris . Always a great job.
This was great, such a great piece of equipment to have around and you did a great job fixing and improving it. It looked like a significant labor but the final product really shows all of the care and thought that went into it. Nice work Chris.
Nice job Chirs! Those are cool trailers! I so want to build my own trailer like that!
Now that Ive played around with this one I definitely considered building my own! its not that complicated once you break it down to the base components
I got a single axle version maybe 10 years ago as a surplus off the Sunbelt Rental web site. At the time they had the 4,000 hydraulic outside Philly and the 2,000lb by Norfolk, VA
Ive only ever seen one other trailer like this about a year ago.. Super nice trailer design, I should have bought it. Nice rebuild on this one!
Excellent work
A good and very comprehensive rebuild, the only thing with it is the colour, all my trailers are yellow as it makes a big difference when reversing in the dark, I am looking to revamp my 6x12 flatbed with down lighters at the rear corners (led number plate lights) to highlight the area when reversing, well worth the total rewire as trailer lights can be the bane of your life, greetings from sunny Scotland😊.
First class and professional all the way. Doing it right the first time every time!
excellent job ! Thanks for sharing this beautiful trailer and your great craftsmanship!
I love your channel. The father of a friend of mine when I was a kid had a sawmill near Plumsteadville, PA. (Bucks County), and just listening to your mill. Brings back a lot of memories. I’m in Iowa now. (I have a small band mill of my own).
My best wishes for Pete, for a complete recovery.
This trailer is great. I worked for a bank equipment CO. 15 years ago and we had 3 of this trailers, they worked great. we had this bigger more rugged trailers, that were on Spindles, and they worked great but they were very hard on the truck. I would pick up a lot of Safes downtown Houston. as you all know everything was dock height, which was no problem. this trailer would go 5 feet in the air. then we got this smaller trailers which worked great, and I didn't have to go Down town. I remember back then we paid 11 grand for the trailers. they paid themselves of fast. Hey you did great on rebuilding this trailer. we rebuilt the trailer but of course we had 2 big Forklifts. Great job. I wish I could still be out their doing that stuff.
amazing how much thought you put in to this redo. plus kudos to all friends who jump in and help out
Great job refurbishing the trailer. Adding all the gussets and flat steel to reinforce the trailer will help it last for many more years and it looks damn good as well.
Thanks!! I’m really happy with the results! It’s already doing its job!
Just bought one yesterday!
in Germany we dream about this kind of trailer
Good Job !!
Appreciate the PPE attention. Definitely a hard strengthening of an already great trailer. Like the attention to detail.
I love it, very well thought-out and executed!
Thou I have a couple of small sugestions: Reverse lights in both sides, I know they may seem unecesary, but if youre backing it up and you have a nice and bright led kit in both sides they double as work lights so you see what are you reversing into; Bed lining the bed, it provides very good protection and grip while wet winout compromising rolling up palet jacks and the like, but if you do go all the way and bed line the underside to, since when you lower the bed in to the ground you run the risk of chipping the paint; and lastly, I would put a small solar panel on the tool box, nothing big nor fancy, just to keep the battery topped up when not in use for a while. Nothing sucks more than needing to go to find a spare battery because yours truly left it hooked up for 7 months straight.
Never seen a trailer like this. Pretty badass and there should be more! Perfect for lowered car/trucks
Nice job rebuilding that trailer. Those are super nice and after your overhaul, it should provide years of service.
the best trailer refurbish video I’ve ever seen. Fantastic job
Fantastic Job
I used one of these to move a big metal lathe that weighed about 10,100lbs. I wasn't sure how it would go, but it seemed to lift it and haul it with no issues. Not sure I would want to use that trailer if I hauled a load like that everyday, but for a 1 time move it did great. I was impressed.
It’s great for machinery, I already moved a 4300lb CNC mill 150 miles with it and it hauled, lifted, and lowered it perfectly!!
Edit: nice work! I should add the trailer I rented was rated for 10k.
Great job. As a hobbyist welder that wants the 360MPX air (not that I need it) it would be my emergency generator and I could get rid of my large air compressor and cause me to invest in a suitcase MiG welder too. So much fun to make useful things that are overkill but that’s sorta the point as DIY’ers. We don’t want it to fail and only want to do it once. Especially as you get older.
Great to have good friends that will jump in and help out on a fun project like this. Hope you sprung for the pizza and beer!
Good job. You might consider adding breaks to the other axle as well. I have had the displeasure of loosing brakes on a trailer. We had 1 set catchfire & another trailer just plain fail. When I had my trailer built, I had them put 2 braking axles. He tried to talk me out of it, but I insisted & I’m glad I did.
It’s definitely something I’ve been thinking about. I guess I’d just need to get new drums for the rear axles but that shouldn’t be too hard to find
If he is going to keep pulling it with that toy pick up that is some real sound advice/
What an interesting spring/wheel attachment/axle method! @16:13 and @24:25
Interesting project. It's a good thing you were able to do the work yourself. You saved $$$$!!!
Self etching primer will really make your rattle can work look and last a lot better...
Been hauling equipment for the past 30 years and never saw or heard of a trailer like that. A lowering haul deck is certainly a cool feature to have!
New load limit is easily 10K with all the new gussets and brakes. Agree, forget flappy, my prepferd disk - 61167. Thanks for video, all the IG posts, WD40 and your friends are the best. Happy trailering.
Thanks Craig! It's definitely beefed up!! Im super happy with how it came out and cant wait to use it bu lots of new stuff!!
I want to watch you wire a trailer. Missed the mark on that one. Great job, nonetheless. You are doing more than I could in a lifetime!
Thanks! It was a pretty simple wiring job using a LED trailer kit from Amazon, the best thing I did was to redo ALL of it to a new 7 way junction box instead of trying to reuse any of the old wires. So far everything's working flawlessly!
I used to build trailers and I must say you did such an excellent job thank you for the video.
Nice, I like the concept of this trailer. I wonder why it's not more popular, this is the first I've seen of a drop deck trailer. I bet every old guy with a Harley would love to have one.
Awesome job on that trailer man. The difference between night and day
Great video, Have concern the trailer when empty could be hard to see from a following vehicle in poor visibility. Some extra lights mounted on the cross frame at the front, (facing the rear) would help here, and can also be an aid when loading when it is dark.
On all the triple L trailers I've ever seen they have the 3 marker lights cut out on the center ramp. By law they're supposed to be there on any trailer 80" and wider. On the flat deck trailers I've built, I add sandblasting sand after the 1st coat of rust paint and then a coat over top the sand for the 2nd. That deck is going to get super slick when wet.
Good catch on the three lights! I was wondering if anyone would notice! I didn’t want to do the cutouts in the deck so I rigged up a three light attachment that’s on a magnetic bar, and is wired in to the tail light, when I’m loading I take the magnet off and when I’m driving I put it back in the center of the ramp. I haven’t gone far with it yet but it works nice! Good call on the sand, I’m between that and bed liner when it’s warm enough to paint again.
@@MakeEverything the sand has stayed bonded to my deck for 16 years now. It's surprising really. Just don't kneel on it while wearing shorts lol
Great job. Excellent fabrication👍
Your video popped up on the side so I decided I would watch it. There was not much that you did not replace, but now you have a top-notch trailer. Value added should and if you ever decide to sell it. Have good days!
Great attention to detail on entire project! You’ll get decades of use based on all the improvements to this trailer. 👍👍
Nice work Sir! Cudo’s to your friends that helped you with the rebuild!
damn such a good deal, i do want to point out a little thing some people would overlook. when you took the deck off and flipped it up the first time, great idea/job securing it to that tree. its the little safety stuff that some people dont think about.
Superb work... when you repurpose and improve a tool or something like this... there's a certain level of appreciation and satisfaction that you gain from this and future experiences. Great job
Fantastic Video - I actually watched the whole thing... dang nice job Chris!
If I kept your attention for 36 minutes I must have really done something right! ❤️
I believe this is my new favorite channel. I do stuff like this for a living. Love doing it. Definitely would recommend it to others but like they say, “there’s a heart for every type of work, just have to have that one person with the heart to make dreams come true.”
More more more !! Well done
Wow! This video have reaaly blow up! Great job with that trailer!
Love these trailer designs.
Great work on this purchase and rebuild!
Great project! Thanks for letting us see it.
I’ve been in the building business for 20 plus yrs and this is the first time I’ve ever seen a small business owner type of this trailer. I’ve seen them on larger trucks but never like this and now I have to find one for myself
That is a great trailer style for smaller machines. You definitely made it almost as good as new.
What a great video. I was captured and watched it in one shot. Fantastic, careful and thorough job!
This vid is the sweet meditation I was looking for. Nice work.
Used one of these to bring a Bridgeport home once. It made the job a pleasure .
Thanks f or sharing. I rented the same exact type of trailer and used it to haul a 1,000 pound lathe. It was so nice to use the pallet jack and pull it up on to the trailer. You are going to enjoy this for a long time.
Wow that was a lot of work and really thorough.
Alot of extra work you guys did. Looks very nice. Job.
Hello Chris, superb job of bringing this trailer back into use.
If you haven’t already done so, can I suggest that you smear some waterproof sealant around the join between the axle dust caps and the hubs before tapping the caps fully home.
This will prevent the ingress of water leading to ruined/noisy bearing ?? months in the future. Ask me how I know? ;-)
Love it. Great job, and glad to see someone else from Massachusetts haha. Can i make one suggestion, where you put the wires thru the Dimond plate cut a piece of rubber hose and cut it inhalf and put that around the holes you made for the harness, I've used the plastic wire loom and had it still rub against a metal edge and ground wires.
Great job on the rebuilding of this trailer... Thanks
Really nice work. Those trailers are pretty rare and yours is REALLY nice. Those gussets made that thing reliable to the 3rd power
That's a bad ass trailer. Matt's a great guy!
Absolutely beautiful rebuild! Good job man!
Attention to detail is off the chart. Fabulous. I guess it doesn’t get too hot where you are, that black paint job would be too hot to touch where I live. 😊
Pretty dam good restoration and good weld stitching congratulations brother
Great video! What a process! I wish I had that trailer for my skid steer. Excellent job fixing everything right the first time.
Thanks! I definitely don’t want to do this again!! I’m glad this was a (long) one and done!
It got heavier and lost capacity.
@@mathewmolk2089 it got way worse your right
That is the greatest little lawnmower hauler i have seen haha
I love trailers of all types and persuasions and always stop to admire them. You built an exceptional (and useful!) beauty! Thanks for sharing
Wow! What a beautiful job! Looks great and better than new! Thanks also Much! I really enjoyed your video. As I always say, anything worth while requires the time and skill to achieve. You certainly did so! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Very interesting repair, I wish I knew more about CAD or metal strength b/c you added lots of frame to that rig.
28:38 I was thinking the rear-roller bearing might slip off but I guess they're held on with a retaining-ring 9:40
If you ever build a 2.0 version it might need a 3rd pair of roller-bearings to help keep the back-end of the frame from flexing outward & stressing those rear-rollers. Similar to roller-coaster designs that keep them on track.
Excellent job Chris!
That's excellent work brother, really unique trailer.
Great job looks brand new.
Excellent presentation. Thank you.
Im pj trailer welder been there for 10 year i saw a lot of stuff andThis is the best 36 minutes we'll spent of watching this video nice trailer....
Great job on a cool setup! Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic R&R of this indispensable workhorse. Dig all the reinforcement and corrosion resistance that you added. Really does look Brand new. Hats off, CHRIS!👍👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fantastic job bud I do love the trailer
Awesome video. I recently saw this type of trailer for the first time. They are very cool. With big equipment moving these would be invaluable. I want one. lol
Awesome sauce plus super congratulations. Much continued future success.
Good job on reconditioning the trailer .
Awesome rebuild! Trailer renovations are a pain. In the middle of one now.