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My buddy has a heavy boat trailer with 3500lb axles. I was going to build a 18-20 foot deck on it. Deck material will be 2x6-8 lumber.. I was planning on using 5" channel around the outside and 3" channel for the cross members. Cross members spaced 2 feet apart, maybe less not sure. He will haul the occasional car on it, but mainly for firewood and general stuff. Is the 5" channel strong enough? the 3" strong enough? I need to find a trailer and look around it.
Reply:Sound plenty strong enough to me. How about the tounge? Put your cross members flat with the bottom so your deck will be flush (top) with the sides. Remember the pictures
Reply:I was planning on using the factory trailer for the tongue, basically build a deck to set on the existing frame. Might have to move the axles forward some. Not sure. In all reality I should probably just get some 6" and build my own tongue. Yeah, im going to recess the crossmembers so the decks flat.
Reply:I'm wondering if you're gonna need another 3500lb axle just for the frame. How heavy is the occasional car? I'm betting the original boat trailer frame isn't anywhere near that heavy.Looking at another trailer seems to be a good idea.The best things in life all come on a stick!
Reply:Originally Posted by RabidfishLooking at another trailer seems to be a good idea.
Reply:I had an aquaintance in school make a flatbed out of a boat trailer. It can be done, but it is a whole semester-full school-project! You can see the front corners he added and all the flat cross-members to replace the vee-bent ones. He also made a short railing around the front end before he was through with it. At the end he said something like, "If I had known the amount of work it was going to be, I wouldn't have done it." Attached ImagesCity of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny |
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发表于 2021-9-1 00:40:06