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22nd Feb 2020, 03:00 AM #1Most Valued Member
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How to transport this frame
Hey guys these pics are 5 years old i still have the frame i was building i have been reluctant to cut it up and throw it out
Now i have an understanding of welding and i am pretty confident i can arc weld this trailer safely now with the knowledge and welding experience and how much i have advanced from way back in 2015
Just wondering im not able to do any work on the frame for maybe another year unless i find a set of cheap assembled axles but how would i transport such a frame from house to house?
Frame from memory without going out to measure it 2.3x4.5m
All these years i have been reluctant to give up on it so it has sat in the back yard because i never knew how to stick or mig weld and it was taking a long time to tig weld
Now i am pretty confident in stick welding i reckon i can bang out all those welds in a 8 hour day
Just reluctant to chop it up and throw it out on council clean up it can be turned into so much but its not much there if u get my drift...
Kind of one of those things on the back burner that i would love to revive the interest
It probably wont be a car trailer as originally planned but a huge general trailer for my family to use
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22nd Feb 2020, 08:29 AM #2Most Valued Member
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Transporting it is the easy bit, a car trailer or flatbed truck. The harder part is loading it, that will have weight to it if it’s the chassis of a trailer.
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22nd Feb 2020, 11:28 AM #3Most Valued Member
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Hey Racing i lifted the frame up vertical by my self it was a struggle but i done it pretty sure 2 of us could lift and carry it 5 meters or so to a car trailer but wouldnt it snap the mudguards on the hire car trailer?
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Would it ever be practical as a trailer though? If the frame is 2.3W then it doesn't look like you'd have clearance for tyres at the side, meaning wheels underneath putting the deck at 750mm+ high.
Given the projects you already have on the go (boat resto, boat trailer build, car issues), I'd suggest breaking it down, cleaning it up, priming the cuts and sticking the bits in the shed for a future project. Save the funds and energy to complete what you already have underway.
Also if those pics are five years old and it's been in the weather all this time, there may not be much left worth saving of the blue primed steel. It's probably rusting inside and there's little you can do about that.
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22nd Feb 2020, 04:56 PM #6Most Valued Member
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Hey Morph the steel is still pretty good from memory that 50x50 section was 5mm material so should still have some meat left on it
Plan is to tackle it in a years time once the trailer and boat are done, the trailer main frame is 1.9x4m or 1.9x4.5m there is a .3m over hang i was going to tie into the mudguards whole trailer width was going to be 2.45m from memory
I was also contemplating going without springs welding the axles to the frame not particular fussed with it not being a overly luxury cushiond trailer to tow
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22nd Feb 2020, 04:58 PM #7Most Valued Member
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If you are concerned about resting it on the wheel arches of a hire trailer then put some timbers under it so the frame is higher than the guards. Alternative is to prop it so it is on an angle in the same way that tilt slab concrete is normally moved.
Is the cost of the steel worth the cost of hiring a trailer?
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