Welding Tips and Tricks

Got the lights run, all wired up and decking and sideboards bolted on.....
Tomorrow I'll build a tailgate/ramp for it....

@Chuck,
You want to come down sometime and have a look at it??
I'd rent it to you....

Bill,
I've been looking for a big set of Greenlees, but I haven't found any real cheap.....

More pix tomorrow....

Here's the tail light guards...
I like them.

~John

Here's street legal....
I'm gonna be working on fenders and running boards for the side and put a ramp/tailgate on the back...

More pics to come.

~John

AKweldshop wrote:

Superiorwelding wrote:John,
Off topic a little but where do you get your drill/tap bit? I have seen them but never had the opportunity to use one.
-Jonathan

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Combination-dri ... 20e1f49f7c

Jonathan,
Here's a eBay link.
These bits(good ones) are fairly expensive.
2cents,
~John

I'm looking for a set , little up to 1/2in, fine and course thread.
I've been searching eBay for months but no luck...
Anybody else have the drill tap bits??
Where did you buy them??

~John(again)

I have a full set. Got them from a national engineers supplies chain here in OZ (Blackwoods). They are expensive but really handy and time saving. Surely engineers supplies in the US of A would have these by the squillion if we have them down under.

McMaster Carr has those bits


7-Piece Set—Hex-Shank High-Speed Steel
Includes a 1/4" hex chuck and taps/drills in sizes 6-32, 8-32, 10-24, 1/4"-20, 5/16"-18, and 3/8"-16. Furnished in a fabric pouch with belt-clip.
Set

3464A31 $122.37


Not too bad a price

Great trailer build by the way wish i had time and supplies to build something like that

Hey thanks man,
I'll check them out,
Yeah, this was a fun build, shoulda had Lanse make a vid for me.
Wish I'd of got some pics of it before I started, it was one ugly trailer, all the wood was rotted.

~John

Am I missing something? Like a suspension? I assume you aren't planning on going far or fast with it.

dhazelton wrote:Am I missing something? Like a suspension? I assume you aren't planning on going far or fast with it.

You are correct, no suspension....
This trailer I saved from the dump, the first pic in this thread is that is looked like before I touched it....
It will do the job, just wont go over 35 with it....
Any cautions on it?

~John

No, if you aren't going fast then you should be good. It looks like more of a trailer to pull behind a tractor with an axle welded to the frame but you aren't getting on the interstate or going far so....I'm all for recycling. In my state you need fenders to pass an inspection. Your state may vary.

Oh, if you ever have a tire blow - which is a distinct possibility with that old rubber - do you have a plan for a spare tire?

AKweldshop wrote:

dhazelton wrote:Am I missing something? Like a suspension? I assume you aren't planning on going far or fast with it.

You are correct, no suspension....
This trailer I saved from the dump, the first pic in this thread is that is looked like before I touched it....
It will do the job, just wont go over 35 with it....
Any cautions on it?

~John

At those speeds, run it with the tires inflated just enough to look like a "low tire" for the load, and your tires become your suspension.

Just a thought...

Steve S

I'm planning on building some fenders and a ramp for the back...
Should change the title to Farm trailer build....
Any more concerns?
On the tires, I'm looking for some 7-50 20s
You got any you wanna ship me?
~John

I have a 1963 Chevy 1 ton flatbed. 18 inch tires are expensive and I assume 20s are too. Can you change out the hubs to something that accepts 15 or 16 inch rims? That way if you have a pickup you can upcycle its old tires to the trailer so at least the rubber isn't decades old on it. Not trying to hassle you, but at present I would only use that trailer behind a tractor on the farm with that rubber.

Oh, one other thing. I like the idea of a piece of expanded metal protecting the lights. But it looks like you don't have enough room to take off the lens when - not if, but when - the bulb goes.

Yes,
I'll get new rubber ASAP,
And too the lights, good thinking, But there's a cover that comes off the bottom, so I can change the bulb....

I have a similar trailer. Any build project always begins with; Is there any material I can repurpose? 35 years ago I bought a piece of land with a derelict cork insulated tractor trailer box, it yielded tons of good building steel. I've made so many things from it. The trailer has been reincarnated several times. most recently , a road grader.

AKweldshop wrote:

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Here's street legal....
I'm gonna be working on fenders and running boards for the side and put a ramp/tailgate on the back...

More pics to come.

~John

Love to up cycle also, but damn the view, I'm jealous of that.

Yes, everybody envy's my view, nothing like it.
Always a tourist trap.
Always room for one more.

~John