Thanks to everyone who replied to my post for trailer plans about a month ago, Many thanks to adrian (Who posted a pic of his trailer) and got me into gear to build my steel and aluminium trailer.
So here's some pics (Hope you like).
Construction started on 4th march, second pic was friday 29th and last one is the day after. Eddie.
6 Lengths of 30mm x 30mm x 3mm x 7500mm (For box frame and lid not shown) £58.00, 1 Length 50mm x 50mm x 5mm x 6000mm (For A frame and 1 for suspesion mounts)£17.00, 2 500kg indespension type units plus hubs and mounting plates + Bolts and nyloc nuts £83.00, Steel plate to mount coupling on 8mm thick (Supplied profiled to right shape by supplier)
£6.00, 5 sheets of aluminium 2.5mm x 915mm x 1830mm (Supplied by my boss for 1p each - Nice guy), Mudguards £12.00 each, 3 x Gemini alloy wheels for mini (From ebay)£16.00, Lights with wiring loom and built in triangles £30.00, Coupling with bolts £20.00, tyres £50.00, Wheel nuts £5.00, Sundries (Rivets, nuts and bolts) £11.00.
Still to source two gas rams for lid (From scrap yard from estate car) plus hinges and lock.
Plans only took about 15mins for the box frame and A frame/axle was doe on the fly (If anyones interested i will draw something up plus a cutting list if theres enough interest) another thing to note is this thing is tough.
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Topic: Update (Trailer plans)
