Built Up A Trailer *Pics*

Well, a good friend of my dads is starting a outfitter/guide service up north at the boundary waters. He needed a trailer to haul canoes, but they aren't cheap so I helped him out by welding one up for him. He went and bought a small trailer then we came up with some plans and I modified and welded it up for him.

This is what we started with,



A couple finished pics,





I got more pics and a couple on my dads cell, I'll post up later. This had kind of kept us away from the Mustang for a little but it's alright. Plus I made $100 for doing this for him

We were going off the design of the other trailers, but then added some more support stuff. Loading it up should be hard, it currently has been painted, has a thick plywood floor and he is masking a box for gear that will mount on the plywood up front.

I doubt it would be hard to cut a few triangles to attach to the top of the support bars to hold the canoes better.

Also, good to see you kept it simple.  I probably would have thrown on a bunch of hinges, doors, latches and the like until I realized I I had too much on it and took them all off...

how are the canoes going to stay mounted onto the trailer?

edit-nice job on it too

what kind of welding-gas? i can't remember the other types, been forever since shop class


Edited by GI JOES SON - 04 June 2008 at 6:54pm

Homebuilt trailers are often very sketchy.

Not saying that yours is bad but there are too many trailers out there built by people who have no clue what they are doing.

I like to keep my distance.

Cool trailor.

How hard is it learning to weld and what kind of costs to get the equipment?

It would save me quite a bit of money if I could do my own welding when I go to get my sliders and bed bar for my Taco. It annoys me knowing that I might have to pay to have the sliders welded on to my frame when I could probably do it on my own.

i used to be pretty good with oxygen/acetelyne (sp?) back in shop class, didn't have a need to get any gear afterward, nothing to be welded.

I like TIG and MIG, but I hate using those cheap little wire feed welders with the flux cored wire, I can't make anything pretty with those.

Good job on the trailer, I like how there's nothing you don't need.

Edit: What kind of little tractor is that? It's nifty.

Edited by Savage93fvss - 04 June 2008 at 11:16pm

Yep.  You're a redneck.

I rather like that trailer.
I learned how to MIG weld from a friend of mine who could weld two pieces of aluminum foil together if he wanted to, the guy is amazing.

I've seen the straight arms on the canoe trailers before, the upward angles don't seem necessary with the right securing straps.