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bpounds
Oct 23, 2020Nomad
I also built a utility trailer out of an old travel trailer. In my case it was a tent trailer. I was barely out of short pants at the time.
A trailer, especially one 45 years old, was built piece by piece, and you can take it apart in the same way. In my case I took it apart, piled it up, and used my "new" utility trailer to haul the pile to the dump.
I pulled that thing thousands of miles on dozens of hunting trips over the years. I did a lot of changes to it over the years.
If I knew then what I know now, I might pull the axles and springs out and just build a new frame from scratch. But at the time it was what I had to work with and for decades that trailer was a useful thing to have around.
A trailer, especially one 45 years old, was built piece by piece, and you can take it apart in the same way. In my case I took it apart, piled it up, and used my "new" utility trailer to haul the pile to the dump.
I pulled that thing thousands of miles on dozens of hunting trips over the years. I did a lot of changes to it over the years.
If I knew then what I know now, I might pull the axles and springs out and just build a new frame from scratch. But at the time it was what I had to work with and for decades that trailer was a useful thing to have around.
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