Lynnmor wrote:
There is a real need for a quality trailer. A few issues for you to ponder as the design goes forward.
Where aluminum meets steel, road salt will destroy it quickly if not protected.
Aluminum will conduct heat in or out, so you should have seperation to prevent the heat from traveling thru.
Don't use the cheap leaf spring suspension and junk tires.
The all welded idea might be very difficult to repair resulting in high insurance costs.
Good Luck
Good points, most of which I have considered. There should very little steel to aluminum contact. The trailer frame will be an all aluminum contruction, with the expetion of a set of torsion axels bolted to it. I've built aluminum boats and done a lot of marine and offshore oil field fabrication work, so I'm pretty use to dealing with disimular metals and corrosion.
THe heat transfer will be an issue that I have been thinking about. Mainly the sweathing that will take place, or what will need to be done to stop it. I have some ideas for that as well.
