After selling my Squarebody and Squarebody Trailer combo, I needed another trailer to pull behind the ’61 Apache.
I bought one, and I chose poorly.
After all my work, it now looks like this (but didn’t start this way):
I actually bought it like this:
And then found that…
- It wasn’t actually 4×8
- It was so cobbled together it had no rigidity
- It had four (4) tongues
- It was lenghtened, but the axle not repositioned (heavy tongue weight)
- No marker lights
- No functioning lights
- Chevette wheels bolted to Chevette rotors, attached to Chevette spindles, welded to square tube.
I don’t know if I should be impressed, or scared. Probably both.
UPDATE: “Scared.”
The rebuild:
Oh, that sketchy stub axle? Yeah:
How cheap was the cheapest trailer?
$ 600 Purchase
$ 200 New plywood, steel, hinges, and paint
$ 50 Lights and wiring
$ 200 Tow bill
$ 375 New axle, hardware, and lifting jack
$ 225 New tires