My Do It All Trailer build.....

[Sethmark]

First time out of garage. Still needs fenders, panels, jack, cooler rack, paint.

 

[Sethmark]

 

[Sethmark]

 

[Sethmark]

First drive was excellent. No shimmy or shake at 80 mph.

 

[Sethmark]

Got to play with the plasma today.... Made the first pair of fender gussets/ steps.

 

[Sethmark]

Reality is a bitch.

 

[Sethmark]

Important detail....

 

[Sethmark]

Today I improved the packaging of my jack and bolted a wheel to it. Seems simple enough, but finding a weld on jack with a wheel proved to be impossible.



Next was another simple thing... Just spend $$$.



Waiting on treadplate steel for the floor and the side panels to be cut. Then I'm getting close to finished with the first stage.

 

[Sethmark]

Is there any reason in the world to mount the jack the other way with it close to the coupler? I like the packaging better this way, but need a reason to change it.

 

[Sethmark]

Corner gussets.



Sheet metal tomorrow. Home stretch now. Sheet metal, fenders and steps, paint, and electrical.

 

[Sethmark]

First mockup with fenders and gussets....



Gotta cut all the 'tail' below the gusset.

 

[Sethmark]

2nd try. More gap.

 

[alrock]

2nd try looks much better, of course. Nice curve on that sheet metal!

 

[Sethmark]

Thanks. The corner gussets were a challenge. I wanted them heavy duty. So they're out of 12 gauge. I cut them with the plasma, scored them and hammer bent that edge. I had to beat them silly to get a 90* lip and keep them all identical.

 

[Sethmark]

Finished the gussets. Welded and blended them.




Fender will get welded on tomorrow.

 

[ABNTROOP]

Looks great, I personally prefer a more angled, square fender to match with a hummer, but that being said, it looks very nicely done!

 

[Sethmark]

There's a whole story behind the round fender.

I went round strictly because a buddy of mine who I helped build one recently went square.

I promised not to steel his thunder.

 

[954paulo]

i want one bad!

 

[Sethmark]

Steel for the floor arrived. Had to stop on the fenders and bust out the plasma.

 

[ABNTROOP]

Aaah Gotcha!

 

[4speedfunk]

Perhaps I'm a tad late in posting this...

I've got my custom F-117 style fenders saved on CAD. These are 14ga. steel and I had mine powder-coated but, I can leave them raw if you want to do further welding or drilling to them. They easily clear 35" tires. They attach to any flat bed-side surface via some 3/8" bolts...



I remember trying to find some fenders a couple years ago when working on my trailer. I found dozens of styles but, none of them were exactly what I was looking for....so I designed and fabbed my own. If any of you H4O'rs need some for your trailer projects...drop me a PM.

 

[Sethmark]

YOU'RE KILLING ME!!!!!! Damn. I just final welded the first one. Those are gorgeous.

 

[RamRod]

Corner gussets.

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Sheet metal tomorrow. Home stretch now. Sheet metal, fenders and steps, paint, and electrical.

The devil is in the details! very nice gussets

 

[Sethmark]

Now we're cooking with gas........

 

[4speedfunk]

Wow. Not much tire clearance...can that take a rick of firewood without rubbing? What happens if you want to run 35"s? Just sayin...(now is the time to make an adjustment).

Looks awesome regardless.