When I bought my agrifab yard trailer, I found one that had wide tires on it already. But you can easily swap a set of front or rear lawn tractor tires on those trailers. Those are really necessary for hauling on grass or non paved or gravel surfaces.
4x8 tilt trailer serves double duty on the highway and in the woods. Trailer by itself only weighs 200 lbs.
Got the hitch done and the plastics for the bottom ripped. All I need to do is screw them on . then attach the side tie downs. I had to go thru a lot of rigamaroll. Because I don't have my welder here. Once I get it set up I can redo the hitch part. And make it look better .
So I haven’t been able to do much lately with the mud, so I worked on rebuilding/improving my small trailer. Before: After: I replaced all the wood, as I had abused it enough to break most it. All the wood I used was recycled either from pallets or an old deck. There is a “bench” all the way down the trailer to do minor repairs on saws in the field. There is also a vise so I can sharpen the chains as I cut. Under the bench, I made a holder for gas and oil, so they aren’t floating around in the box. On the road side, I made a folding bucking stand, so it’s one less thing to load up. The toolbox came out of an S10, so it won’t fit any of my full-size trucks. I hate digging through a toolbox to find one thing, so I took some oak pallet boards and divided up the box to hold stuff in certain areas. On the bottom, I cut up several plastic bread trays so if any water or oil accumulates, everything isn’t sitting in it. The only thing left to do is make a tailgate and add some lights so I can take it down the road for scrounges.
Finally and at long last . Thank God ! ! Its not perfect . but its pretty good ! It pulls very easy so far. I was pulling it around the yard by hand. Then hooked on and took it for a spin. !
I can't wait to wood er down good. At a minimum its a half cord sled . max will be a full 128 cuft. There is a lot I'll learn about it as I get to loggin with it.
I'm not totally happy about how the hitch came out. The bends on one side aren't quite the same as the other. I did some trail breaking with it today at the homestead. I'll have to get used to wider turns than my last 2 sleds which were half the length of this one. But the flotation on the Eskimo is AMAZING ! And with it's long length and 90° trailing edge it smooths out lots of the divets made by the snogo track. Also made a hayrack on the truck today to maximize what I can get with the sled. Trying a new method of stabilizing the stakes. Ran out of time to make the other 2 .
One thing to keep in mind with trailers is the ability to move them when loaded. I used the neighbor's skid steer trailer testerday to haul about 3 cord of oak and I had a heck of a time with hills at close to 25,000 lbs gross. I have a 1991 f250 with the 300 six. It'll pull anything, but not real fast once the gross weight gets over 12k. I hear they respond well to a turbo.....
jo191145, clarifying...you replaced both the axle and the tires (obvious on the tire part) with riding mower parts? Did it take much modification(s) (cutting /fabrication etc)? I'm asking because the cart and mower are at another property and I haven't been able to inspect yet to see what's possible/ needed....
I didn’t replace the axle. I did lengthen it though. Found an old 3/4” bolt in the barn that had enough smooth shank. Cut it up and welded it on. Keep in mind there are no bearings in most tractor rear tires. I didn’t much care. Slathered grease does a good job. As for mods yeah I did add some extra strength to the axle mounts along with the entire stamped metal frame. Cut the V shaped axle frame to allow for the larger profile tires to keep the overall width down. May not have been necessary but I thought it a smart idea at the time. This was one of those super cheap trailers. Not designed for the things I may ask of it. Right angle grinder and a welder. If you don’t have a welder get one. I spent too many years without one. So much easier to cause trouble with one
I've got one . But its not at my homestead yet. It's an ancient Hobart buzz box. I am wondering how good a job the little 120 volt wire feed welders do ? Any knowledge on those.
