Repurposing a foldable trailer

These are 2 3/4 hole to hole …. 4” diag. All are c/l #’s..
I’m goin outa town for a bit with no interwebs, but you got my #…

 

Thanks, my friend

 

You guys must be cutting pine. I have a 5x7 trailer and one layer of rounds up on end will put it at the limit. About 1500 lbs.
The axle and tires won't take much more than that. If I put 2 or 3 ft sides on it I'd smash it with too much wood.

 

Nope, no pine here. Lolol.

Last who-rah was honey locust. Loaded truck & trailer weight was 10,380lbs. Empty truck alone was 5,060, trailer weights about 500. That's 4,820lbs worth of wood (and 2 saws).


And for a couple years I've been hoarding the snot out of dead standing chestnut oak.




BUT, the little trailer in this thread is just for totin' stuff around the yard. I can't see myself ever getting it near 1500.

 

I have the same trailer and can say with certainty that 36" is way too high. 24" is the most I would go and that is pushing it. Unless the ground is frozen solid the tires sink too much into the ground with a heaping load.

Size the sidewall height so you can reach the bottom middle from outside the trailer for unloading.

 

Had the same trailer for alot of years. Wood duty through the woods behind an atv and I'm not known to underload a trailer. Never had a problem. I believe that axle is only rated at 1000# so that and the tires are what you need to watch.

 

Exactly what I found out the hard way in not being able to reach over my original sides. Hope this last mod is the last mod, to them.

 

I'm trying to decide if I should put a second small axle under mine or just one heavy one. It's the perfect size trailer for getting into tight spots. I'd hate to have wheels/fenders sticking out.

 

For tight spot maneuverability, I'd stay one axle.

 

Picked up a set of corner brackets last night at Northern Tool.