Walking axle atv trailer build (with pics)

I thought about that but then youre making 2) 22.5° cuts (that need to be about perfect) with a portable bandsaw by hand vs one cut on the chop saw with the guide/clamp already set.

How do you cut your box tube on an angle?

 

You got me thinking, Mark...
I have some aluminum grating in the garage. Ima hafta check that out...

 

Great build project and thread Tim

Looking good, and it's sure to be sturdy.

 

I looked all over the tires. They are 4 ply.

There was no "weight rating"

 

A little more progress today.
Finished the side posts

 

i have 4 ply on my little tractor with loader and they are 835 pounds i think
i also put tubes in mine lol just in case

 

They'll be fine. Surely.

 

Tacked the posts on

 

Ran short on the 1 1/4" tube. So had to make a run to the metal shop. Tomorrow i think ima take all the posts back off and cut them down. I can't reach the bottom of the bed...24" is too high...
As it sits the trailer would hold 1/3 of a cord.

 

So...my plan was to build a trailer to pull behind the quad, through the woods, that was heavy duty... Or more accurately, extreme duty....

With a little help from my coworker, the trailer is way bigger and heavier duty than i wanted. this one would be better suited to pull behind a sxs.
I think i decided i might sell this trailer and build another...
...a scaled down version...

 

it should be fine when loaded you should test run it before selling

 

And I’m jealous! Wish I had some of both of your metal working skills. Lukem, when I win the lotto maybe they can both come and train both of us! I’ll pay their hourly wages!

 

No no no. I think you will be able to pull that just fine. What size/type wheeler do you have? Maybe... You just need a wheeler like this....,

 

If it were me I would keep the height and utilize a gate at the back. Reaching over and lifting rounds up and over the side does not sound fun to me. Maybe pinned on each side, swing it open to either side and able to remove it completely as well.

 

Polaris 550 xp. Weighs about 700#
I don't think the hitch is heavy enough to pull what the trailer is capable of...

 

I may have got a 2000$ offer on this trailer already.

 

I am surprised what mine will pull. Because of the four tires carrying the vast majority of the weight, my 550 pulls my trailer full of hardwood splits even with a heaping load.

 

lol sold