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eccsmk - 30/6/08 at 10:45 PM

please click me...............................thankyou

Mark G - 30/6/08 at 10:51 PM

Or click this one, Coz it works


Edit to replace the broken link...

[Edited on 27/4/09 by Mark G]

eccsmk - 30/6/08 at 10:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mark G
Or click this one, Coz it works



boohoohoo
its all going wrong today






thank you for the linky

beppesignori - 30/6/08 at 11:19 PM

I whish someone would post a link to "Build your own trailer for under 200£"...

MikeR - 30/6/08 at 11:25 PM

Build your own trailer for under 200£

hope that helps

beppesignori - 30/6/08 at 11:59 PM

Like the title of the link...still 944£ though..

Mr Whippy - 1/7/08 at 07:56 AM

go to the scrap yard and pull off the back axles from escort vans or the like, they have the drum brakes and leaf suspension already, £50 should get 2 good axles with wheels. Thats the most expensive part of a trailer build usually and given the normal miles a trailer does what’s the point of buying new stuff? I saw one guy use the master cylinder as well to give it hydraulic brakes rather than the cables where the hitch just pushed the piston back when the car braked. Much simpler than all that cable malarkey.

[Edited on 1/7/08 by Mr Whippy]

mcerd1 - 1/7/08 at 08:40 AM

I've got a 'locost' trailer in the pipeline for my dax (if I ever get round to it)

one of the things I had to clear out to get my donor car in was a rotten old caravan

a few hours with a grinder and a big hammer and I had a nice galv'd chassis with a 1 Ton gross, fully independant suspension (coil sprung)
its not too big but will need chopped a little and the brakes / hitch will need a service - but the best bit is it cost £0

BenB - 1/7/08 at 10:20 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
I've got a 'locost' trailer in the pipeline for my dax (if I ever get round to it)

one of the things I had to clear out to get my donor car in was a rotten old caravan

a few hours with a grinder and a big hammer and I had a nice galv'd chassis with a 1 Ton gross, fully independant suspension (coil sprung)
its not too big but will need chopped a little and the brakes / hitch will need a service - but the best bit is it cost £0


Surely the best bit is that you're taking a caravan off the road

mcerd1 - 1/7/08 at 11:06 AM

I wish I'd taken some pics of the demolition - it was quite good fun

also I wish I'd kept the alloy sheet and sold it for scrap, at the time I didn't think it was worth the effort of seperating it from the wood + steel, but the scrap alloy prices now ...........

Fencewrecker - 3/7/08 at 11:40 AM

A friend of the family donated there trusty old caravan to me for my holiday. I made a few minor improvements prior to departing. It took less than an hour with a reciprocating saw to make it a flat bed trailer, and within 24hours had sold the ali for £90 (£20 if the wife is reading this). So first few days beer money sorted. And one less traffic jam.

Now I just have to finish my car, then convert trailer into proper car transport.

Dave

sucksqueezebangblow - 3/7/08 at 04:01 PM

First fences then caravans! What next??!!!