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geeksandlies - 15/4/10 at 03:25 PM

Has anyone on here made their own?

Dan

big_wasa - 15/4/10 at 03:29 PM

There are a few on here inclueding a very clever one by "Madteg"

Ive bought a braked caravan chassis and am going to have a go.

boggle - 15/4/10 at 03:39 PM

i heard that trailers now have to have test if home made???

geeksandlies - 15/4/10 at 03:41 PM

Have just been searching round the forum and have seen some inpsiration. Will have to have a look about the rules for them..

big_wasa - 15/4/10 at 03:51 PM

My trailer was made about 10 years ago by Alko I am just re bodying it

[Edited on 15/4/10 by big_wasa]

boggle - 15/4/10 at 03:52 PM

i too was thinking that if i got the flux capacitor working i could make mine in the past.....

geeksandlies - 15/4/10 at 03:52 PM

quote:
Originally posted by big_wasa
Yeh but I will be making mine years ago

Are you insinutating that i will procrastinate?

you'd be right, but thats not the po....

iank - 15/4/10 at 03:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by boggle
i heard that trailers now have to have test if home made???


There is certainly a plan to do that in 2012, but I don't think they've figured out how, when they don't have plates/VIN numbers/V5c's, they're going to know when a home made one was actually built.

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=106221

Bluemoon - 15/4/10 at 04:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by iank
quote:
Originally posted by boggle
i heard that trailers now have to have test if home made???


There is certainly a plan to do that in 2012, but I don't think they've figured out how, when they don't have plates/VIN numbers/V5c's, they're going to know when a home made one was actually built.

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=106221


Yep thought about that myself, I guess you should source the parts and get building now so you finish before 2012 (the axles may have a manufactures date on them ect...).. I would guess the insurance companies might get good at spotting one built after 2012 if you need to claim (if they can prove it that is).

Dan

vyperstrype - 15/4/10 at 04:40 PM

I built a trailer from an Alko caravan chassis i bought on e-bay for £80. I welded some box section onto the chassis rails and bought some steel chequered plate and welded that to the box section. Total outlay was in the £300 pound bracket.
A mate of mine bought a Brian James Minno and paid about 1k for it.
The only thing i would recommend with a single axle set up would be to move the axle further forward, as most caravan chassis the axle is set quite far back. I would do this to lessen the nose weight as at the moment it is nose heavy. Alko axles bolt to the galvanized chassis and can be easily re-located, even widened with not too much effort.
I hope this helps. Eric.

T66 - 15/4/10 at 05:04 PM

I am looking at this at the moment, anyone built one ?


Lets see some pictures please



Mine needs to be small enough to fit in a single garage with the car (Fiat 126) on it..

owelly - 15/4/10 at 05:12 PM



big_wasa - 15/4/10 at 05:46 PM

Can you buy the channell allready pressed of the shelf ?

owelly - 15/4/10 at 05:48 PM

I bought two sheets of 2mm steel and got it cut and folded.

will121 - 15/4/10 at 05:52 PM

have you galvaised the chasis too??

dhutch - 15/4/10 at 06:39 PM

Ive not made a trailer, but mine is a DIY built affair.
- Most of the chasisis is 2inch angle, 2*3inch c section for the drawbar, and then some 3/4inch for the superstructer. Full floored in 18mm ply. Body in thin plastic coated steel.

Ive also bought a trailer very simular in build to owelly's for the uni motorclub. Bit tatty, not galv, one duff tyre, £450.


Daniel

iank - 15/4/10 at 06:45 PM

There is a trailer build diary here
http://www.davebence.co.uk/trailer_project.htm

Though it makes no financial sense to build one using all new parts IMO. Better to refurbish an old one or 'convert' a caravan.

owelly - 15/4/10 at 07:03 PM

I built the traile rto be as light as possible. I got it hot galv dipped for £75.
Unfortunately, I then fitted an Atlas axle to the car so it was too wide to fit on....... I adapted it for my boat instead!

MakeEverything - 15/4/10 at 07:58 PM

sorens2 - 15/4/10 at 08:45 PM

I made my own from an old autotrailer.









Søren S2

dhutch - 15/4/10 at 11:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by iankThough it makes no financial sense to build one using all new parts IMO. Better to refurbish an old one or 'convert' a caravan.

Thats my issue with it.

The problem with the build dairy is, for £900, you could get a really fairly nice trailer. Infact, thats what i paid for mine, a 12ft * 6ft * 4ft covered box trailer, second hand from someone on WSCC which was apparently originally built by jenvey for there car. I look at it and think about how i would have done it differently. But for £900 i dont thing i could come close even for the steel work flooring let alone running gear.

If you have a special need for it, like as in the blog, a smallish car and garage with need to get past it, fine. But for a joe-blow runabout i would just be straight on ebay/pistonheads/raced&rallied looking for a second hand trailer. Someones got to make them, but it doent have to be you unless you want to.

Nice trailer by the way sorens, very similar superstructure and dimensions to my own.


Daniel


[Edited on 15/4/2010 by dhutch]

alistairolsen - 16/4/10 at 07:47 AM

Here's some pics of the ones dad and I have just finished, a 1300kg gross single axle and a 2000kg gross twin, both based on alko chassis' and topped by some galvanised pressed steel sections we had made. A lot of work if you're going to do it properly but worth it IMO.