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Ill try to post pics. I’m documenting my work in the “Adventure Trailer” post here. Main reason for the change was that cables were cut and brake system was toast along with the rest of my reasons. Could fix or replace. Rather replace for that particular application. Had 37’s on it so height was...

BTW Scrapdaddy and Marcus, I placed my order with eTrailer. $300 for all new bearings and electric brakes with parking brake option. Even if I don’t need all new bearings, I have 3 other 101’s and 2 1101’s that share some of the same bearings. I will have to do some work to make my cables work...

1. $119 for electric brakes that pull harder than surge brakes. I can lock them up if I want to. I just adjust my output in my truck to about 4-6 depending on the load and they will pull on me. A surge, by design, can not do that. Therefore, electric works better. (In my vehicle). 2. The entire...

Will beat me to the joke. I would have phrased it different, but the effect was identical. Props.

Last night before I went to bed, I Ordered the electric brakes with the parking brake option. Scrapdaddy gave out the part number on eTrailer that he used over on Expo, and ironically I started a thread about it here at the same time. I also ordered all the bearings races and seals. I don’t...

Hate it when I do that.

I don’t know. I pulled it off of Pinterest. Lots of good ideas there, this is the closest thing to what I want. The more I think about it, the more I think I may try to replicate this model. The winch idea is great. I already have two 2/0 wires from my battery running to my hitch that have a...

This is kind of what I’m going for. No side tool boxes, but maybe some lights and a tire mount, but the frame and roof rack plan are similar. I have a spare 2000 lb Warn winch that I may mount on it to help assist in loading heavier items. Generators, 16.00’s, Bull Elk, you know, normal stuff...

Finished the front end of the top of the rack. Now need to make the sides. I have cut and bent the legs. Three on each side and two in front. I bent a 15 degree angle on the side legs and 17 degree Bend on the front legs. They are notched and ready to weld to the base and rack. I may wind up...

I believe I may weld a 3/8” nut to the backside of the washer, then weld the washer on, nut down, instead of using a rivnut. I’ll get a stronger bond, and can use a larger diameter bolt. I can make a plan to do the same all down the top piece of the sides. I can mount lights, or bolt down a...

That would finish off the bottom nicely. I could drill weep holes in the sides, on the inside, so it would be harder to see, to keep it from collecting water. Thanks HH!

I’m not sure how to finish out the top of my joint between my end and side pieces on my rack. I can take a file and carefully remove any burrs on the inside of the pipe and leave it open and paint the inside. I could cover it with some flat stock. Or I could do this. If I weld a 3/8 or 1/2”...

Since I’m using the trailer as a work surface, I leveled it by using the jack and letting air out of one tire until it was perfectly level. I used 2x4’s as my spacers between the bars for a reason, not just convenience. I wanted the space between the bars to be exactly the same as a 2x4 or 1x4...

I bent the ends of the rack and laid them out first. I’ll build the rack first, then weld the legs on to lift it up. I used a JD Squared tubing “Notch Master” to notch the pipes. Makes quick precise work of notching. It uses Milwaukee hole dozer bits. You get quite a few notches per bit if...

The rack will be built out of 1” schedule 40. I am bending it with a JD square tubing bender. The rack will be narrower than the trailer and a little shorter so the legs that support it on the sides have a 15 degree Bend in them 6” from the bottom. The tubing bender has a Harbor Freight air...

Welded and ground the corners off.

I have a plan in my head, and some of it on paper ... but most of it is in my head, of an adventure rack! What is that? I dunno, but it really sounds cool, and it roughly resembles this concept. This is a truck rack, so no side tool boxes, no tire rack, no lights. But the concept is the...

Harleyhouse, I read your build. You did a great job on yours. Mine may be a bit rougher finish, and will take a different route, but you are right, great platforms to build on. I noticed my tailgate was slightly bent bent today and it made me mad! I may swap out with one of my others. We will see.

Ok, let’s get through some of the more mundane points of trailers. Fixed lights. Wires were cut in a few places. Marine Heat shrink crimps. Replaced bulbs with some German made 12/24 v LEDs I found on Amazon. Bright when hooked up to 12v. Nice bulbs. Welded on safety chains and a drop-leg...

Literally had to go straight to Home Depot and get lumber to work on the house on the ranch. Put temporary lights on it for the trip. I had to buy a chain to make an improvised safety chain.