A "new" trailer

[patracy]

No longer do I have to abuse my "little" car hauler trailer. I have a gooseneck as well, but it's just so long. I picked up this trailer a few months ago for less than I could buy the steel or even a axle. The trailer was for a asphalt roller. So originally it sat lower and only had 6ft of clearance between the wheel wells. I extended the sides of the rear of the trailer. Then used some 5" C channel (Thanks @Spot_ll ) over the wheel areas notched out internally for clearance. Then some 3/8 thick plate to fill in the gap to the I beam. Added some braces between the wheels too. Maybe overkill, but I'm kinda stupid when it comes to loading trailers. So maybe I'll find another APC or something stupid heavy. Most of the oak I had sitting in storage to redeck my car hauler. (Poor guy gets beat on, then his upgrades stolen from him) But I needed a little more oak to finish it out. I added a 13k winch on it as well. I painted it in 383 olive drab to match my truck. And upgraded to LEDs for lights (if you have a trailer, do this) Need to touch up the paint here and there. And mount the battery box. And a few other little things. But I'm happy with how it turned out. I did see a tag on the axles, they're dexter brand oil baths. So hopefully this trailer will hold up well.

 

[porkysplace]

I take it they had different ramps for the asphalt roller , ain't no way your going up those ramps in picture 1 with a roller .

 

[patracy]

Ramps are reconfigured in the rear. They used to have a single bar going across from I beam to I beam and would allow them to butt up against each other. Useless for normal vehicles. So I moved them outboard when I added the expansions on both sides of the rear. Everything outboard of the I beam in the second pic is new. You can also see where the original outmost hinge tab was. I didn't want to have to cut off the hinge point supports and weaken that any so I compromised on not being able to butt the ramps together in the center. They can only come about 18" within each other now. I'll see if I can find a before picture. But I don't think I have one.

There's also those two ramps on the passenger side of the trailer. I haven't redecked them or even painted them. Not sure if I'll use them. I've got a crane that I was thinking about mounting the trailer. But given how it collapsed is still 4ft tall, I don't think I want to give up bed area for it. Considering making a removeable mount in the bed of the CUCV for the crane. Maybe even mount it fore of the gooseneck hitch so I can use it onboard with either of my trailers.