Don't Tell The Wife

Bought this trailer cheap. Told her we needed a utility trailer for dump runs. Converting it into a nice little trailer to tow behind the jeep. Spent the weekend converting the torsion suspension to leaf spring. It would only hold a couple hundred pounds. Changed hubs to 5 on 5 1/2 while I was at it. Fenders and paint next weekend.

 

Looks good. Where did you find the 5 on 5 1/2 hubs?

 

At the local metal and trailer supply.

 

Got the fenders welded on tonight. Just need to finish the paint. First use is to take 3/4 yard of busted up concrete to the dump. (NOT with jeep 9" brakes would be asking for trouble.)

 

Thats a nice little trailer.

 

Wife took the utility trailer to pick up some gravel today. It passed the load test ! 1 1/2 yards of damp gravel. I told her next time keep it to one yard. Got to go shovel gravel now

 

That little trailer has a bunch of weight on it. I'm impressed.

 

Using it for what it was made for!
Looks good.
-Donny

 

Well done! Looks like a great little trailer to build from.

 

Aye aye! Love the looks of it. Any idea as to the manufacturer?

In the last pic, it looks like the fender-on-tire scrub brakes have been fully engaged.

 

Any info on what make or model this is? I had someone send me a pic of another like it, but they weren't sure what it was either...

 

Good looking trailer looks like it was a Uhaul rental trailer at one time

 

That's what I was thinking.

 

I was told that U-Haul quite literally designed their fenders to rub first if the trailer was overloaded.

 

I just showed this to a friend of mine who grew up on a U haul rental lot. He confirmed it is almost defiantly an old U haul trailer. Sure looks like a nice little unit to me,, I have often considered building one very similar. !.5 yards of gravel is well over 2000lbs, that a good load LoL

 

I'm betting closer to 3000#, that crush is dense stuff.

 

11/2 crushed gravel in our pit is 2250 per yard dry. about 3000 per in the spring when its wet. funny you would think the 3/4 gravel would weigh more but its actually a little lighter at around 2100 per dry.

 

no wonder I'm exhausted after shoveling crusher dust when it's wet. Moved 3 yards a while ago. Need another 2yds for another project. Too wet to either drive across lawn with our little dump truck, or to wheelbarrow it...