OT- Pickup Bed trailer

Posted by Todd Wilson on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 at 2:53AM :

Got an old 76 Dodge parts truck I am about to cut up into a pickup bed trailer. I would like to paint it to match my 74 truck and use it.

Questions are does anyone have a set of photo's/ideas/plans that would show a nice healthy setup for the tongue and hitch area of it. If possible I would like this trailer to be able to go on highway trips and not worry about it weeving back and forth or not pulling good. Anything I need to do to the Dana 60 rear end or just let it spin?

I figure everything will need to be centered real well. After making a T out of new steel and welding I would then heat the frame and fold in to the new steel T and weld the old frame to the new T.

Is it even possible to make a pickup bed trailer that could be towed at highway speeds and long distances or is it just gonna be a slow trip to the city dump trailer?

Todd

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Follow Ups:

• Re: OT- Pickup Bed trailer - Mike W. 9:13AM 08/10/2004
  • Weaving is caused by loading - casebro 11:16AM 08/10/2004
    • Re: Weaving is caused by loading - arthur p bloom 4:40PM 08/10/2004
    • What's wrong with the gears turning? - David Sherman 3:14PM 08/10/2004
      • 5% of power is wasted by gears - casebro 3:33PM 08/10/2004
        • Re: 5% of power is wasted by gears - David Sherman 4:16PM 08/10/2004

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