LarryA
Well-known member
Hi all: Started the rebuild of my rig and have put all the purchase issue aside. I'll make it right myself and screw the place I bough it from. Anyway, I started this before it got cold. Outside work is out of the question now for me, so I decided to take the trailer apart and attempt to get it in the basement. It's inside now and I can do the fabricating I need to and fit everything over the winter, then take it out in spring and paint/assemble it. That will save vauable fishing time in spring.
I purchased a new Dexter axle assemble to replace the old one, which was rusted out and plain junk. I need to space the fenders out from the frame now becuae Dexter said that my originals dimensions did meet the minimum needed for clearance. Not a big deal. As you can see the picture I made some wood spacers to cheack what I'd need and now have to decide what to make the perminent ones from. I was thinking about using square steel tubing. I need to make new bunks, install nre rollers, and fabricate new side guides. I plan on putting a set of LED lights on also. I think I'm goin to mount them at the base of the guides on each side. That will put them the the actual rear of the trailer and they will be unobstructed. Not sure yet what route I want to take for painting. I'm bouncing back and forth between inexspensive flat black spray cans and farm inpliment applied with a spray gun/compressor.
This is my start:
I purchased a new Dexter axle assemble to replace the old one, which was rusted out and plain junk. I need to space the fenders out from the frame now becuae Dexter said that my originals dimensions did meet the minimum needed for clearance. Not a big deal. As you can see the picture I made some wood spacers to cheack what I'd need and now have to decide what to make the perminent ones from. I was thinking about using square steel tubing. I need to make new bunks, install nre rollers, and fabricate new side guides. I plan on putting a set of LED lights on also. I think I'm goin to mount them at the base of the guides on each side. That will put them the the actual rear of the trailer and they will be unobstructed. Not sure yet what route I want to take for painting. I'm bouncing back and forth between inexspensive flat black spray cans and farm inpliment applied with a spray gun/compressor.
This is my start: