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These are stories and thoughts including Do-it-Yourself adventures. Some success stories, some humorous, and some stories of disaster. We learn from them all. If you have a contribution, we’d love to hear it. Enjoy These Adventures! – See all the Mechanic’s Posts here.
Sometimes I wish my trailer was longer. Is there an easy way to make a trailer longer? Is that even possible? And, what are the limits
There are a lot of ways to abuse a crane. We won’t go into those, but let us do take a minute on crane failures and what they look like. In general, there are 3 main gantry crane failure modes.
So, I have this trailer, but it needs it to be bigger. Is it possible to make a trailer wider? Can I make it wider to carry more? And, what are the limits or problems with making it wider?
DIY is the common acronym for Do It Yourself, but there is a misnomer in the expression. In some things doing it by yourself is awesome, for sure, yet DIY does not mean
People buy and sell used trailers all the time. Craigslist and other sites have a lot of them. The question: How good is the used trailer you are looking at? Oh, and what are the sneaky little details
Time to look at the action by testing the Twin Torsion Axles. Video is a great way to see what is really happening with the new suspension design, so we have mounted a camera!
Over and over we recommend: “Don’t use torsion axles in tandem because they don’t load-share”. Well, What if we make them share? Here is a new design that brings the benefits of a torsion axle to the tandem axle party
Intrigued by the cool potential of saving storage space, increasing security, and removing a shin knocker to step over, this new folding trailer tongue hinge adds greater utility to a trailer.
Update on building a new design specialty utility trailer. The trailer build is going well, and we thought you might have interest in following the progress. Especially for some of the experimental new concept features.
“I want to build a new trailer.” That’s an awesome thing to say, and it’s even better to do. Yet, many such adventures don’t launch because of project economics? What does it cost to build?