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These are Your Stories – the things you share.  We love customer stories whether big or small because they bring us together in the joys and frustrations, successes and learning of Do-it-Yourself.  Please share your experience as well.  If you have a story with a Do-it-Yourself project, especially if you have photos or video with it, please Submit Your Story here.  We’d love to see the accomplishments as well as the things you’ve learned.  Thank you to all who contribute.  Enjoy!  –  See all the Mechanic’s Posts here.

Trailer Frame Crack !! – Let’s Fix It

February 11, 2023 by Mechanic
Ouch, Cracked Frame

This is a Customer Story about a crack in a trailer frame.  Finding these can be really scary, but finding them at this stage is a whole lot better than finding them after a catastrophic failure.

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Categories Customer Stories, Solutions! Tags Customer Story, Repair, Safety, Solutions!, Steel, Tandem Leave a comment

Customer Story – Teardrop Camper Build

January 13, 2023 by Mechanic
Building a Teardrop Camper

We see them around, on the highway heading for a weekend away.  They always look so cool and just beg you to find your own adventure.  Just a cute little teardrop camper set to take someone for a great vacation.

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Categories Customer Stories Tags Camper, Customer Story, Customize, DIY, Teardrop, Trailer, Welding 1 Comment

Trailer Suspension Mounting – Misdirection !!

October 3, 2022May 14, 2022 by Mechanic
Suspension Mounting Too Close

Shopping online is both a boon and a bust.  It’s great access to a wide variety of components, but it’s a bummer when misleading info causes extra work and frustration.  That brings us to this Customer Story of misguided

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Categories Customer Stories Tags Customer Story, Customize, Measurements, Steel, Strength, Trailer, Welding 1 Comment

From Cheap Kit to Improved Trailer

March 11, 2023July 26, 2021 by Mechanic
Harbor Freight Improvement

You’ve seen them, the inexpensive bolt-together Harbor Freight trailer kits.  While they pack a lot of function, they unfortunately are often something like a rattle trap.  (Not always, of course.)  While they have a cheap rap, they sell a lot

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Customer Story – A Unique Trailer Build

June 12, 2021January 16, 2021 by Mechanic
A Unique Trailer Project

There is always something to learn when looking at someone’s DIY project.  This customer story about a unique trailer build is no exception.

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Customer Story – A Trailer Rebuild

June 15, 2021December 2, 2020 by Mechanic
Trailer Conversion Customer Story

An excellent customer story about a complete trailer rebuild.  We talk about it once in awhile, and we give some advice, but this is the first customer story that is truly about doing a full rebuild and reformat.

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DIY House Crane

November 29, 2022April 27, 2020 by Mechanic
House Crane Winch End

A reader submission showing creativity in his lifting Solutions!  A big  Thank You to “A Treehouse Dweller” for this story about building a house crane to access his tall home.  Of course, this is pretty cool in my opinion.

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Categories Customer Stories, Solutions! Tags Customer Story, DIY, Gantry Crane, Solutions! Leave a comment

Converting A Trailer

June 16, 2021February 24, 2020 by Mechanic
Converting a Trailer

The concept of re-purposing or converting a trailer is absolutely awesome.  My hat’s off to anyone who can find a way to reuse and convert something from end-of-life to new-again.  We need more of that in our world!

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Categories Customer Stories Tags Axle, Best Practices, Calculation, Customer Story, Stability, Trailer 1 Comment

Air Tools Lost & Found

July 20, 2021September 1, 2018 by Mechanic
Solution! for Air Tools

A simple Solutions! reader submission for easy access and organization of his common Air Tools.  Simple enough to build in an hour, and great enough to keep  . . .  forever.  Try this.

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Video – Trailer Test Ride!

June 19, 2021March 5, 2018 by Mechanic
New Trailer Test Ride

When the rubber meets the road, that’s when the feeling of real accomplishment kicks in.  This is the first on-road trailer test with (with video) of our new frame and funky walking beam suspension design.

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Categories Customer Stories, News Tags Axle, Build, Testing, Torsion, Trailer Leave a comment

Creativity in a DIY Pack Trailer

June 25, 2021May 15, 2017 by Mechanic
Makeshift DIY Truck and Trailer

The coolest thing I saw last week was this guy with a very creative DIY approach to a pack trailer — and, of course, his tow vehicle!

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