Flat bottom half round trailer
 

I guess it's more of a 1/4 round but... Here's a start on this one...

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:eek: She's going to be a beauty!

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i have a set of ihb steer super singles waiting for
her

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On the real deal, does the center support brace sit directly above the lift axle or is it slightly off one way or the other? I don't have a good square side on picture of your real trailer to go from.

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just a touch forward of center line of lift axle

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OK that's perfect Mark. I was hoping that was the case as it makes everything I've done so far line up better.

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Good start

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People say that sometimes you need to go backwards in order to go forwards and that's what happened here. I ordered in a special sheet of softer aluminum to use on this and a couple of other builds because the length and sharpness of the bends are hard on my small sheet metal equipment. I was able to get the right grade of aluminum but not the desired thickness despite my efforts. Getting it was a gong show as the first sheet I ordered showed up heavily damaged and unusable other than for building cabs. The supplier ordered another sheet right away and a few days later it showed up but was also damaged slightly but usable(someone tried to use a forklift to lift a sheet off of the top and bent one side). Anyway, with the material being thinner than I wanted and soft I was not sure how it would work out. I bent up the tub for this and it was very easy to work with. Once bent I realized how easily it dents where it's flat and that it is no good for this trailer. After Xmas I bent up a new tub using regular material and I've spent a number of hours over the last few days working to get things back on track. It was tough to get it bent the same as the parts I had already made but after some swearing, sweating and struggling I got all the pieces fit and it's coming along.

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Next up will be the tailgate...

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five months later i guess i need to start saving $$$ again!!!!!

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Better late than never I guess Mark.lol... You never said what October...:rolleyes:

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that is true. shes looking great well worth the time spent

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:eek: nice work!

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I'm happy you like it Mark! It's my main focus right now so it should come together at a decent pace. Sorry for the delay but I really felt it wasn't good enough the way it was. Because of it's shape and size this thing will hold a ton of dirt:eek:. Best be careful not to overload it!

Thanks Brandon.

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i was told your box could handle any load i toss at it

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Keep it clean Mark....:p Yeah, maybe but for how many times?lol I can see 50# loads in this thing easy do to it's volume. It may very well dump that much but I'm not trying it!:cop: It looked like Ben and Alex had some pretty crazy loads on their trailers and they were dumping fine. Yours will hold almost a 3rd more though so it's hard to say. We are all guilty of overloading our stuff. If we kept within the scale DOT range nothing would ever break.lol

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im pulling 124,869 i boulders 41.35 ton today

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Nice! How about some pictures?

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Not pretty crazy loads, but more like "PRETTY CRAZY OPERATORS" (Ben and Alex). But I guess I'll be joining them soon.:D

-Terry

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You do such good work its crazy. I cant wait to see the finished product.

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Thanks for the compliment. I'm not sure if my work is crazy good but It's definitely good to be crazy.

Another day in the life of a toy builder. I have never spent an entire day on a tailgate until today.lol Shooting for a realistic looking high lift style tailgate without the mechanics to make it lift. I'm not sure how it will function in real life but it looks OK I think.lol

https://youtu.be/emzOU5Cicv4

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