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Old 01-24-2018, 02:49 PM
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Default Bruder lowbed

I bought 2 Bruder lowloader trailers and made one roughly scaled 53' lowbed.

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Old 01-24-2018, 02:55 PM
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I cut just in front of the wheels and then added about 7 inches from the center portion of the donor trailer. I bought some angle aluminum to join the 2 pieces.

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Old 01-24-2018, 03:00 PM
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At this point if all I was going to haul around was my Bruder excavator it wouldn't have needed any more strength but I thought I might use it for my Premacon machines so I added more aluminum to the underside.

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Old 01-24-2018, 03:00 PM
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Nice. Those Bruder trailers do fairly well and can accommodate many modifications.
What are you mainly going to haul on it?
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Old 01-24-2018, 03:04 PM
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I would later find out that this trailer would hold a 185 pound friend, the deck portion anyway. The neck was the weak link and the reason it wouldn't be strong enough for use with my Premacon machines.
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Old 01-24-2018, 03:08 PM
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I used it for display , as long as it was hooked up to a truck with the landing legs down for support I could put my 30pound Premacon machines on it. Raise the legs and the trailer would bend at the neck.
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Old 01-24-2018, 03:12 PM
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I painted it black , added a wood deck with extra aluminum strips that I polished to give it lots of bling.

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Old 01-24-2018, 03:14 PM
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I added a King hauler rear bumper, it looks good on the trailer but I never cared for the look of it on the truck.

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Old 01-24-2018, 03:16 PM
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My 576L on the trailer.

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Old 01-24-2018, 03:21 PM
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Default Re: Bruder lowbed

Being a Peterbilt guy , I flipped the mirrors from one side to the other and mounted them upside down. Doing this lowers them as you can see in this pic. Note the landing gear is down to support the weight.
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Old 01-24-2018, 03:25 PM
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The wheels needed a little bling so I got creative. My office chair had these chrome caps that covered where the screws were in the arm rest. A little prying and they popped off and made perfect hubcaps.

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Old 01-24-2018, 03:28 PM
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Here is a better shot of the hubcaps.

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Old 01-24-2018, 03:41 PM
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I would later find out that this trailer would hold a 185 pound friend, the deck portion anyway. The neck was the weak link and the reason it wouldn't be strong enough for use with my Premacon machines.
Wow 185 LB person? Thats a lot. Yes those necks aren't that factory strong. What about the axles and the axle mounts? Did you beef those up as well?
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Default Re: Bruder lowbed

I wonder if it'd be possible to reinforce that neck area to make it as tough as the rest of the trailer?
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Old 01-24-2018, 04:40 PM
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Wow 185 LB person? Thats a lot. Yes those necks aren't that factory strong. What about the axles and the axle mounts? Did you beef those up as well?
I can tell you the axles and mounts are plenty strong, I no longer have this trailer. I took it to work and tied it to the back of my work truck.

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Old 01-24-2018, 04:46 PM
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I pulled that trailer around for an entire weekend , loading it up with paper towels to simulate the big rolls ( seen in back ground ) at one point a co-worker stood on it and went for a short ride until the neck cracked. Didn't break mind you, it stayed together no problem even at 40 mph. Eventually it did break when we tried to load our other yard truck on it.
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Old 01-24-2018, 04:57 PM
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Have you any plans to build an RC version of your work rig?
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Have you any plans to build an RC version of your work rig?
No , cause that would require me to have a few trailers and with my limited tools building stuff takes a long time. I did see a couple years back someone did make an RC version of this truck.
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Old 01-25-2018, 09:23 AM
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No , cause that would require me to have a few trailers and with my limited tools building stuff takes a long time. I did see a couple years back someone did make an RC version of this truck.
Yes I remember someone made one of those trucks. I can't remember who. Very cool though...

Hey, don't feel bad about not having a bunch of equipment for building/fabricating, a lot of us don't have that stuff. And thats Ok too. I have a bunch of hand tools and my trusty dremel with many attachments,,, and I have built and modified all kinds of stuff.
But, we are all amazed with what is scratch built on here by people using those larger tools. It is truly amazing....
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Yeah it’s exclusive rc that built the shunt truck. Think he builds them for 2500$.

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