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Old 12-17-2015, 09:30 PM
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I guess it's more of a 1/4 round but... Here's a start on this one...



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Old 12-17-2015, 10:46 PM
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She's going to be a beauty!
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Old 12-18-2015, 07:59 AM
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i have a set of ihb steer super singles waiting for
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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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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.









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...

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that is true. shes looking great well worth the time spent
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nice work!
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that is true. shes looking great well worth the time spent
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. Best be careful not to overload it!

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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.... 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! 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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Keep it clean Mark.... 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! 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
Not pretty crazy loads, but more like "PRETTY CRAZY OPERATORS" (Ben and Alex). But I guess I'll be joining them soon.

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

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