tilt trailer

5/24/20, 6:17 PM #1

Ray Mtn. Home Ar.
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Stuck at the house so I decided to build a little 4x6 trailer to use around the property. I bought a sheet of 3/4 pressure treated plywood and the hitch. All the rest of it came out of my pile of scrap iron.

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5/24/20, 9:08 PM #2

Kneale Brownson
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Pull with a garden tractor?

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5/24/20, 10:37 PM #3

Barry Irby
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Otherwise, Hitch it to your cat?

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5/25/20, 12:14 AM #4

Ray
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Re: Pull with a garden tractor?

Ray

I'll pull it around with a little Massey ferguson fwd.

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6/2/20, 3:59 AM #5

Pete in Holland MI
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Pete in Holland MI

Your axle's way too far forward. An evenly distributed load will lift on the hitch, and lawn tractor. In big trailers & cars/trucks, this can lead to the trailer whipping itself & pull vehicle off the road.

Might want to modify it some.

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6/2/20, 2:59 PM #6

Ralph Lipeles
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I agree. Could be dangerous and should be fixed.

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6/2/20, 4:54 PM #7

Ray
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Ray

I built it that way on purpose. It's only being used on the property. I pull it around with a Massey ferguson 4x4.

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