At 01:37 PM 6/26/2006, Dino Darling wrote:
>Sure Kelly, That would be easy.
>
>To give you some ideas, head down to your local US Rentals and look at a
>"light tower". I used to build these as well as other traffic control
>trailers. Our club owns a home built tower trailer and my experience
>with it has taught me what NOT to do.
>
>You first need to decide how much money you want to spend and if you are
>going to build one from scratch or convert an old watercraft trailer.
Another source of a sturdy trailer to start with would be a used horse
trailer. They get pretty beat up after a while, but the beating is on parts
you might well be removing.The actually running gear and frame will be ok,
but the body and floorboards will be shot.
I think that one thing that most people don't contemplate is just how much
weight they're going to wind up piling on that poor trailer by the time
you're done. A little jetski trailer designed to carry a few hundred
pounds isn't going to hack it. To a certain extent, you can limit the
"piling on", by limiting the size of the trailer, and not providing a place
to put more stuff. (any flat surface is an invitation to lash on just one
more thing.. like 400 pounds of ice).
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