What Did You Buy Today?

[Papa Charlie]

I made a modification to the new trailer... I have the Decked drawer system in the back of my truck... the tailgate has to be fully lowered to open the drawers. The tailgate won't go down all the way with the trailer hitched up, the tailgate hits the top of the trailer jack.

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So I removed the jack...

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... and replaced it with a swing-up style jack mounted to the front of the trailer frame...

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Now I can get into the drawers without unhitching the trailer.

-Bear

I have come back to your pictures at least a few times. The more I think about it. Putting the jack farther back behind the tongue would make moving the trailer around much easier by hand.

On my last trailer, I added stabilizer jacks on both sides at the rear of the trailer. Made loading heavy equipment much easier. If you have ever been loading or unloading a piece of heavy equipment and had he truck take off down the hill because you just removed all the weight off the rear wheels of the truck it is exciting. You will see why adding rear jacks are a good resource. Trick is to just keep loading or unloading until the weight is stabilized and lever you created with the trailer levels out.

 

[projectnut]

I use the same style fold away jack on my 10,000 lb. trailer. The trailer I have was originally built by a local construction company to haul an 8,500 lb. Bobcat. The platform is only 10' long and 5' wide. I paid $100.00 for it 14 years ago. Since then I put on the box, new tires, new fenders, repaired the ramps, new bushings in the springs, the jack, new lights, and new brake shoes.

It's served me well over the years and is now in need of a new set of tires again. All in all I'm guessing I have about $1,000.00 invested. It's been used to haul everything from soup to nuts over the years. Everything from tractors and end loaders to brush and landscaping materials.

 

[GoceKU]

Today couple of packages arrive, got me three 1/4 ball valves, Auto punch, pack of belts for my finger sander and a pack of dust masks, it about time i start to protect my lungs.

 

[Aukai]

Pratt Burned International 6 1/4 top jaw chuck.

 

[erikmannie]

I bought a Bison 5” plain back (not a Set-Tru) 5C collet chuck on eBay. These are $490 new, & this one was (only?) $285. It has been sitting around in WI for a few years, and it was manufactured back when Toolmex made the parts for Bison.

The eBay auction was at $99 only 1 second before it ended. I thought I had it for $99, and then suddenly it said that I won it for $285 (I had put in that I would bid up to a fair amount higher than that still). That was a surprising development in one second.

I bought it because the chuck that I like to use (4J, 12”) is unable to mount work smaller than a 1/2”. I am not even going to buy collets larger than 1/2” (I’m good with the 4J), but I will hopefully be able to afford metric collets up to 13 mm.

 

[mmcmdl]

I use the same style fold away jack on my 10,000 lb. trailer. The trailer I have was originally built by a local construction company to haul an 8,500 lb. Bobcat. The platform is only 10' long and 5' wide. I paid $100.00 for it 14 years ago. Since then I put on the box, new tires, new fenders, repaired the ramps, new bushings in the springs, the jack, new lights, and new brake shoes.

It's served me well over the years and is now in need of a new set of tires again. All in all I'm guessing I have about $1,000.00 invested. It's been used to haul everything from soup to nuts over the years. Everything from tractors and end loaders to brush and landscaping materials.

I have a very similar trailer nut . It was owned by the local Bobcat dealer . It's a friggin beast and I've put it thru the ringer . I've bought all the D rings and tie downs but never installed them . The last haul was a Bridgeport mill , 2 lathes and a large H bandsaw . Lately it holds scrap metal out in the back yard

 

[projectnut]

I have a very similar trailer nut . It was owned by the local Bobcat dealer . It's a friggin beast and I've put it thru the ringer . I've bought all the D rings and tie downs but never installed them . The last haul was a Bridgeport mill , 2 lathes and a large H bandsaw . Lately it holds scrap metal out in the back yard

Mine has been sitting along side the garage for nearly a year without being moved. I normally use it for landscaping supplies, and haul brush and leaves to the recycle center. On a normal year it takes between 10 and 20 loads to the recycle center and a couple trips to the family cottage 100 miles north of here. Before the snow flies I take the wood floor and sides off and leave the bare metal flat bed in the weather. The original deck of the trailer is only 2, 18" wide steel plates the length of the trailer covered with expanded metal something like the deck of the trailer in this link:

Open Deck Car Trailer

Haul your vehicles with ease, Four wheels off the ground with a 7,000lb Capacity Car Hauler Flatbed Trailer. Why rent an Open deck Flatbed trailer when you can own?

towsmarttrailers.com

I put sections of 5/8" plywood over the plates and add the sides when carrying anything other than a tractor or loader. The plywood is leftover from when we remodeled the cottage in 1978, and has been used almost continually in the trailer since 2007. Last spring I loaded it with junk to go to our local recycling center, but had a hip replaced before I got it unloaded. The trailer sat full over the winter. Now that the snow is melting I'll get it emptied, put on a new set of tires, and replace some of the side and floor boards.

 

[BladesIIB]

I bought a Precision Matthews BS-1 Dividing Head. Had a little fun with the delivery and unboxing video. With a What to Buy forum, I figured I can't be the only one who gets excited when a new package arrives. Enjoy!

 

[Papa Charlie]

Mine has been sitting along side the garage for nearly a year without being moved. I normally use it for landscaping supplies, and haul brush and leaves to the recycle center. On a normal year it takes between 10 and 20 loads to the recycle center and a couple trips to the family cottage 100 miles north of here. Before the snow flies I take the wood floor and sides off and leave the bare metal flat bed in the weather. The original deck of the trailer is only 2, 18" wide steel plates the length of the trailer covered with expanded metal something like the deck of the trailer in this link:

Open Deck Car Trailer

Haul your vehicles with ease, Four wheels off the ground with a 7,000lb Capacity Car Hauler Flatbed Trailer. Why rent an Open deck Flatbed trailer when you can own?

towsmarttrailers.com

I put sections of 5/8" plywood over the plates and add the sides when carrying anything other than a tractor or loader. The plywood is leftover from when we remodeled the cottage in 1978, and has been used almost continually in the trailer since 2007. Last spring I loaded it with junk to go to our local recycling center, but had a hip replaced before I got it unloaded. The trailer sat full over the winter. Now that the snow is melting I'll get it emptied, put on a new set of tires, and replace some of the side and floor boards.

Nice trailer. I like the specs and the construction. I am still looking for a good used one, but most want at least if not more than that trailer is priced at for less than well kept trailers.

 

[projectnut]

I happened on this one by dumb luck. I had just finished making some parts to mount a log splitter attachment to my homemade loader. I'm not that much of a welder so I took everything to a friends shop to have him weld up the assembly. He had done work for the construction company that built the trailer and traded them his labor for it. He originally wanted $500.00. It needed some work, and I didn't have time to deal with it then so I passed on the offer.

A few months later I took some more parts to him to weld and he asked if I had any interest in the trailer. I said possibly depending on the price. When he said $100.00 I couldn't get my hand in my pocket fast enough to find the money. It was a 2 way street however. I only paid $100.00 for the trailer initially, but he's the one that repaired the ramps, repaired the original fenders twice, made the new fenders out of 11 gauge diamond plate. and made the spare tire mount. Of the additional $900.00 I put into it I think he got $800.00 of it. The rest was spent on brake shoes, new tail lights, and wiring. The new tires didn't cost anything out of pocket since I traded a set of tires and rims from a truck I no longer owned to a local tire dealer.