HF 90154 Builders--Don't let this happen to YOU!

[IraRat]

I'm probably going with the wife and kids to Disney this weekend, and I guess that will be more fun tham brushing gooey, smelly asphalt onto plywood.

Or will it be?

Take me out in the woods and beat me near to death with a 1" sapling or paint me with asphalt emulsion even add feathers but deliver me from Disney (Six Flags, Branson, Myrtle Beach, etc.).

Geron

Living 2 hours away has its DISADVANTAGES--meaning I have no excuse.

MAGIC KINGDOM MEANS NO BEER! (God bless Epcot, though.)

[asianflava]

Living 2 hours away has its DISADVANTAGES--meaning I have no excuse.

MAGIC KINGDOM MEANS NO BEER! (God bless Epcot, though.)

Beers around the world! or around the lake.

[TomS]

I just stuck the frame on their for the picture, and to mark the spots to countersink for the boltheads. Only the 4 corners have heads on top, so at least THAT part was pretty easy.

My 5x8 Red (well, it used to be red) Trailer frame came predrilled with holes for mounting a plywood deck. I was sick of drilling steel. I really wanted to use those holes to mount my frame. Before coating the underside of the deck with asphalt emulson I crawled under the deck. I had my wife dip the end of a bolt in the emulsion and pass it to me. I located the mounting holes and passed the bolt through each hole. This left black dot showing exactly where I needed to drill each mounting hole.

The coupler that came with the Red Trailer requires a 1 7/8" ball. My utliity trailer uses a 2 " ball. I decided to standardize on on the 2" ball to avoid a potentially dangerous mistake later one. So yesterday, went out and bought a a coupler for a 2" ball. Woouldn't you know it, I got home and discovered the mounting holes on the tounge didn't line up with the coupler. So, just when I thought I was done drilling steel, I had to drill another %$*(ing hole!

[toypusher]

Tom,

Understand you wanting to standarize, but you could have just got another ball mount with a 1 7/8" ball and just swapped them anytime you wanted to use the other trailer. I don't leave the ball mount in my reciever hitch because it seems when I do, that I am always running into it and bruising something and getting grease on my clothes.

Kerry

[TomS]

Tom,

Understand you wanting to standarize, but you could have just got another ball mount with a 1 7/8" ball and just swapped them anytime you wanted to use the other trailer. I don't leave the ball mount in my reciever hitch because it seems when I do, that I am always running into it and bruising something and getting grease on my clothes.

Kerry

I thought about doing that. I don't keep my my ball in the reciever for the exact same reasons. I've got alittle compartment under the rear floor that stowes it nicely.

I was just afraid of what might happen if I space out and put the trailer with the 2" coupler on the 1 7/8 ball. It just semed simpler and safer in the long run to standardize on the 2" ball. One less thing for me to screw up.

[toypusher]

Tom,

Yah, your right about it being one less thing and it definitely would be bad to put the 2" hitch on the 1 7/8" ball. I have not experience with that sort of thing, but I don't see anything but BAD if it happens. I was just thinking that you could have saved some drilling that you obviously enjoy so much!

Kerry

[nickster60]

When we bought our Boat we where at the marina and this guy picked up a new boat right before we got ours. He insisted that he was going to load his $ 75000 boat with a 2" on his 1 7/8 trailer ball on the truck. The marina offered him a 2" ball free of charge. Nope the uppity New Yorker drove off. We passed him going home with the front of his trailer stuffed the aspalt like a snow plow and his bumper half ripped off. I made sure I beeped the horn as we drove buy. As they say " You cant fix stupid"

NIck
Florida

[IraRat]

Nope the uppity New Yorker drove off.

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Hey! Stop ragging on us (ex) New Yorkers!

If it weren't for us, the Florida Indian casinos would go out of business!

[Scooter]

I bought the 990 lb HF trailer, anticipating a lightweight tear. That was 2.5 yrs ago and since then I've decided to build heavier to accomodate the 2000 lb torsion axle I added. Also strengthened the tongue.

The HF was the right choice for me because it was cheap and easily adaptable. YES, I've put as much money into it as I would have just getting one welded from scratch, but the HF got me building right away, which is good.

[Geron]

I bought the 990 lb HF trailer, anticipating a lightweight tear. That was 2.5 yrs ago and since then I've decided to build heavier to accomodate the 2000 lb torsion axle I added. Also strengthened the tongue.

The HF was the right choice for me because it was cheap and easily adaptable. YES, I've put as much money into it as I would have just getting one welded from scratch, but the HF got me building right away, which is good.

Yep! The HF is a good place to start. I'm thinking now of building a 6x6x10 box utility trailer on one of my light frames and put a 2000 lb axle from Tractor supply under it. Already have the tongue upgraded to 2x2 square tube Iron. Just thinkin' I really do need a place to keep my tools till I settle down in our "retirement" house 3 years 2 months and 4 days from today

Geron