Trailer/Mini Work Shed Project

[ThatOneEuroE30]

this will be awesome when finished.

[deutschman]

Oh and no Im pulling it with my truck. Not an e30.

Still deciding on siding. I might bight the bullet and try to find some aluminum. Sadly there are no RV parts suppliers anywhere even remotely near to me. A 4x8 piece of black or white aluminum RV siding is about $60. I could rivet that to a steel frame.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Trailer/Mini Work Shed Project

I'd just got with rv aluminum 60 a sheet isn't bad.

[AndrewBird]

That's an idea but it seams like the plywood would add a lot of weight and start rotting after a while unless I get expensive marine grade plywood.

The trailer my dad had was painted with exterior house paint and was left out in the weather all the time. The plywood held up fine for 20+ years. My sister now has the trailer and it is still being used. Only the exterior was painted, so the inside got wet as well.

[deutschman]

Yeah the problem is finding a local shop that sells it. Getting it delivered would be a few hundred bucks lol

[deutschman]

The trailer my dad had was painted with exterior house paint and was left out in the weather all the time. The plywood held up fine for 20+ years. My sister now has the trailer and it is still being used. Only the exterior was painted, so the inside got wet as well.

Still an option. Than I could just carriage bolt the plywood to the steel frame.

[deutschman]

First bit of work done. I got to say I dont think I would trust the trailer with the 1720lb its rated at with out additional seam welding.

[george graves]

Or a with 7 foot tall box going 65 down the freeway....

Yea, a lot of people weld all the joints. I would go for a wedge shape for the front of the box.

[AndrewBird]

The box is going to add a lot of strength. By the time he's done, there will be more steel in the box than in the frame. lol

[SubDad]

... Its going to a be tool storage shed/mini work shed ... my ever growing colection of tools.... some hardware/electrical/tool storage boxes, a space for my MIG welder, and maybe my small pancake air compressor ... small generator to power some lights and tools like the welder which is a 220amp welder.

The contents are going to be worth more than the trailer. I hope you'll have a place to store it at night and when on-site will be diligent about - at the very least - putting a lock on the hitch. If not, you wouldn't be the first tradesman to watch his livelihood drive off down the road.

[deutschman]

Or a with 7 foot tall box going 65 down the freeway....

Yea, a lot of people weld all the joints. I would go for a wedge shape for the front of the box.

Yeah I was panning on a wedge shape even though its not really in my first drawing. Dont want to be pulling a wall through the air at 65mph hahaha even with gas prices coming down.

The box is going to add a lot of strength. By the time he's done, there will be more steel in the box than in the frame. lol

Word ;)

The contents are going to be worth more than the trailer. I hope you'll have a place to store it at night and when on-site will be diligent about - at the very least - putting a lock on the hitch. If not, you wouldn't be the first tradesman to watch his livelihood drive off down the road.

Yeah I know. Iv been thinking about this as well. I think Ill keep it chained to my truck at night. Or I could chain it to the telephone pole outside my house, but I need a kind of long chain. For now I have a chain going through the wheel and the frame to lock the wheel up. Thats really the best I can do for now.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

At my work we us trailer hitch locks and use the retarded thick towing cable shits like and inch thick and run that around the wheels and axles and then tie it down to pole.

[AndrewBird]

The type of hitch lock that is a ball that latches in place is best. If you just close the hitch and lock it with a pad lock, you can force a slightly smaller ball into the hitch and tow it away, then cut the lock later. If they can't tow it, they can't steal it. A chain/cable to prevent the wheel from spinning works as well.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

The type of hitch lock that is a ball that latches in place is best. If you just close the hitch and lock it with a pad lock, you can force a slightly smaller ball into the hitch and tow it away, then cut the lock later. If they can't tow it, they can't steal it. A chain/cable to prevent the wheel from spinning works as well.

yup thats what we have it covers the opening for the ball completely and then the cable around the axle.

[deutschman]

Like this one?

http://www.amazon.com/Trimax-UMAX50-Universal-Hardened-couplers/dp/B000F3RYGA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1415244552&sr=8-2&keywords=2%22+hitch+lock