xxfullsailxx
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more progress...
Soooo...
i spent most of Saturday getting the old trailer up to snuff to be put on craigslist...and it sold in the first 24 hours! :ylsmoke:
i think i may have shed a tear...it's been worth it's weight in gold the last few years. except for that time on I-80 between rawlins and laramie, loaded to the gills with a storage unit worth of crap, in the dead of winter, when we blew a tire that ripped the fender off and blew out the side board, with no spare! oh the memories...
out with the old and in with the "new" :sombrero:
went through both hubs and removed the brakes & backing plates...re-greased the bearings and put the axle back together. i plan on adding electric brakes and 6 on 5.5 hubs at a later date...i don't currently have money for brakes, hubs, AND wheels for both rigs, so it will have to function as-is for the time being...
and i finally got through one fender cut...two grinder cutting blades later. i bought a cut-off tool from home depot and i was NOT impressed. the dewalt electric grinder with a cutting wheel seemed to do best, as long as you let it cool down every now and then... that steel is some burly stuff! i may take the cut piece down to the metal shop and have them cut out the piece i need to fill the hole.
on a positive note, it looks like the tires will clear the added width of the bed...i may still add some 1/4" spacers to make up for removing the brake drum. i need to figure out what i'm going to do for electrical...i was going to just run a 4-wire harness for the turn and tail signals but i may just go ahead and wire it for brakes too with a six or seven pole set-up.
thanks for the impact driver suggestion mark harley!
-darin
Soooo...
i spent most of Saturday getting the old trailer up to snuff to be put on craigslist...and it sold in the first 24 hours! :ylsmoke:
i think i may have shed a tear...it's been worth it's weight in gold the last few years. except for that time on I-80 between rawlins and laramie, loaded to the gills with a storage unit worth of crap, in the dead of winter, when we blew a tire that ripped the fender off and blew out the side board, with no spare! oh the memories...
out with the old and in with the "new" :sombrero:
went through both hubs and removed the brakes & backing plates...re-greased the bearings and put the axle back together. i plan on adding electric brakes and 6 on 5.5 hubs at a later date...i don't currently have money for brakes, hubs, AND wheels for both rigs, so it will have to function as-is for the time being...
and i finally got through one fender cut...two grinder cutting blades later. i bought a cut-off tool from home depot and i was NOT impressed. the dewalt electric grinder with a cutting wheel seemed to do best, as long as you let it cool down every now and then... that steel is some burly stuff! i may take the cut piece down to the metal shop and have them cut out the piece i need to fill the hole.
on a positive note, it looks like the tires will clear the added width of the bed...i may still add some 1/4" spacers to make up for removing the brake drum. i need to figure out what i'm going to do for electrical...i was going to just run a 4-wire harness for the turn and tail signals but i may just go ahead and wire it for brakes too with a six or seven pole set-up.
thanks for the impact driver suggestion mark harley!
-darin