As mentioned in a few replies yes 1/4" is overkill and I'd most likely reduce it to 3/16" or possibly 1/8" but I'd rather overbuild all the load bearing items than tear a wheel off in the middle of nowhere. The rest of the box would be 1x1" square tubing possibly changing the wall thickness...
That is good, direct and probably very accurate advise. It's also not very much fun. ;) From James May: "It's an ingenious solution to a problem that should have never existed in the first place."
I work at a fabrication/machine shop and have access to pretty much all the equipment which...
I've been thinking about putting together a compact trailer with the usual RTT and similar equipment setup but had a bit of an unusual idea for the frame. Has anybody build a trailer with a unibody-ish style frame before? I was thinking of possibly using a sheet of 1/4" steel plate with the...
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