Hit the trailer hard this weekend and got a fair number of things done.
First off was to finish the suspension. The shock mounts were done, but hadn't been welded on. The limit straps were on hand, but none of the mounts were done.
After getting the shock mounts welded on, I moved on to the limit straps. I had originally wanted to sleeve through the frame crossmember so that I could through-bolt the limit strap that way. Well I looked all over town and couldn't find an appropriate sized piece of tubing(or pipe, or conduit, or....) so I moved on to coming up with a new plan. I had visions of going over a big unforseen bump and this thing getting airborne in a hurry. With that in mind I wanted to make sure the limit strap mounts were stout, aka double shear.
I made an inner tab that the nut sits behind and an outer tab that should reinforce things nicely.
Then I welded on a pair of simple tabs for the bottom and bolted up the strap.
After all of that was done I wanted to get the rear stabilizer legs done. I started with some 2x2x.188 tubing that's welded to the frame and passes through the floor of the rearmost boxes. To this I welded a spring-loaded pin with T-handle. Insert some legs with CNC cut holes and voila, stabilizer legs! I still need to weld on some "feet" but they're otherwise complete. The idea for these is that I can drop the legs down prior to dropping the trailer and they will carry the weight of the trailer in camp, removing the sway that the tires/suspension would give otherwise. They're also handy for keeping the trailer from tipping over backwards when it's not hooked up to the tow vehicle and someone wants to climb up onto the rear platform.
Last project of the weekend was to finish the rear bumper and get it welded on. I wasn't sure what I would want for a hitch, d-rings, etc so I decided to just put the lights on and plan on adding the rest at a later date once I have a better idea of what I want to do. (You can see the stabilizer legs in this picture as well)
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