honda250xtitan
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flap disks ******! You crazy man! lol throw a guard on that angle grinder when your using cut off wheels though. No matter how long you've been running an angle grinder those blades can blow apart at quite the RPM.
Villageidiots Trailer Build.
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villageidiot327
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They don’t call em a death wheel for no reason.
I use the 4” in the air grinder, the 7” in the electric, and then a flapper wheel in another electric. The 7” in an angle grinder is scary.
honda250xtitan
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Some people don't know, and learn the hard way. Its sucky seeing a disk in someones face lol
villageidiot327
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ok, had a crazy week at work, but here with a pic/progress heavy update.
got the new tires and wheels mounted wednesday, but didnt get a chance to put em on the trailer til friday afternoon.
hooked up to the back of the jeep, its about 97% level.
that brings it to today.....
got to the shop at 7am, and started prepping metal for welding. filing off the insides of the tubes from the cut, wiping the oils off them, etc.
my buddy got there to lend a hand and we started stitching it together. didnt take any progress pics but here it is all stitched/tacked
i had to put the tires and wheels on to see how it was gunna look.
thats it for the day, its all tacked together with short stitch welds, but the little 110v lincoln the shop has is a bit puny to punch it all together. monday ill take it over to my exhaust shop and they can burn it in, way faster, cleaner, and easier than i can. the kid that welds mufflers there is an animal with a welder. super talented.
got the new tires and wheels mounted wednesday, but didnt get a chance to put em on the trailer til friday afternoon.
hooked up to the back of the jeep, its about 97% level.
that brings it to today.....
got to the shop at 7am, and started prepping metal for welding. filing off the insides of the tubes from the cut, wiping the oils off them, etc.
my buddy got there to lend a hand and we started stitching it together. didnt take any progress pics but here it is all stitched/tacked
i had to put the tires and wheels on to see how it was gunna look.
thats it for the day, its all tacked together with short stitch welds, but the little 110v lincoln the shop has is a bit puny to punch it all together. monday ill take it over to my exhaust shop and they can burn it in, way faster, cleaner, and easier than i can. the kid that welds mufflers there is an animal with a welder. super talented.
villageidiot327
Explorer
1.5" wheel spacers will be in monday, so i can actually mount it all up and see how things are. i mounted the stock wheels on it to drag it over to the muffler shop monday morning.
at this point i should have probably had an axle made that was the 3" wider than the one i bought, but it was a matter of time and availability, i could go to the shop that built the trailer and get an axle in 30 minutes vs a multi week wait. if it bugs me later, an axle isn't much, or hard to swap in.
next thoughts are fenders, and lights, not sure what I'm going to do for fenders.
at this point i should have probably had an axle made that was the 3" wider than the one i bought, but it was a matter of time and availability, i could go to the shop that built the trailer and get an axle in 30 minutes vs a multi week wait. if it bugs me later, an axle isn't much, or hard to swap in.
next thoughts are fenders, and lights, not sure what I'm going to do for fenders.
villageidiot327
Explorer
ok, so the coupler lock was hitting the spare tire while loading the trailer onto the ball.
i don't have the budget, or the ability(time) to reconstruct the tongue to use a max coupler or lock n roll. maybe down the line, but not this month.
so i got out the trusty angle grinder and chopped some off. first about 3/4" then another 1/4"
now it all slips in no problem and i don't have to buy or modify the tongue.
today it goes over to get burned together with the steel glue gun.
i don't have the budget, or the ability(time) to reconstruct the tongue to use a max coupler or lock n roll. maybe down the line, but not this month.
so i got out the trusty angle grinder and chopped some off. first about 3/4" then another 1/4"
now it all slips in no problem and i don't have to buy or modify the tongue.
today it goes over to get burned together with the steel glue gun.
villageidiot327
Explorer
wheel spacers showed up today
also took the trailer over to my exhaust guy and had em burn the thing together,
of course, its monday, so had 4 cars show up so nowhere to work on the trailer tonight and get the wheels and spacers on. maybe tomorrow. also need to start designing/making the tailgate.
also took the trailer over to my exhaust guy and had em burn the thing together,
of course, its monday, so had 4 cars show up so nowhere to work on the trailer tonight and get the wheels and spacers on. maybe tomorrow. also need to start designing/making the tailgate.
villageidiot327
Explorer
got the wheel spacers on tonight, blue loc-tite and torqued to 100ft/lbs
1.5" wide.
got the wheels and tires mounted up, so i can start mocking up fenders and progressing.
hooked it up to the jeep and drug it around the block. its a touch low in the front, which is fine, it'll get heavier. and id rather have it low in the nose, than high.
1.5" wide.
got the wheels and tires mounted up, so i can start mocking up fenders and progressing.
hooked it up to the jeep and drug it around the block. its a touch low in the front, which is fine, it'll get heavier. and id rather have it low in the nose, than high.
villageidiot327
Explorer
Yeah, we do a lot of sl’s
villageidiot327
Explorer
dropped the trailer off at my buddy Dave's house for some sheetmetal work. check him out on Instagram......
Engle Bros Fabriction
dude is a wild man, and I'm stoked to have him hookin up my trailer with stuff i don't have time to do.
got the sides bet/sectioned up and tacked in place.
Engle Bros Fabriction
dude is a wild man, and I'm stoked to have him hookin up my trailer with stuff i don't have time to do.
got the sides bet/sectioned up and tacked in place.
villageidiot327
Explorer
got a few pics from Dave today.
fender hoops mounted.
ends capped
bottom rear of trailer finished off.
he made the corner piece with sheet 16ga left over from the sides, not really structural, just finishes off the edge.
sides all stitched along the upper edge.
one side is stitched along the lower frame
stitched along the front lower edge
he also added some front hoop steps. might be needed to step into the tent eventually, or to stand and reach in etc. looking good and he's making quick work of it.
fender hoops mounted.
ends capped
bottom rear of trailer finished off.
he made the corner piece with sheet 16ga left over from the sides, not really structural, just finishes off the edge.
sides all stitched along the upper edge.
one side is stitched along the lower frame
stitched along the front lower edge
he also added some front hoop steps. might be needed to step into the tent eventually, or to stand and reach in etc. looking good and he's making quick work of it.
villageidiot327
Explorer
small progress, but progress is progress.
lights showed up in the mail
knocked out a couple brackets to mount to the lights to the trailer. these will get welded on. scabbed the angle iron from the original upper frame from the trailer.
lights showed up in the mail
knocked out a couple brackets to mount to the lights to the trailer. these will get welded on. scabbed the angle iron from the original upper frame from the trailer.
villageidiot327
Explorer
more updates from Dave, went over after work to check stuff out and see how things are lookin.
got the fenders skinned, and stitched on.
light mounts put on, low ish and to the rear, best place i could put them.
floor panel cut, placed, and stitched in, still needs a beat and a bang here and there, but it'll do.
got the fenders skinned, and stitched on.
light mounts put on, low ish and to the rear, best place i could put them.
floor panel cut, placed, and stitched in, still needs a beat and a bang here and there, but it'll do.