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<blockquote data-quote="TreeClimber" data-source="post: 1196922" data-attributes="member: 16101"><p>1) Find the axle weight rating on those trailer axles. I've seen trailer axles with 2500 ratings, and a *few* with 3500 pound ratings. Do the math. Two 2500 rated axles will only support 5000 TOTAL pounds, with the trailer finished estimated to weigh 1500, that only allows 3500 for your load.</p><p> </p><p>2) I'm not a fan of that frame. Yeah, you've got some who say it's enough. But the stringers that go from front to back seem particularly thin guage. I realize that the pics don't do justince, but bending is a distict possiblility. And I've seen where you've welded in reinforcements, however the reinforcements should have been welded in on edge for strenght, not on face. A simple test. Use a piece of that 4x2 C-channel for a ramp, and drive up it. It'll bend fast. However, if you turn it on edge, it'll support a LOT more weight. </p><p> </p><p>3) Screw those guys who say to not use pressure treated lumber. They're wrong. My trailer deck is now 13 or 14 years old, and still solid. Get pressure treated unless the trailer is going to be sold. That ****'s the bomb. After all, the woods not supposed to support the load, it's just a decking for the steel underneath that's supposed to carry the load.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TreeClimber, post: 1196922, member: 16101"] 1) Find the axle weight rating on those trailer axles. I've seen trailer axles with 2500 ratings, and a *few* with 3500 pound ratings. Do the math. Two 2500 rated axles will only support 5000 TOTAL pounds, with the trailer finished estimated to weigh 1500, that only allows 3500 for your load. 2) I'm not a fan of that frame. Yeah, you've got some who say it's enough. But the stringers that go from front to back seem particularly thin guage. I realize that the pics don't do justince, but bending is a distict possiblility. And I've seen where you've welded in reinforcements, however the reinforcements should have been welded in on edge for strenght, not on face. A simple test. Use a piece of that 4x2 C-channel for a ramp, and drive up it. It'll bend fast. However, if you turn it on edge, it'll support a LOT more weight. 3) Screw those guys who say to not use pressure treated lumber. They're wrong. My trailer deck is now 13 or 14 years old, and still solid. Get pressure treated unless the trailer is going to be sold. That ****'s the bomb. After all, the woods not supposed to support the load, it's just a decking for the steel underneath that's supposed to carry the load. [/QUOTE]
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