make your own trailer ?
08-09-2011, 03:19 PM
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make your own trailer ?
has anyone made their own aluminum trailer ? thinking of building 1 for my cat .I have access to lots of equipment so it doesn't look to be that hard . Any thoughts?
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You can make your own and issue it a "homemade" VIN at the tag office. The problem with doing it is its almost impossible to declare a true weight rating. If there were to be an accident and the insurance deems it *could* have been trailer related and they see it was homemade, you could be ponyin up some bigtime coin on your end.
With that being said, trailers are NOT that hard to make. We've made 4 or 5 in our shop for different things since I was a little kid. Everything from flatbeds to seadoo trailers. But my advice is to buy a rolling frame with a VIN and weight tag from a trusted manufacturer. Then you can bolt bunks, winches, toolboxes, wheels, lights, paint, etc on to it and still save yourself a chunk of change..
That one little tag really will make a big difference. Especially on resale or states that don't allow registration of homemade trailers..
With that being said, trailers are NOT that hard to make. We've made 4 or 5 in our shop for different things since I was a little kid. Everything from flatbeds to seadoo trailers. But my advice is to buy a rolling frame with a VIN and weight tag from a trusted manufacturer. Then you can bolt bunks, winches, toolboxes, wheels, lights, paint, etc on to it and still save yourself a chunk of change..
That one little tag really will make a big difference. Especially on resale or states that don't allow registration of homemade trailers..
08-10-2011, 10:54 AM
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You can make your own and issue it a "homemade" VIN at the tag office. The problem with doing it is its almost impossible to declare a true weight rating. If there were to be an accident and the insurance deems it *could* have been trailer related and they see it was homemade, you could be ponyin up some bigtime coin on your end.
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08-10-2011, 12:17 PM
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shop foreman at a ford dealer. I have access to a frame machine, machine shop, mig, tig, band saw, chop saw & champion trailers is nearby. why do you ask? I'm not concerned with can I do it, but should I. I also have the old trailer to take measurements off of.
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You can make your own and issue it a "homemade" VIN at the tag office. The problem with doing it is its almost impossible to declare a true weight rating. If there were to be an accident and the insurance deems it *could* have been trailer related and they see it was homemade, you could be ponyin up some bigtime coin on your end.
With that being said, trailers are NOT that hard to make. We've made 4 or 5 in our shop for different things since I was a little kid. Everything from flatbeds to seadoo trailers. But my advice is to buy a rolling frame with a VIN and weight tag from a trusted manufacturer. Then you can bolt bunks, winches, toolboxes, wheels, lights, paint, etc on to it and still save yourself a chunk of change..
That one little tag really will make a big difference. Especially on resale or states that don't allow registration of homemade trailers..
With that being said, trailers are NOT that hard to make. We've made 4 or 5 in our shop for different things since I was a little kid. Everything from flatbeds to seadoo trailers. But my advice is to buy a rolling frame with a VIN and weight tag from a trusted manufacturer. Then you can bolt bunks, winches, toolboxes, wheels, lights, paint, etc on to it and still save yourself a chunk of change..
That one little tag really will make a big difference. Especially on resale or states that don't allow registration of homemade trailers..
08-10-2011, 12:43 PM
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Im in the process of converting a V to a cat trailer now to get away from this bouncy ass aluminum trailer. I looked at building my own and once the math was figured, I came out ahead upgrading an older trailer.
