Check out my Can Am Trailer

[Gwolf]

Little trailer I been working on to pull with the F3-S. It is very light weight, easy to pull, no vibrations, It might weigh 130 pounds total, empty. Built from a small trailer axle I had, and some scrap steel that was on my junk pile. Had to put new tires on, total rewire for LED and new lights. repacked wheel bearings, and put a new tongue on it. Got about $165 invested in it.

 

[Cobwebs]

Thats different, what have you got planned for that?

 

[EdMat]

Little trailer I been working on to pull with the F3-S. It is very light weight, easy to pull, no vibrations, It might weigh 130 pounds total, empty. Built from a small trailer axle I had, and some scrap steel that was on my junk pile. Had to put new tires on, total rewire for LED and new lights. repacked wheel bearings, and put a new tongue on it. Got about $165 invested in it.

That is fixing to become your best buddy. Countless uses. :2thumbs:

 

[Gwolf]

Thats different, what have you got planned for that?

Started out as a way to take a wheelchair with me. I can't walk very far anymore, and can't stand up more than a few minutes. Left leg amputated and right knee gone from walking on one leg for 40 years. Also can be used to pick up a few bags of livestock feed or fish feed, small hardware, fittings, and various other things that should not require the truck.

It is not finished yet. Got a few more wiring connections, and I can go ahead and put a tag on it. I got a couple of hinges already welded on the rear. Once I get it registered and tagged, plan to add a tailgate.

 

[Cobwebs]

Perfect.:thumbup:

 

[Dasmoetorhead]

Nice build, and I'm sure it will become an invaluable tool for your needs.

 

[Gwolf]

Thanks for the comments, y'all! Finished up the wiring today. Might try to get a tag for it Monday, if no other jobs turn up.

It will make life easier and save some gas too.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

That's a sweet looking trailer ..... However, I think it probably weighs more than 130 Lbs. .... I built my own using 2 inch PVC. I bought axle Hubs and connected them with 1 & 1/2" angle iron to save weight. It attaches using a simple cantilever with springs. ... For a box I used a Sears Car Top carrier (18.5 cu ft @ 10 lbs) and a small LED tailight assembly .... mine weighs 120 lbs. .... You could weigh yours using a bathroom scale, that's how I weighed mine ..... Mike :thumbup:

 

[Gwolf]

That's a sweet looking trailer ..... However, I think it probably weighs more than 130 Lbs. .... I built my own using 2 inch PVC. I bought axle Hubs and connected them with 1 & 1/2" angle iron to save weight. It attaches using a simple cantilever with springs. ... For a box I used a Sears Car Top carrier (18.5 cu ft @ 10 lbs) and a small LED tailight assembly .... mine weighs 120 lbs. .... You could weigh yours using a bathroom scale, that's how I weighed mine ..... Mike :thumbup:

I didn't use angle iron. I cut the corner pieces from thin wall square tubing. The lower side pieces were from thin wall metal shipping frames. I can lift the side of it with one hand and slip a jack stand under with the other hand. I really don't care how much it actually weighs. I took a guess and that is what I will tell the tag office. They don't care either. It will be tagged in the lightest weight slot. Probably never haul more than 200 pounds in it, and rarely that much. It will actually become lighter as it ages some. The pressure treated wood on the deck and sides was fairly green and heavy. It will lose about half the original weight as it continues to dry out.

 

[Gwolf]

Trailer is completed now. Has all LED lights, safety chains, new tires, and everything a trailer is required to have. I called the County Tax Collector Office to see what I needed to bring in to get a tag for it. They told me that homemade trailers are not required to have a title. All I needed to do was bring in a picture of the trailer and certify how much it weighed. I took a picture of it with the cell phone. Went in today and showed them the picture on the cell phone. Told them to put 150 pounds for weight. 15 minutes later I walked out with a Florida Trailer Tag and my bank account was only half a C-note light.

I'm legal and ready to roll! Already took a short break in check ride, going nowhere and coming back from there without stopping off anywhere. Have to keep looking in the mirrors to see if it is there. Don't even feel like I am towing anything. It is like it is not even there. No sway, no lugging, rolling easy.

 

[FrogmanDave]

That is a nice looking rig. I'm glad it pulls straight.

 

[GDoc]

Hi Gwolf, I'm GDoc and I ride a Can-Am Spyder RTS SE6, Orbital blue. Great looking trailer, lot of uses. I picked up a used trailer for my Spyder to pull. But first I want to re-paint the frame, re-wire the lights, pack the bearings. I'll try to attach a few pic's. GDoc

 

[Gwolf]

Hi Gwolf, I'm GDoc and I ride a Can-Am Spyder RTS SE6, Orbital blue. Great looking trailer, lot of uses. I picked up a used trailer for my Spyder to pull. But first I want to re-paint the frame, re-wire the lights, pack the bearings. I'll try to attach a few pic's. GDoc

That is already a nice looking trailer. Won't take long to do the upgrades.

 

[easysuper]

Very nice trailer. I built our kitchen gear trailer using a small Harbor Freight trailer that was 40" X 48"; total weight of ours completely loaded with all gear and 7 gallons of water is 380 pounds, and that includes the solar panel and battery bank for my wife's Cpap machine. I pull the gear trailer and she pulls a Leesure Lite pop-up tent trailer. We usually stay out for 2 weeks at a time camping and touring the Pacific Northwest.

 

[Gwolf]

Nice, sunny day with temperatures in the cool, but not cold range. Hooked the little trailer on the Spyder, hauled the trash to the county garbage collection site, went on into town, and bought a 50 pound bag of floating fish feed. Love that little trailer! It makes hauling the trash off and going by the feed store fun!

 

[Cobwebs]

Too cool! Any road train plans.

 

[Gwolf]

Too cool! Any road train plans.

Great suggestion! I could string 5 or 6 of them together and have a 25 foot long road train!

Maybe something for later if I get too bored. For now I will stick to the single unit, which backs much better than the road train model.

 

[Isopedella]

Trailer is completed now. Has all LED lights, safety chains, new tires, and everything a trailer is required to have. I called the County Tax Collector Office to see what I needed to bring in to get a tag for it. They told me that homemade trailers are not required to have a title. All I needed to do was bring in a picture of the trailer and certify how much it weighed. I took a picture of it with the cell phone. Went in today and showed them the picture on the cell phone. Told them to put 150 pounds for weight. 15 minutes later I walked out with a Florida Trailer Tag and my bank account was only half a C-note light.

I'm legal and ready to roll! Already took a short break in check ride, going nowhere and coming back from there without stopping off anywhere. Have to keep looking in the mirrors to see if it is there. Don't even feel like I am towing anything. It is like it is not even there. No sway, no lugging, rolling easy.

Nice. Whats the distance from the axle to the tow ball where it hooks up?

 

[Gwolf]

Nice. Whats the distance from the axle to the tow ball where it hooks up?

Never actually measured it. It is something like about 8 feet to the axle. I will try to remember to get the exact distance tomorrow. It is way out there in the shop and it be cold and dark here.

What I went by when I was cutting the new tongue is another small trailer about the same size that I used to have. I cut the new tongue to be the same distance from the front of the trailer to the ball connector.

 

[RideOn]

Great suggestion! I could string 5 or 6 of them together and have a 25 foot long road train!

Maybe something for later if I get too bored. For now I will stick to the single unit, which backs much better than the road train model.

I drove a set of doubles (2 28’ van trailers with a connecting gear between them) for about 6 months. While they CAN be backed up a short distance, they get out of line pretty quickly. Normal practice is to break the set and back each wagon separately. Don’t know that it would be any different even with little trailers, but it would make quite a sight!

That’s a very cool little trailer! Congrats!

Bob