Member - Karl posted:

I had a similar thought as well, or it could have been a cheapie from Vietnam :-)

Member - G N (VIC) posted:

mmm It took me a minute to work out what you were both on about, oh w

Graham & Lynne posted:

I saw a really well built home made one today on a 100 series I want to build one for a 80 series.the one I saw swung down used a gas strut to take weight so 10 year old could swing tyre back up & had self locking catch.

Johnny boy posted:

NOW YA TELL ME ... I've been slaving away in the garage for the last 2 days designing and now building the rear bar for my 100 ser I'm getting up bright and early to do another fit up before I race over to my mates place to bend the 2" tube I Used 2 Holden stub axles and bearings $70 now I just need to go to a machining shop and get some heavy wall tube machined to fit the bearings then weld arm off that !!

Cheers J.B

Member - G N (VIC) posted:

Hi Johnny boy
I too was thinking that way but wondered if the commercial units (stupidly priced) that look like they use std hubs / bearings may actually use other set ups? as i wonder if trailer stubs are way over engineered for the job?
plus i have seem others with fairly small bearings.
Not really sure.
GN

Johnny boy posted:

Hi GN
Mate I think if you over engineer, it should not break and the only neg is weight ,I also looked at my mates KMAR carrier and that is what it looked like ( 40 mm stub axle going through the bar welded top and bottom with a tab to stop it swinging too far ...well I'm having a go at it and if all else fails I have blown about $200 and a couple of days ..........BUT! if it does work I have saved between $2300-- $2500
I had this dilemma a few months ago when considering a folding boat trailer so I built my own fully galvanised and rego passed 1st go so I will keep you all posted on the bar Time for me to head out for the garage SEE YA!

Regards J.B.