building trailer
Submitted: Thursday, Mar 04, 2004 at 10:51
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Hi all, OK, does anyone have a good plan for an offroad trailer with all the extra bits, ie jerry can holders, gas bottle holders etc?
I built one about 14 years ago and its been around Oz 3 times,GRR twice and numerous other"dont take a trailer"
places with nothing at all going wrong. Yep she was built to last. My problem is that the new quad will not quite fit in the tray( i made it 30mm to narrow!!)
So, wanting to make a newie i want to get all the latest ideas and fit them up, would even try independent
suspension!!
I know i could probably get one from PAPPAS in
Fremantle but the $800 to send it to
Darwin would kill me(this is already added in
Darwin tax to local models!!)
OK thanks for your help
Reply By: Mick - Friday, Mar 05, 2004 at 08:45
Friday, Mar 05, 2004 at 08:45
We built our own with coil springs, trailing arms and heavy duty shock absorbers-most important. Its only a boat trailer, but stick a box on it and youve got a quad trailer!
Best off to use an axle with the same stud pattern as your car.
We chopped the ends off a diff housing and used a large pipe between them, as the solid square or round axels always bent.
Its had 3 trips now, and one was a 4-1/2 month trip up the cape.
Ps do you think its worth taking a quad to the Kimberleys, as ive got a TRX 400EX, and would love to take it, but the room factor in the ute is the problem.
Im not towing the boat, as my brother is putting a diesel in board with a jet unit in it as we speak!
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