Trailer

[Weasels]

Here's a trailer I built for the company I work for. It's an ATV trailer that holds 110 gallons of fuel or diesel plus has basket on top for storage.

I built two, both tow straight, no fishtailing, at 40 miles an hour.

All was done on a millermatic 185 mig welder with CO2/Argon mix, .35 wire

I'm am amatuer welder.

[zapster]

looks good to me...
straight..
square..

what exactly are you going to do with it?

...zap!

[fun4now.]

good looking trailor. looks like it would hold more than 110gal. though or is part of that just for ballest so it wont sink in water??

[Weasels]

It's going to South America.

No, it's 110 gallons, I have three baffles in it to prevent fuel from sloshing too much.

[wello]

very nice job Weasels good looking trailer

[MAC702]

Originally Posted by Weasels

...It's an ATV trailer that holds 110 gallons of fuel or diesel plus has basket on top for storage....

I can't tell you how many times I looked at that and thought, "So, how do you get the ATVs in there?"

It looks very nice! You could get away with putting gasoline in it in most of South America, but don't try that here. Diesel would be much safer, of course. But you gotta do what you gotta do.

I lived in Colombia for six months last year. They certainly do what they gotta do. And they don't manage to have more Darwin Awards that the US does.

[Sandy]

A 110 gallons of fuel is a lot of weight to get moving behind an ATV . No stopping on downhill slopes, for sure .

Looks like the whole storage cage plus side brackets lift off for removal of the tank?? IS this going to be a multi purpose rig?

Looks great BTW.

[Weasels]

I can't tell you how many times I looked at that and thought, "So, how do you get the ATVs in there?"

Now that made me laugh.

It looks very nice! You could get away with putting gasoline in it in most of South America, but don't try that here. Diesel would be much safer, of course. But you gotta do what you gotta do.

Yes it would, there's a vented fuel cap on the tank, most of the equipment is diesel, so I don't plan on using it for gasoline, but it might have to be in an emergency.

I lived in Colombia for six months last year. They certainly do what they gotta do. And they don't manage to have more Darwin Awards that the US does.

Spent six in Venezuela, and believe me, they are dumb. Had a dump truck that wouldn't stay charged, so I looked at it, no water. The driver started yelling at me when I put some water in the battery saying "It requires special liquid"

A 110 gallons of fuel is a lot of weight to get moving behind an ATV . No stopping on downhill slopes, for sure .

Looks like the whole storage cage plus side brackets lift off for removal of the tank?? IS this going to be a multi purpose rig?

Looks great BTW.

Diesel will weigh right at 800 pounds, wieght of trailer right at 400 pounds, and another 300 pounds of cargo puts it at 1500 total. The Polaris Ranger is rated for 1750 lbs towing, but it will do 2500 on roads.

The tank and cage is removeable, the side bars are not. I'm going to build a skid for an air compressor/plasma cutter/miller Bluestar 185DX to work on equipment in the field.

[MAC702]

Originally Posted by Weasels

...Spent six in Venezuela, and believe me, they are dumb. Had a dump truck that wouldn't stay charged, so I looked at it, no water. The driver started yelling at me when I put some water in the battery saying "It requires special liquid"

Correction: You met one guy who was just as ignorant as many of the more ignorant people in the States.

One of my best friends that I met while in Colombia is a brilliant electrical engineer. Do I assume all Colombians are brilliant engineers (and can drive like Juan Pablo Montoya) because of this, especially compared to their next-door neighbors, the dumb Venezuelans?

My goodness, how in the world do those dumb Venezuelans manage to hang on to all that oil production and live one of the more affluent average lifestyles in South America being so dumb?

I know you were trying to be funny, but even racism-in-passing touches a nerve.

Yes, I've also been to Venezuela.

[fun4now.]

actualy to not know you can add watter to a battery is not a verry good judge any way, lots of people dont have a clue as to that, no matter where they live, heck my latest step mother can barly put gas in her car much less tell you what's in the battery, not shore she even knows what it looks like or where its at. she is a phsycologest, plenty of book lernin but ant got a clue about day to day stuff we all take for granet.

[mynameisaric]

is the water thing only on diesel batteries, or large industrial batteries or what? i've heard of putting water in batteries before but it definitely wouldnt be the first thing to come to mind if i was driving a truck and it wouldn't start.

and is there any kind of suspension on the trailor? i guess airing down the tires would give it some decent bump absorption, but crappy tire wear.

[fun4now.]

any non sealed battery will take water insted of the intended acid to top it off if its low, he thought of the battery needing fluid because it would not keep a charge, provided it has not over heated and shorted out the cells you can top it off with water and it will turn to acid as it charges if there is enough in it to start the process, best to use distiled watter if battery acid is not available. most newer battery are sealed so its becomming les of a thing in auto battery but still verry comen in lawn mowers and motorcycles.

[RubenZ]

Thats awesome! Gave me a few ideas for an ATV trailer I plan to make.

[wannabe_welder]

Originally Posted by MAC702

I can't tell you how many times I looked at that and thought, "So, how do you get the ATVs in there?"

Glad I wasn't the only one.

Nice job. The word robust comes to mind.

[fun4now.]

he he he i had the same thought, gee thats prety high , hows he going to load it.

[WHughes]

Sweet trailer, Love the tires

Bill