Unique Trailers, Come on, Let's See Um

firefighter jim · Nov 4, 2009

Here's one of ours. Before and After.

And another.......

Diamondpilot · Nov 4, 2009

You do nice work.

Chris

tugboat-2 · Nov 4, 2009

I agree,...beautiful work!! I'd be proud to pull one of them around with me!

CHEERS!
. . tug

firefighter jim · Nov 5, 2009

Chris and Tug, fun winter projects a few years ago. thankyou.

LD1 · Nov 5, 2009

Well mine is definatally not as unique as yours.

Ours are just homemade wood hauling trailers but what makes them unique is that they have truck axles under them with mud tires. The bigger one hooked to my kubota has a dana 44 front axle with 35 x 12.5 x 16.5 tires and the smaller one has a ford 8.8 with 33 x 12.5 x 16's.

The smaller one is our old trailer that used to just have spindles and some p185 tires. when we built the big trailer a few years back, we used the big tires and really liked how well it pulled in the woods, over obsticals, and not cut real deep ruts if it was a little soft. Thats when we decided to do the same to the little trailer.

firefighter jim · Nov 5, 2009

LD1 said:
Well mine is definatally not as unique as yours.

Ours are just homemade wood hauling trailers but what makes them unique is that they have truck axles under them with mud tires. The bigger one hooked to my kubota has a dana 44 front axle with 35 x 12.5 x 16.5 tires and the smaller one has a ford 8.8 with 33 x 12.5 x 16's.

The smaller one is our old trailer that used to just have spindles and some p185 tires. when we built the big trailer a few years back, we used the big tires and really liked how well it pulled in the woods, over obsticals, and not cut real deep ruts if it was a little soft. Thats when we decided to do the same to the little trailer.

Isn t it amazing how handy these trailers are. We have one similar to yours and use it all the time. Your bigger trailer looks pretty stout. That s quite a load in there. Thanks for posting. Jim

skidsteer.ca · Nov 5, 2009

Our atv trailer. 5' by 8' mesh deck and removable sides. 22 x11 x 8 tires off road, 20 x 8.5 on road

Hauling 30.5 by 32 foresty special tire.

Hauling 1000 gal tank

Trailer is large enough to haul atv, and is dot legal with a tire swap. Tandem axel really makes it roll over stumps and rocks smoother & easier.
Ken

firefighter jim · Nov 5, 2009

Those are neat trailers Ken. Is that the spare you re haulin on that one trailer!!!!!

skidsteer.ca · Nov 5, 2009

That was a flat off the skidder behind the fuel tank. We took it out 5km on a winter logging road this way, then hauled another tire in.
We also use it to haul a 16' boat on to acess some of our remote fishing spots.

The 1st trailer I built this way is in the background with the welder on it. It had a 5' by 8' 1/8" thick solid sheet for a deck, but that was a little on the heavy side. Dad uses that one on the farm and its fine for our flat country around here.
The new one with the expanded mesh deck is likely 150 to 200 lbs lighter.
Also the tongue has a pin at the front of the trailer so I can raise it to tow with a truck or lower it for the atv.
Both were build with 2000 lb hi speed running gear.

Ken

Iplayfarmer · Nov 13, 2009

This one may be more of a cart than a trailer, but it's definately unique. I've been using it now for two years, and I love every minute I use it.

That's my brother in the picture.

Couple of Achers · Nov 14, 2009

How about this for unique trailer. My Dad owned this back in the mid 50's. I have fond memories of him letting us ride in the back of it. (Never on public roads). I ended up with it a number of years ago after his passing. Last summer I restored it back to it's original condition as well as my memory served me. Minus the flags. The day that picture was taken, I was getting ready for a car show. But I think he would be proud of it. It is an AllState one wheel trailer that was sold by Sears and Roebuck. There was a number of manufacturers of them. They were never real popular since they are hard to hook up and everything is riding on one tire, that is difficult to change along the hi-way. I have since sold the tow vehicle ('75 Jeep CJ5), but the trailer will be handed down to the next generation some day.

Couple of Achers · Nov 14, 2009

I guess one of the pics was too big to upload. I'll try again.

Diamondpilot · Nov 14, 2009

Stupid question but if it hooks up to a hitch ball and has 1 wheel how does it balance?

Chris

Couple of Achers · Nov 14, 2009

Not a stupid question, but a pretty simple answer. Two hitches. This picture shows it pretty well. The tire is actually a caster assembly. So when you back up, it turns around 180 degrees. There is no pivot point at the bumper. The trailer actually follows the tow vehicles every movement. They are very easy to back up.

Diamondpilot · Nov 14, 2009

Got it. I could see the ball coupler but did not realize there were 2 of them. Seems simple enough but like you said not easy to hitch up.

Chris

Pops15 · Nov 14, 2009

Couple of Achers said:
How about this for unique trailer. My Dad owned this back in the mid 50's. I have fond memories of him letting us ride in the back of it. (Never on public roads). I ended up with it a number of years ago after his passing. Last summer I restored it back to it's original condition as well as my memory served me. Minus the flags. The day that picture was taken, I was getting ready for a car show. But I think he would be proud of it. It is an AllState one wheel trailer that was sold by Sears and Roebuck. There was a number of manufacturers of them. They were never real popular since they are hard to hook up and everything is riding on one tire, that is difficult to change along the hi-way. I have since sold the tow vehicle ('75 Jeep CJ5), but the trailer will be handed down to the next generation some day.

I haven't seen one of those for over forty years! My uncle had one that he pulled with a Suburban.

Iplayfarmer · Nov 14, 2009

Couple of Achers said:
How about this for unique trailer. My Dad owned this back in the mid 50's. I have fond memories of him letting us ride in the back of it. (Never on public roads). I ended up with it a number of years ago after his passing. Last summer I restored it back to it's original condition as well as my memory served me. Minus the flags. The day that picture was taken, I was getting ready for a car show. But I think he would be proud of it. It is an AllState one wheel trailer that was sold by Sears and Roebuck. There was a number of manufacturers of them. They were never real popular since they are hard to hook up and everything is riding on one tire, that is difficult to change along the hi-way. I have since sold the tow vehicle ('75 Jeep CJ5), but the trailer will be handed down to the next generation some day.

Okay... That is just cool.

You have my vote so far for the best unique trailer.

What kind of weight can it hold?

Couple of Achers · Nov 14, 2009

Iplayfarmer said:
Okay... That is just cool.

You have my vote so far for the best unique trailer.

What kind of weight can it hold?

1/4 ton! It just sounds better than 500 lbs. They are very limited to how much weight they can haul, due to the single coil spring. There were other manufactures that had a leaf type spring assembly that were rated for 750 lbs. The other problem you run into is getting a 5:70x8 tire that is rated for that much weight.