6' x 12' Trailer Modifications

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I bought this trailer last Saturday from a fellow TBH'r, aggieswh. Thanks again Scott!

It wasn't exactly what I wanted but it is now. I didn't get a picture before I did any work on it but here it sits after I finished with it. I did all of this yesterday.

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First thing to go was the jack. I hate having to crank a jack all the up and all the way down.



I replaced it with this jack.



I ran some bolts in the old holes to keep the threads from rusting out. You never know, I might start liking long winded jacks again.

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Next up was a lift kit. I got this idea from another thread here. Thanks to that guy for posting that. I think the best part about it is the trailer is now level when it's hooked to the truck. Before and after...

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Adding brakes was next. Pulling this with my big truck is not an issue. However, I mainly bought this little trailer to pull with my Nissan Frontier and it needs help when stopping when a trailer is hooked up to it.

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The last thing to do was add a tie down for my Gator. Here it is on the trailer with the center line of the trailer marked.

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With the trailer marked I took a 1'' hole saw and drilled through the 2'' square tubing.



I then inserted this bushing in the hole...




and welded it up. This sleeves the hole so the square tubing doesn't collapse when you bolt down through it.

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The 3/4'' shank on the trailer ball was to short so we had to remedy that.

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Installed.

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Then two of these...




and little of this...



a test fit...

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All welded out with a little cold galv on it and it's all done. I've ran this same setup on my 16' trailer for a long time and it sure makes tying it down very easy. It helps to have a level trailer also. Just put the Gator in neutral and push or pull it to get it in position to hook it up.

[mechhead]

Now that’s how it’s done sir...skillz applied!!!

[RascalArms]

WOW...nice work Dennis. That's a very interesting tie-down method with the hitch assemblies.

[CabezaBlanca]

WOW...nice work Dennis. That's a very interesting tie-down method with the hitch assemblies.

Thanks, Joel. It works great.

[Acameron52]

Man, that looks like an easy way to secure something!