 SteveM C/IL wrote:
Are you gonna put parking brakes on it. Nice to have it stay still when hitching. |
Yes I am. Pushing back is not a problem with a couple of my tractors but my R model winch truck has a high mount 5th wheel and I have to either block the tires, or connect the air lines and pull the trolley valve down while backing under. You can't see in the photos but all four chambers have holes rusted through them. This trailer hasn't been off my property since about 2012 so setting quite a spell. I have new 30/30 spring brake chambers, good used air tank, and a new R-14 relay valve already so going to incorporate all while it's upside down. Brakes, hardware, slacks, wheel end seals are new and never used since install. Same with the king pin and plate which is 3/8". Brake hoses will be replaced citing age and jacket cracking.
I saved back for many years a "Power Packer" hydro pneumatic landing gear setup I may use on this trailer also. The two speed setup installed now was new in the early 1970's and I repurposed it onto this trailer when built. I never really cranked it off a truck loaded so these have mostly been lightly used and never bent. Axles are repurposed from a 1950's moving van that was rotted to pieces.
I'll get it gutted out over the next couple of days and blast clean before welding. I may use the same welder I built the thing with all those years ago as it's still in the shop sitting disused.
I'm probably going to widen it to 102" width also. Right at 95" wide now and not going to split and section axles as don't want to do any frame work.
Nice little project I've put off for a long time. I'd like to get this going strong before the weather turns consistently nice as I really don't have a lot of time to work on my own stuff then.
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