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Posted by James \"Cubby\" Culbertson on May 22, 2006, 6:34 pm
>I finally got one of those Harbor Freight folding trailers. [on sale
> this month; $229 for the 4x8 with 12" wheels]
>
> I'm actually impressed with most of the design & it seems pretty
> sturdy. [the castors might get replaced soon-- and I'm not sure
> about the following]
>
> When the trailer is flat it has 2 3/8x1" carraige bolts holding it
> down to a piece of angle steel. To fold it you need to unbolt these
> 2 nylon lock-bolts- then re-attach them to hold the folded pieces
> together to drop the tongue. It seems like a couple pins or
> latches of some sort would save a trip to the tool box every time I
> want to fold or unfold the trailer.
>
> Am I missing something obvious? It doesn't appear that these bolts do
> anything but keep the folded end from bouncing while in use. They
> are designed to go through the vertical sides of the angle iron that
> the rails rest on.
>
> Has anyone already done this? What did they use?
>
> Thanks-
> Jim
I've got the same trailer and it has served me very well. I haven't done
the mod you talk about as I have no room in the garage for it! It pretty
much stay's in it's open position all the time. A few things I have done
which have been useful is I built a cedar frame for sides and covered the
floor in ply. I put tie downs pretty much all over the place as well.
And I got one of their $9 trailer lift thing (goes on the tongue for raising
and lowering it. Works great to keep the tongue high enough to keep water
draining out. Anyway, I don't see why pins wouldn't work so good luck
with that.
Cheers,
cc
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