Who else likes fabricating with steel? recent project's (pics)

Since i dont have a Truck with a bed anymore after buying a Jeep, I decided to build a trailer to haul my quad, tractor and Deer on, or what ever! I have an addiction with fabrication with metal. Something I have been doing since the tender age of 12 with a hack saw and my Dads Lincoln AC welder. I have moved on to my own Hobart wire welder, torches and grinders in my old age :D I have been collection metal for several months for the build from scraps that are thrown out at work. some of the peices had to be welded together just to get the length on some of them. The leaf springs came from a scraped out Kawasaki mule and the expanded metal was gave to me by a friend. I did have to buy 1 wheel and two tires, two spindals and bearings and tail lights and a wireing harness. The rest I either had or aquired over time. The total price tag was $255.00 for the whole project. I also built the receiver and Hitch and am currently building a basket that plugs into the receiver, its not finished yet. One mans junk is another mans pleasure + Like i said, I enjoy working with it. All thats left to do is slap some fenders on it and get it Titled and registered.





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Looks good! My only concern is the strength of those springs at highway speeds loaded down with weight?

 

Very, very nice work!

That is something I hope to learn how to do.

 

I ran our fab department for several years before moving on, I really do miss making things on a daily basis. Nice work.

 

The pics make tham look puny, they work great, loaded with quad and me standing on it it barley gives. Hiway speeds have already been tested, IM PIMPIN BABY :D

 

Awesome!

I burnt the tires out on my step dads trailer a couple years ago... It was a pop up turned into a flatbed... I was hauling concrete chunks from a job to his house for the river bank... The tires melted from hitting the plywood underneath the trailer on the bumps on the way home....

Should have saw the smoke... Talk about a set of bologna skins

So springs are always a cause for concern for me :p

 

Ha Ha :D Im getting a visual here :D LMAO!

 

Very nice! I did a little fabrication, but not much. Back on my last Tacoma, I fabbed the brackets for the sliders, and I built the rear bumper.

 

Very slick crick! :D

And I'm diggin' the new Jeep. Did you get rid of the old Chevy?

 

Nice work man! I like!

 

Excellent work MGH I love the looks of that truck. I like the shackle brackets on the bumper to, bumper looks great. that thing would be sick with bead lock rims!! What kind of top is that? never seen one.

Okie, My ole Chevy is in the hands of my oldest Son, I gave it to him. It still runs like a top and is just a pinch away from 300,000 miles

Finchster, thank you very much!!

 

Looks good Crick!

 

Thanks, Crick. If I had a kept it, I'm sure beadlocks would have been in the future. The top is made by softopper. It was a great alternative to a traditional hard cap as it could be collapsed in about 1 minute, and even taken off the truck if necessary. Great storage, kept things dry, and I even camped out in it a few times. I have a Bestop on my new truck (same concept, just a bit heavier, and has side windows).

 

thats a freaking sweet set up you have there.

 

Nice job bloodcrick. How do you like that little Hobart?

 

Bloodcrick, heres a cargo hauler that my friend and I made a few years back....this thing is solid 304 stainless steel, even the flattened expanded mesh !!!!
I figure if we could buy this thing, it would run about $1200.00 !!!!

 

Nice work Crick! Good looking rig!

How do you like your 4-door Wrangler? How tall are you? I love Jeeps, but my lanky 6'2" frame doesn't make them that comfortable... at least the few Wranglers I've been in.

 

Look's great crick!!!!