rossow (mn)
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I'm reworking an old two-wheel trailer for at-home use moving brush, rocks, mulch, etc., behind a garden tractor on the property. I bought the trailer for $5 many years ago at a yard sale; it incredibly didn't have a single weld -- all bolts, screws, nails and wood!. Over the years the wood deteriorated so that my starting point this summer has been two frame rails to which are attached a beam axle and leaf springs from a 3/4-ton truck. My question: The rather creative original builder attached the springs to the frame with shackles at each end of the spring eyes. Could that arrangement create a problem if I were to ever wish to convert the trailer to short-distance road use? Might the shackles at each end allow the axle to sort of "wiggle" at road speeds? (Does that question even make sense?) It would be simple enough to shorten the front shackles and weld them into fixed position on the frame, but would it be necessary?
(FWIW, I have several other two- and four-wheel trailers ranging from yard carts to car haulers. I ask about my latest project more out of curiosity than necessity. This trailer probably will never leave the property.)
(FWIW, I have several other two- and four-wheel trailers ranging from yard carts to car haulers. I ask about my latest project more out of curiosity than necessity. This trailer probably will never leave the property.)