Looking For Ideas for a Sled or trailer

Fergienewbee · Jun 7, 2013

My dad built this framework for a snow plow to fit his B. It never worked very well so he gave it to me. I thought I might be able to dissemble it for using the scrap, but then I thought maybe I could just put some type of floor/boxed sides and use it to haul wood. I'm thinking of some kind or ski or runner attached to the vertical leg. Should it be narrow like a sleigh runner or wider? Also the leg has a 1" hole near the bottom where I could maybe bolt on a small wheel. I'm open to suggestions and if it's just junk tell me that too. I'd add a tongue at the front.

Larry

Ultradog MN · Jun 7, 2013

Bolt some 4X4s full length on the side that is up. Then turn it over and screw some plywood to the other side. Hook a chain to the two horns that stick up.
Voila, You've got a good, stout stone boat.

Adirondack case guy · Jun 7, 2013

If you can find an old farm running gear or even an old PU truck axle and weld it under the frame you have, weld a toung onto it, build a wooden floor and sides on it, and you have an instant wood hauler. I have 3 trailers made from old bent and twisted farm running gears. I just cut them apart, use the rear axle section and narrowed them to track with my woods tractor. They work well and only cost me time and welding supplies.
Loren, the Acg.

Janicholson · Jun 7, 2013

Trailer in the raw.
Cut off the bent left Far stringer (long C channel where it is bent, past the X member.
Cut off the close boxing parts, and put a crossmember across those reinforcement plates.
Use a 3X4 thick walled square tube for a tongue, under the new front cross member and back to the center pipe member.
Put springs and a tube axle, or a torsion axle under it. 2X6 treated wood cross ways to get to the handy width you need. Use Tapcon screws to hold the deck to the stringers. Jim
one source.

Paul from MI · Jun 7, 2013

If you get lucky and can find a rubber-mounted torsion sprung trailer axle it can be welded to the side that's up and a tongue added to the open end. Turn it upside down and straighten the bent frame rail. Then add a floor and sides to suit yourself. The rubber sprung axle will let you pull it down the road at highway speeds if needed. I bought mine for $60, not including hubs and rims. Looks like a good heavy frame that will handle the 3,500# capacity of the axle fine.

showcrop · Jun 8, 2013

i worked for a fellow once who got a contract to clear power line right-of-ways by chipping it. He bought the chipper and built a sled to pull it on behind a crawler. the bottom was 3/8 steel. It looks to me like you have a good frame for a sled but the bottom would need to be heavy planks or steel to hold up with any load.

Looking For Ideas for a Sled or trailer

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