Posted by ericlb on January 29, 2009 at 20:11:45 from (72.173.211.235):
In Reply to: Pickup box trailer posted by C-man on January 29, 2009 at 19:18:34:
a couple things, first leave the rear end alone, the gm half ton rear axle is not a full floating design, it needs all the guts in there as well as kept full of gear lube to stay alive it will be just fine as long as you check it once in awhile, the other thing is when you lay out the hitch, make absolutly, positivly, 100% sure that you end up with the center of the coupler in the center of the trailer and the same triangulation on both frame rails or it will only be good for use off road behind a tractor it wont track straight on the hiway, you can take the brakes out but why? i have seen one trailer where the guy took what looked like the handel and ratchet off a manure spreader and hooked up to the emergency brake cables so he could apply it to keep the trailer from rolling when unhitched, myself , i would be afraid the brakes would stick on if it wasnt used very much
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