Thanks to Shaun for starting his project, I'm now the proud owner of this lovely brown trailer. Picked it up for $120 in Arlington today. 17'4" and 6' 2" between the wells. Big plans in store for this guy, so stayed tuned.

Perfect Josh It looks like it's in great shape too.
I cant wait to see what you have in store. Are you going for a 4 seat, or a six?

Can't wait to see it completed so I can stick a brite pink unicorn sticker on it keep us posted on the project.

The only thing that needs to be replaced is the bearing on the passenger side, but I'm going to replace both just because. Just a little bit of surface rust which I'll have to address.

Aiming for it ultimately holding 10-12 yaks with a giant locking box. The trailer is ultimately for HOW use, so I want a high capacity for the big outings.

Darn I can't deface a HOW trailer with a pink unicorn can't wait to see it done none the less, plus its for a great cause too.

Looks like a great platform Josh. You adding a gear box?

Yup,and a large one at that; 8' x 6' x 2' ish. It will have a rod locker and plenty of room for crates, paddles, etc under dual doors. Lots of wood work in the project, but first I've got to get the trailer prepped.

I'd like to see how you do the gear box myself. I would love to do that also.

Nice!

Cool prodject. I recommend you do both bearings. I had a little wheel bearing issue once. Wheel missed my wifes car by inches and totaled my nieghbors truck. A few dollars and a little work saves a lot of dollars.

I will be doing both bearings. Tonight I'm going to strip her down and probably separate the springs/axle from the rest of the trailer to help with the prep work. She won't be a brown for too long.

Nuemie, I've got a pick-up bed tool box that I'm not using. Zombo gave it to me for my trailer but it ended up being too big for my little trailer. If you can use it for you're HOW trailer it is yours. I'm sure Nate will approve of it being passed on to such a worthy purpose...

Thanks for the offer, but right now the plan is to have 96 cubic feet of locking storage on the trailer. I also have a tool box that's just collecting dust, but I don't think I'll need it either.

That's cool. My wife always needs a place to stack more chit in my garage...

Questions

I'm basically doing a nut and bolt restoration of the trailer. I'm going to have to remove some stickers and surface rust any ways so I was just going to repaint it black. I plan on using primer/paint from RustOleum. Any other options or opinions you may have?

Also, can I go to the DMV with my Bill of Sale now to to get tags and title, or do I have to wait and finish the trailer so I can prove it's home built?

Home built is not that big of a deal. Might have some prints just in case. No need in registering it until Ur done anyways.

Ha ha my good buddy paints all of his trailers with Rustoleum red primer. He keeps cans both at his shop and home. Any time he sees a little rust, pshhh! As good as new. Whatever works right?

Did the trailer ever have VIN?

Bill of sale is all you need, take the old plates with you. Instead of paint when I get to redoing my boat trailer I am going to use the roll on bed liner to prevent rust and it won't chip and expose metal.

Now that's a pretty good idea. I never thought about that. I wonder how much it would cost? Will it go over wood?

I'm going to need some sort of trailer pretty quick. Just picked up a used OK Frenzy for one of my kids and I need at least one more yak. Don't know if I can even get 2 safely tied to the top of the minivan, but I think it should be doable.

Now that's a good idea. I'll have to see how much that stuff costs.

Josh, I guess we shouldn't act so surprised when Bert comes up with a good idea.

Hi Bert!

***Update***

Got it stripped all the way down to frame, springs, axles and wheels. I got to do a good once over and it looks mostly like surface rust.

I got a bit of a surprise when I discovered one tire is larger than the other! There is a silver lining however. The smaller tire/rim is in worse shape than the larger tire/rim, so I have no problems buying a larger tire and new rim.

Thursday and Friday I'll be doing prep work with sand paper and wire brush to break loose the surface rust. Will also replace/repack the bearings on both sides.





I will need to rent preferable an angle grinder with cutting disk to remove some metal I don't want. Any ideas where I could do this? Reciprocating saw could also work, but not as efficiently (or fun). Most of my larger power tools are back home at the ranch. I want to remove the center roller bracket and light frames seen in this photo.

To bad you don't live closer. I'm going to get a grinder at home depot here in the next couple days. I have some grinding to do on mine too.