Planing on a trip this summer and on two minds to take the T bucket.problem with that is there is no room for storage. So My plan is to build a small utility trailer to tag along behind it. was thinking a pepsi cooler trailer but it don`t have enough room a Mullins trailer is interested but not looking to spend big money on a trailer,besides I want to build one.Been looking for ideas on a trailer but everything looks like a square box. any cool utility trailers out there?? Give me some ideas. better yet any web sites out there for home made utility trailers.
why not build a truck bed trailer out of a Model A pickup? or at least something that looks like that.
why not a small teardrop style trailer. doesn't have to be camp-able, but at least you won't look like you are hauling half a truck or an old pop fridge around.
Indeed. There is a whole thread probably a few, on the subject. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102688&highlight=teardrop+trailer
I was planning on building a Teardrop a number of years ago. There cool but never did finish it.been looking for small ones but not much luck
^ I'd say build a hinge cover that extends outward on either side an inch or so, to minimize water dumping straight onto the area. And I'd weather strip it like a trunk on a car.
I think Tractor Supply or Harbor freight have small trailer kits. These gives you a Statement of Origin, that is the start of a title. That kit would give you axle, tires, springs and frame to start with. 4'X4' kit is about $150 last I looked
Sheep Dip has a cool little one he built. Search and see if you can find it. I'd do it for you but I'm surfing from my phone right now and its a pain in the ass. Also search for "weird little trailer" and you'll find mine.
Go by one the dealers that sell those $30,000 motorcycle trikes and you can get some ideas. Saw one the other day benind a 23 T-bucket that was made out of one of the cheap litte Harbor-freight kits and the guy fitted one of the larger car-top carriers on it. It was painted to match the car and looked good.
Search for motorcycle trailers. This guy is a friend of mine, makes and sells high-quality stuff. All sized to pull behind a bike, so not oversized for your application. Cosmo
When I had my T-bucket I built a luggage trailer out of an old round-top refrigerator. I gutted it and glued some 1" foam to the insides. It worked quite well and was unique.
There was a post on the HAMB in the last day or 2 of a Corvair front and rear end grafted together. Kind of neat idea for a small trailer. With a T Bucket or a Model A roadster I would make it as low and aero as possible. I went out and looked at the two cars that I have that have a trunk but they wouldn't work well however I am sure that If you went to pick a part and looked at all of the possibilities you would find something that would work. The easiest would be 2 rear matching ends, end to end then you would have 2 trunk lids for easy storage. That might be a lot more storage than you would need, if so then one rear trunk cut on a slant at the front with plywood or sheet metal for the closure then you could use the original tail lights. A small forign car that has a long trunk would work well and would not be too wide. A fiberglass car top box mounted on a Harbor Freight light weight trailer frame with fiberglass Model A rear fenders is an other possibility. Put 5 lug hubs on the axle and 5 on 5.5 lug adapters and early ford spoked wheels. Think outside of the outside of the box! Dick .
See, I told you his trailer was cool! And I dig yours too Boyd Who. Love that you made the bottom (back?) open separately.
Is a 'glass Mullins box and fenders big bucks these days? Haven't priced them in some years since I already have 2 of them, 1 a trailer needing a rebuild after 30+ years, the other new and waiting for a frame. I can say this...for the ease of pulling and amount of stuff they can haul the Mullins-style trailers are the best I know. Have camped for many years and kept the cars clear towing the Mullins. Towed them behind every family car I've owned since the early 70s and many miles behind my T Bucket roadster. We towed the Mullins from Houston to St. Paul MN in 1990 to attend the NSRA 20th Nationals. In it we brought a medium toolbox, 2 5-gallon gas cans, 2 foldout cots, 2 lawn chairs, tarps and poles for awnings, a magnificent Sears & Roebuck Ted Williams CANVAS umbrella tent, 2 clothes bags, camp stove, lanterns, hose, several pairs of shoes/boots, and an electric desktop oscillating fan, various ropes, bungee cords and other miscellaneous stuff. Never a problem. Trailer has short fenders, 41-48 Chevrolet 3rd brakelight in back panel, 33-36 Ford taillamps mounted on 28-29 Ford pickup underbed cast brackets, 50s Chrysler wire wheels, short tongue which will be lengthened when it gets redone. Stylish, big load capacity, easy towing...need I say more?
I'd consider building a scaled down and all aluminum version of an old style telephone truck utility bed. something like this.... I had planned to get a bed similar to this one to make a rod run trailer out of to pull behind my '55 F100. But, I ran out of time and the crusher got it, this pic makes me sick. I'd build one like this only about 2/3 scale and all aluminum with a fiberglass cap that hinged at the front with lift gate shocks on it.
Can you tell me more about this truck? I'm a phone man and plan to build something similar one day. The boxes are known as LIU's, as in Long Island Utility.
Harbor freight sells a small cargo trailer that is basically a bolted together frame, and a Plastic molded clamshell cargo carrier bolted to it> Looks like the thisn sears used to sell caled the X cargo or somthing like that. Has a 20 cu ft volume. As a roof top deal its rated at 100 lbs probably because of the top carrier rating its attached to. On a trailer frame is probably good for 500/600 lbs. http://www.harborfreight.com/automo...capacity-78-inch-tag-along-trailer-66771.html
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