Club trailer

[Jason[98.EL]]

Originally Posted by John_xr6

what colour are you painting it? better be cobalt :P

not my call not my trailer

jason

[efgiar]

we will have a poll no doubt to decide the color

[SPNAGE]

put me down for cobalt

[BLKPHN]

cobalt!!!

[LUXO_8]

same colour as josh's car.....since he'll be towing it the most....

[FordGirl]

That'd be an expensive enterprise though Wayne, Josh's paint isn't very cheap!

Would look good though =P

[FordGirl]

Here are some updated piccies:






For more go here -> http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y71...seriesTrailer/

[Walkinshaw]

Looks good guys. Black FTW.

[fairmont1998]

Looking good

[LUXO_8]

Originally Posted by FordGirl

That'd be an expensive enterprise though Wayne, Josh's paint isn't very cheap!

Would look good though =P

i know....thats the only problem....

still.........

[munchkin]

Originally Posted by FordGirl

Here are some updated piccies:






For more go here -> http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y71...seriesTrailer/

hi people

this is looking good

the machine that is in the background is one that jason (heljas) has been working on for a while

he cant wait for it to be finnished

just to let you all know i am jasons wife and im proud of the work that he is putting into this trailer

helen

[montyv8]

Originally Posted by Fordgirl

damn, getting that warpage out of the tops of the doors will be fun....were you trying to weld 5mm plate along the top? :

[montyv8]

you could tow it with this, it'll match nicely :

[Jason[98.EL]]

we will get that out

it was only 2mm plate i was a bit crapped off that it did that it only makes more work for us

from here we have to finnish putting the front plate on then fir the draw bar

im looking farwarwd to seeing it on the road

i will be doing little bits during the week on days that i can

jason

[montyv8]

when welding panel steel, don't do one continuous weld along the panel. stitch it. do an inch-long weld one end, then the same at the other end, then go back to the first end etc etc. minimises heat distortion. also pays to have someone with a bucket of water and a rag handy, put the wet rag on the welds after doing them - for the same reason. And go down a few settings on the welder.

[Walkinshaw]

Who is signing the engineering compliance papers for the trailer?

[efgiar]

dan, it doesnt need to be engineered, just needs to comply with adr's.

yeah the warpage was ****. we should of used a tig lol most of it should pop out, if it doesnt my mate (aircraft engineer doovilacy) said he can come and bring his tools and belt out those ripples in no time.

[Walkinshaw]

Those ripples wont pop out...A TIG isnt needed either, a MIG wielded properly will make easy work of the whole trailer.

Intresting that VIC doesnt require trailers to be plated.

[efgiar]

we have plates but vin type ones, and just needs to comply with adrs as far as i know

[nothin suss]

Originally Posted by montyv8

when welding panel steel, don't do one continuous weld along the panel. stitch it. do an inch-long weld one end, then the same at the other end, then go back to the first end etc etc. minimises heat distortion. also pays to have someone with a bucket of water and a rag handy, put the wet rag on the welds after doing them - for the same reason. And go down a few settings on the welder.

mmm... panel steel is a ****** to weld but done with a mig properly can turn out fine. Its all about practice.... practice... practice.... I been practising for 7 years and still no good at it :(

[Psycho Chicken]

It's all about practice......and bog.

[Jason[98.EL]]

Originally Posted by Walkinshaw

Those ripples wont pop out...A TIG isnt needed either, a MIG wielded properly will make easy work of the whole trailer.

Intresting that VIC doesnt require trailers to be plated.

im in the process of finding another door im so crapped of with myself for the way it come up

with the next one im going to make it a bit stronger at the top

vic does req trailers over 6' x 4' to be plated but i have the plate allready

i blame my self for the way the door come up

also we will be having another build day soon we will let you all know the date when we have it set

jason

[Gubas]

As long as the trailer isnt wider than the car, isnt longer than 3 mtrs, isn't heavier than 200kg and not used for business, it doesnt have to be plated or registed. (Home made). All trailers built and sold by trailer fabricators have to be plated regardless.

Looking good!

[Gubas]

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/...ration/#Exempt

[Stevo]

we should have paid gubas to build one and been done with it.
heh

[Aaron_EF8]

I dunno, looking up PDF files on the internet and building a trailer from a car sound like 2 different things to me. ;)

The trailer is going to weigh more than 200kg, and will probably be more than 3m long as well, so it'll need to be registered. If you ever take the trailer interstate, it needs to be registered as a seperate trailer anyway.

[EFFalcon]

i think its going to be registered anyway.

[efgiar]

yeah it will be registered for certain people to take interstate (sa afd possibly) and albury wodonga etc etc blah blah, rego isnt that much so it shouldnt be an issue.

[Tiga_EL]

Daym i thought the doors on excab's were bad enough..

[pHaT`eL]

custom trailer plates? [ESERIS] or something similar?