This is a project to build a heavy duty utility and tipping trailer. It's sort of the phoenix out of the ashes of my KA24DE D21 buildup.
I do as much contract farmwork as I can and a tipping trailer would be bloody handy. I had a 70 series steel tray and four Hilux wheels and tyres from the KA24DE project sitting around wasting space, so I'm putting them to good use.
I came across a 4Runner SR5 chassis cheaper than I could buy the steel for the chassis, and somehow it followed me home:
I haven't ever seen a five link coil trailer and really there is no advantage on a trailer, but I'm not going to mess with it. Except for putting a piece of tube across the axles to negate the need for internal bearings, and replacing the pumpkin housing with a big piece of tube so it looks less dodgy.
So far the advantages I've found using a SUV chassis rather than building from scratch are:
- Six stud hubs, axle, springs, hydraulic drum brakes and ample hard brake line cheaper than I could buy a trailer brake assembly alone.
- Dampers (Konis)
- Brake proportioning valve, will adjust
- Separate failsafe park brake (aka Handbrake)
- Coil springs
Disadvantages:
- IT'S A HEAVY MOFO.
The tray you can see in the background will be centred roughly over the axle, and the chassis rails cut, bent, rewelded and fishplated to form a drawbar. A nice long one so it tows and reverses nicely. I'll be adding a towbar to the back so I can roadtrain trailers on the farm.
eBay'd up an override hitch, and some tractor 3PL pins to make the tray tippable.
And the same tyres as I was going to use for the KA24DE, they still need to be retubed and balanced. Two spares.
Gonna bolt this crane to the drawbar of the trailer; I got mighty sick of it being on the back of the ute - can't get into multistorey carparks, it's always in the weather, have to constantly adjust it so it doesn't wreck its own cylinder seal, live in constant fear that some clown will wrap the winch cable round something sheet metal and start winding, etc., so it can go on the trailer with a cover. The crane is also what will make the tray tip:
Wire it up with some old Navara steel tray combo brake lights and some clearance lamps and she'll be sweet.
If I'm keen one day I might replace the coils with airbags so I can drop it down low for loading, and there's always the option to remove the tray (pull the 4 pins) and fit up some other item like a camper.
I do as much contract farmwork as I can and a tipping trailer would be bloody handy. I had a 70 series steel tray and four Hilux wheels and tyres from the KA24DE project sitting around wasting space, so I'm putting them to good use.
I came across a 4Runner SR5 chassis cheaper than I could buy the steel for the chassis, and somehow it followed me home:
I haven't ever seen a five link coil trailer and really there is no advantage on a trailer, but I'm not going to mess with it. Except for putting a piece of tube across the axles to negate the need for internal bearings, and replacing the pumpkin housing with a big piece of tube so it looks less dodgy.
So far the advantages I've found using a SUV chassis rather than building from scratch are:
- Six stud hubs, axle, springs, hydraulic drum brakes and ample hard brake line cheaper than I could buy a trailer brake assembly alone.
- Dampers (Konis)
- Brake proportioning valve, will adjust
- Separate failsafe park brake (aka Handbrake)
- Coil springs
Disadvantages:
- IT'S A HEAVY MOFO.
The tray you can see in the background will be centred roughly over the axle, and the chassis rails cut, bent, rewelded and fishplated to form a drawbar. A nice long one so it tows and reverses nicely. I'll be adding a towbar to the back so I can roadtrain trailers on the farm.
eBay'd up an override hitch, and some tractor 3PL pins to make the tray tippable.
And the same tyres as I was going to use for the KA24DE, they still need to be retubed and balanced. Two spares.
Gonna bolt this crane to the drawbar of the trailer; I got mighty sick of it being on the back of the ute - can't get into multistorey carparks, it's always in the weather, have to constantly adjust it so it doesn't wreck its own cylinder seal, live in constant fear that some clown will wrap the winch cable round something sheet metal and start winding, etc., so it can go on the trailer with a cover. The crane is also what will make the tray tip:
Wire it up with some old Navara steel tray combo brake lights and some clearance lamps and she'll be sweet.
If I'm keen one day I might replace the coils with airbags so I can drop it down low for loading, and there's always the option to remove the tray (pull the 4 pins) and fit up some other item like a camper.
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