Nope you haven't. Seen lots of pickup truck trailers in my many years of camping. Just remember the longer the tongue the more you will have to take for corners. A short wheel base from tire to tire will give you a closer turn, but is prone to jack knifing when backing up. Rule of thumb when backing up is always turn the opposite way you want to turn going back. So if making a left back turn driver wheel to the right and fallow through. When getting a license for the trailer. Remember they go from rear bumper to tongue. So all those 18 and 24 foot campers. Are actually 15 and 20 foot boxes on frame. having dual wheels on the back makes pulling a snap, because all the weight is on those wheels and not the tow vehicles wheels. All vehicles have a rear load capacity for toeing. I and my brother made a trailer for a 14 foot boat out of a lawn garden trailer. We extended the front tongue 8 feet, and that trailer trailed nicely.
At 01:02 AM 8/1/2006, you wrote: > I was thinking about building a trailor out of an old pick up truck. >preferably a quarter ton so we could pull it behind the S10. >I think I can probably get a junk pick up with a good frame and preferably >no motor so I would not have to deal with pulling the motor since I do not >have a charry picker and do not want to rent one. >Since I don't have cutting or welding experiance or equiptment I will have >to have a friend bend and weld the frame and weld on the hitch for me. >Other wise I plan to do all of the disassembly my self. >Has any one here ever done this before? and my second question is simply, >Have I completely lost my mind? > > > > > >To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >or >ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. >http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > >Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions > From Various List Members At The Following Address: >http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ >Visit the new archives page at the following address >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy >Man list just send a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Tim trouble Blindeudora list owner. To subscribe or info: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
