Talk to me about trailer design

In reply to SV reX :

My fun has only damaged my own truck, trailer, or junk loading. Nothing as exciting as yours ! 

All in all; don't do it. Just don't. 

Now leaving hooked, and jacking tongue up - that worked. Never tried the rear ties on ramps... I like that. 

I might have the trailer of your dreams in my yard.  The rear of the trailer just about touches the ground when you drive a car up.  I have broken a few tail light lenses digging into dirt while reversing but otherwise I have had no issues with the lowness.  It is guaranteed to fit silly Fiats.  We are debating selling it for a slightly bigger trailer that will fit a storage box and a tire rack.

In reply to ojannen :

I would be interested if you do want to sell it.  

Trailing arms and airbags instead of springs?  Drop the air to load.

Removable fenders are a lovely thing.  They let you open lower doors, lets a forklift put a load on the trailer, wonderful invention.

In reply to SV reX :

Did anyone video this?  Would be great to share.  Obviosly chocking the wheels would be required, but if they were deflated first I doubt it would roll far.

I posted this in my other thread, but- Race Ramps.  The price seems ridiculous until you price out all the shenanigans that you're about to endure to build a whole new trailer.

For $800 and a few mouse clicks, I can easily load my car with 1.5" of ground clearance into an enclosed trailer with a 16" deck height.  The ramps I bought have a 5.5 degree AOA.

In reply to ShinnyGroove (Forum Supporter) :

I like that but I've also had issues with multiple cars snagging on the dovetail hump. That's why I want no dovetail on the next one. Plus I could downsize. 

This is a long drive, but maybe something like this in your area?  It would jump start a design.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/873521144361930/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A1fe882d1-8d6a-46fc-8c90-77136df76015

In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :

That is a deal. About 50% of what I figured new tubing to cost. 

In reply to Stampie :

There are also a crapload of mobile home and RV frames around here.  My problem is that most of them don't have titles which is a really tough thing to get around in PA.  Search FBM for "trailer frame."  Not quite as satisfying as building from scratch, but lots of them out there.  Some pretty cheap.

$325 for this one.

I always was curious if an idea I had would work.

I wanted to try putting torsion axles in bearings, then attaching a gear to the axles with a worm drive to twist the axles up and down.  It would probably take a lot of amperage to lift it with a car on it, so I also thought about using a bellcrank and a hydraulic piston which could be done with a hand pump or a 5hp Briggs and an old log splitter pump.

In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :

Love ya man but that's not KISS principle at all. My KISS principle is hoping ojannen can sell me his and I can mark off one more project in my life so that I can search for more projects to add to my life.

I was never good with KISS. 

The easy button has been hit. 16x7 drop axles with brakes on one. Thanks ojannen.