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Box trailers
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Thanks for the link Cully.

My trailer was bought of ebay for £70, used it three years now so not bad. I didn't know at the time the one suspension unit rubber is deteriorated. It was also wired wrong with the brake lights coming on with sidelights and vice versa.

I mainly use it to transport my kart with a few spares in the trailer. I've put a ply top on it which my kart sits on.

I think most the timber is OSB and not great when its wet as the base has started to sag and I fear it would give way if I had anything heavy in there.

The main chassis looks good but the angle that goes around the bottom of the box had broken the other day which I had to weld the day before I needed it. The day I went to bring it back from a meeting I forgot it was hitched, went to reverse, it came round and snapped a trailing arm on it.

I would like to keep it as light as possible and I was thinking about using something like alubond, used some at work before not sure where to get it or how much it cost. Ideally I would like to keep the cost down.

As you can see the arm probably wouldn't have lasted long with all that rust.
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The tow bar is all bent over and the damage to the side of my car from the impact.
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Had to get it home on my roof bars.
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The kart on the trailer, ideally it would be nice it was fully covered but I don't think that will be possible.
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Box trailers - by DeeTurbo - 14-04-2016, 06:31 PM
RE: Box trailers - by cully - 14-04-2016, 06:47 PM
RE: Box trailers - by DeeTurbo - 14-04-2016, 07:32 PM
RE: Box trailers - by cully - 14-04-2016, 07:48 PM
RE: Box trailers - by DeeTurbo - 14-04-2016, 08:13 PM
RE: Box trailers - by Magenta Sunset - 14-04-2016, 08:19 PM
RE: Box trailers - by Eeyore - 14-04-2016, 09:03 PM
RE: Box trailers - by tysonbully2k12 - 14-04-2016, 08:23 PM
RE: Box trailers - by Seb_Ryan - 14-04-2016, 08:43 PM
RE: Box trailers - by Dum-Dum - 15-04-2016, 12:28 AM
RE: Box trailers - by toseland - 15-04-2016, 12:49 PM

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