Hi, Thanks for Hanging Out. In this video, I'll show you how I make a removable Trailer Cage from some steel and re-used fence panel mesh. I tried spray painting with a compressed air spray gun for the first time, which was a great learning experience. It made painting faster, but I need a bit of practice, let me know any tips you have for a good finish, I'd appreciate it 😀. I hope you enjoy the video and maybe got something from it, thanks for watching!
Nice job looks good i think it might needs more framing for strength once you tie down the load the frame can bend but overall I've learnt from your video cheers for sharing..
Howdy, thanks for watching and the comment, and yes, you're right this frame is not particularly strong and I knew that building it, most times I can tie down to the trailer still and avoid too much pressure on the frame. Glad to hear you got something out of watching, that's fantastic. Cheers 😀
Hi Hally, Hally here .. Great video, I agree with the pocket idea. Nice to see people sharing their experience. Maybe custom spraymods channel can give you some tips.
Hi Paul, thanks for that, appreciate it. I'm still tinkering with the music, but getting happier with it all. Cheers for stopping by and thanks for watching 😀
Great job Hally. Just curious though, did you look at arranging angle iron so you could weld mesh inside trailer. So mesh could push against structure of frame, to help integrity of cage if fully loaded.
Howdy, thanks for watching, very much appreciated. I did think about that and the main reason for going the way I did was to make a smoother side on the inside, so hopefully pulling brush and things like that out would be easier. Whether it makes a lot of difference or not I don't know, but the stronger way to go would be to flip it around. Cheers. 😀
This is great, really helpful! You mentioned right at the end that an upgrade to this might be to make sleeves for the (side?) panel legs to fit into for greater stability. I have a trailer like yours that doesnt have ready made square holes in the corners, so I'm wondering how you would tackle adding these sleeves (I think you called them 'pockets')? I've been trying to get my head around how to do this with mine, and the front end of the panels looks easy but at the gate end of the side panels I have bolts welded in to the frame (that then have wingnuts to hold the drop-gate closed - looks like yours has something similar). Looking forward to hearing your thoughts :)
Howdy, thanks for watching and for leaving a comment, that's very much appreciated 😁. I had the same issue as you and in a previous video I changed the bolts & wingnuts over to swivel latches, which shifted the bolt further out and gave me the clearance to add sleeves if I wanted to. It would then be a case of trimming the corners of the sides to fit the sleeves, extend the vertical steel on the cage sides to slide into these sleeves and use a bolt to secure it all. If you're keen to add the sleeves, it would be worthwhile changing the bolts over to latches (if you have the room) because it's a fairly simple job in comparison, it means you won't ever lose a wingnut, and can't over tighten them to the point of needing another tool to loosen them, and you get the room you need to add the sleeves, win win win! I hope that helps, cheers. 😀
Hi there, I very rarely weld without gloves, I can't remember why I didn't have them on in this instance, but I do remember getting sunburn on the back of my hand from the UV, I won't be doing that again soon 😀. Thanks for watching, cheers.
The short pieces of Tube I used for the hinges are cut from a longer piece of 20mm (or roughly 3/4") tube. The Long Nuts I used to make the "T" Handles that hold the top support in place are called Coupling Nuts. I hope that helps. Thanks for stopping by and watching, cheers. 😀
Hi CD, thanks for dropping a comment, appreciate it. This was made from Mild Steel, nothing special, all I did for the weld prep was grind off the Mill Scale and paint prep was clean it well with a wire wheel, and wax & grease remover. Cheers. 😀
Howdy, South Australian 😀. No I don’t make these to sell, with my setup, it took a while to make, so it wouldn’t be commercial to do so. Glad you liked it though and thanks for watching. Cheers. 👍
Hi, Thanks for Hanging Out. In this video, I'll show you how I make a removable Trailer Cage from some steel and re-used fence panel mesh. I tried spray painting with a compressed air spray gun for the first time, which was a great learning experience. It made painting faster, but I need a bit of practice, let me know any tips you have for a good finish, I'd appreciate it 😀.
I hope you enjoy the video and maybe got something from it, thanks for watching!
I got some good ideas watching your trailer videos. Thank you.
Thanks for watching and I'm glad to hear it helped in some way, good luck with your project, cheers 😀
Nice job. Thanks 👍
Really, really nice work
Howdy, thanks for watching and the kind words, appreciate it! Cheers. 😀
Sound problem but ok.. my trailer has slots at the ends do I'm using box sections and plywood
Nice job looks good i think it might needs more framing for strength once you tie down the load the frame can bend but overall I've learnt from your video cheers for sharing..
Howdy, thanks for watching and the comment, and yes, you're right this frame is not particularly strong and I knew that building it, most times I can tie down to the trailer still and avoid too much pressure on the frame. Glad to hear you got something out of watching, that's fantastic. Cheers 😀
Hi Hally, Hally here .. Great video, I agree with the pocket idea. Nice to see people sharing their experience. Maybe custom spraymods channel can give you some tips.
Hi Hally 🤣, great to see you around again and thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out. Thanks for watching.
Good job / well done
Hi TJ, thanks for watching and the kind words, appreciate it, cheers. 😀
This is a great idea.
Hi Brain, thanks for that, appreciate it, and thanks for watching 😀
Hi Hally another great video. Good to see the music doesn't overpower the video
Hi Paul, thanks for that, appreciate it. I'm still tinkering with the music, but getting happier with it all. Cheers for stopping by and thanks for watching 😀
Great job Hally. Just curious though, did you look at arranging angle iron so you could weld mesh inside trailer. So mesh could push against structure of frame, to help integrity of cage if fully loaded.
Howdy, thanks for watching, very much appreciated. I did think about that and the main reason for going the way I did was to make a smoother side on the inside, so hopefully pulling brush and things like that out would be easier. Whether it makes a lot of difference or not I don't know, but the stronger way to go would be to flip it around. Cheers. 😀
This is great, really helpful!
You mentioned right at the end that an upgrade to this might be to make sleeves for the (side?) panel legs to fit into for greater stability.
I have a trailer like yours that doesnt have ready made square holes in the corners, so I'm wondering how you would tackle adding these sleeves (I think you called them 'pockets')?
I've been trying to get my head around how to do this with mine, and the front end of the panels looks easy but at the gate end of the side panels I have bolts welded in to the frame (that then have wingnuts to hold the drop-gate closed - looks like yours has something similar).
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts :)
Howdy, thanks for watching and for leaving a comment, that's very much appreciated 😁.
I had the same issue as you and in a previous video I changed the bolts & wingnuts over to swivel latches, which shifted the bolt further out and gave me the clearance to add sleeves if I wanted to. It would then be a case of trimming the corners of the sides to fit the sleeves, extend the vertical steel on the cage sides to slide into these sleeves and use a bolt to secure it all.
If you're keen to add the sleeves, it would be worthwhile changing the bolts over to latches (if you have the room) because it's a fairly simple job in comparison, it means you won't ever lose a wingnut, and can't over tighten them to the point of needing another tool to loosen them, and you get the room you need to add the sleeves, win win win!
I hope that helps, cheers. 😀
Nice
Thank you, and thanks for watching 😀
Could ya make me a trailer with a cage?? To be honest, your welding is perfect 👌🏼 keep up the good work
Hi Michael, thanks for the kind words 😁. Appreciate you watching, cheers.
You often weld without your gloves, do you get many burns, both UV and spatter?
Hi there, I very rarely weld without gloves, I can't remember why I didn't have them on in this instance, but I do remember getting sunburn on the back of my hand from the UV, I won't be doing that again soon 😀. Thanks for watching, cheers.
Where them tube bits from called?
The short pieces of Tube I used for the hinges are cut from a longer piece of 20mm (or roughly 3/4") tube. The Long Nuts I used to make the "T" Handles that hold the top support in place are called Coupling Nuts. I hope that helps. Thanks for stopping by and watching, cheers. 😀
Hey mate, great video. What type/grade of steel was the frame and mesh? What prep did you have to do to to each of these prior to welding?
Hi CD, thanks for dropping a comment, appreciate it. This was made from Mild Steel, nothing special, all I did for the weld prep was grind off the Mill Scale and paint prep was clean it well with a wire wheel, and wax & grease remover. Cheers. 😀
Awesome, thanks for the info!
Hi, you sound Australian, do you make these to sell? We r in Vic.
Howdy, South Australian 😀. No I don’t make these to sell, with my setup, it took a while to make, so it wouldn’t be commercial to do so. Glad you liked it though and thanks for watching. Cheers. 👍