Harbor Freight Utility Tilting Trailer - Fabricate & Weld Floor and side Rails
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This is Part 2 of the Harbor Freight Utility Tilt Trailer assembly.
After assembling the trailer with nuts and bolts I welded 90 % of the bolted channels including the hitch assembly. It was a 4x8 feet folding and tilt Utility Trailer.
1195 lbs cap.
It has been modified to carry a Golf Cart or ATV and still be used as a Utility trailer.
It was a lot of welding but its reinforced especially the side rails made it even more sturdy. I would recommend it to anyone who buys one of these, its pretty flimsy with just the bolts.
I used 2" angle line to added some more cross beams and two front to back as well as for side rails and extended the back of the trailer 5" with them. The front has the rail tilted forward so that I gained another 5". The side Rails were also slanted toward the sides so that the Wheels of a golf cart or ATV will not get damaged if they happen to rub against them.
The trailer bed now measures 8 feet and 10 Inches long and 4 feet and 4 inches wide from the top of the side rails.
The expanded metal I used for the floor was a good idea, Steel Standard Expanded Metal 3/4" #13 (4ft x 8ft) the wheel traction was very good while driving up the expanded metal floor. I'm glad I dint use plywood it would have been very slippery when wet. I test drove it with my H3 Hummer and it was smooth riding, after going around the neighborhood a few times and took it on the State Road to get some speed I dint even feel it anymore.
The only thing left is to find a spot to mount the spare tire and stick some reflector tape to the back. I will probably add more to it.
Next test will be to hook it in back of the Motorhome and see what kind of ride that will give me.
I will be filming it when it happens....
Finished strapping all the wires after coating it with shrink tubing and wire insulator.
This is the link of PART 1 of the trailer being built, • HOW TO ASSEMBLE HARBOR...
This is the link to PART 3, • Harbor Freight Utility...
This is the link of the Motorhome pulling the trailer with the golf Cart on it, • MOTORHOME TOWING GOLF ...
See the Playlist on the Golf Cart Project:
• Golf Cart Project | E-...
This is Part 2 of the Harbor Freight Utility Tilt Trailer assembly.
After assembling the trailer with nuts and bolts I welded 90 % of the bolted channels including the hitch assembly. It was a 4x8 feet folding and tilt Utility Trailer.
1195 lbs cap.
It has been modified to carry a Golf Cart or ATV and still be used as a Utility trailer.
Nice to see again!
Thanks again!
Very nice video, thank you. I am a new fan.
Awesome, thank you! I wish you a good weekend new friend.
My snowmobile trailer drops down in back and stays there, then I run it up until it almost goes flat, get off the sled, and pull the front down with a little tug....…...Perfect!
That looks awesome
Thanks!
Thanks John
Thanks
Looks like you have done a fantastic job. Its good to see that you have not cut corners when doing this modification. Safety first especially when towing is concerned. Have a great day my friend. Signing off YT for today, will catch up with you again soon.
thank you for the comment, I was a fun project. See you around.
*Hey John, I love watching your RV videos. They make me dream of the day we will be retired and travelling the country. You always do the best job on your videos my friend. It really shows. Thank you so much for visiting us. It means a lot to us that you take the time to view our content. Your forever friend CM*
Thank you as well. I hope you get to travel everywhere you desire in your RV someday. It doesn’t get better than this. Having your home everywhere you go. Have a good week.
That turned into a great trailer. You put a lot of nice touches on it! Very nicely done!
Thanks Chip, I appreciate the comment. Been using it hauling many other things as well lately. Thanks for the visit.
Great fabrication work of the trailer for your golf cart!
Thanks for watching my friend. Have a good Friday.
Thanks John! Have a great weekend!
Hi, very nice job! Like 261.
Thank you very much
Attention to detail👍
Looks like it’s going to do the job
Great Details in the description...thanks John!
Glad it was helpful!
Greetings John. An interesting video on the fabrication and welding of the floor and side rails of this tilting utility trailer. I enjoyed to the end and gave you a thumbs up. Thank you for sharing my friend.
Glad you enjoyed it
I saw in another video, where you had been backing the golf cart off of the trailer, and in that clip, I noted just how perfectly you got that done!
There's a trick to I had to learn.
Go Dude
😎👍
Amazing what you did, and it looks great.
THanks.
I looked at your channel sounds interesting. Will you be uploading any videos on old refurbished cars?
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What I did on my trailer to stop it from slamming when I load or unload something is I welded a cross beam on the tongue and used a 12volt sissor jack now I have power tilt up and down, it was $60 on Amazon
That's a great suggestion.where do you plug in to g power? Thanks for the input.
I put a little box on the front that I keep some straps in for when I haul my mower or dirt bikes so I put a lawn mower battery in the box and cut the plug off the jack and ran it direct with a toggle for power cut of so if something was on the remote it wouldn't try and raise and a 30amp fuse
Also from my truck I ran a 2wire plug that battery maintainers have to keep it charged also with a 30amp fuse you can get the 2wire plug at just about any auto parts store
Hope this all helps and if you do the mod hope you like it
Or if you wanted you could just run power back to it with the 2wire plug and you don't need a batt
I have a batt for other stuff
Air for tires fuel transfer ect. ect.
WoW, that's a great set up. Thanks for all the details I appreciate your reply.
a long ram hydraulic jack is better and only slighty more expensive. on a hydraulic jack you can just slightly loosen the release valve where the bed will drop very slowly once the cart is on it.
Good job John...those little Harbor Freight trailers can be made to be very handy...I made my deck on mine out of a sheet of aluminum diamondplate...
I agree with you Alex, they are very handy to convert them into any type of hauling as long as you watch the weight. I welded my trailer together because I wanted added assurance when I go off road and will be using it to haul some cement bags. I love it an happy with it so far. I like to see your aluminum diamond plate floor, it must look great. Thanks for stopping in, take care. Oh I'm trying to figure out where to install my spare. You have any ideas?
Very useful!! Congratulations on the view count!!
We appreciate the visit and comment. Have a good Friday.
Nice. About the only issue I see is the taillights being partially obstructed.
One idea I haven't implemented, but thought about and might work for you, is a bracket up by the hitch to mount either a) an automotive shock aborber or b) a gas charged strut that goes over center. I would make loading and unloading smoother.
+l337pwnage - I like the strut idea. Even though I installed some rubber cushions on the front, I think a strut would be helpful. I think I have an old one I kept from my motorhome compartment door.Thanks for the suggestion.
+l337pwnage
This addresses the exact question I've had. I have a (very expensive) modified golf truck (with a wooden oak rear bed). It was the noticeable "slam" for the loading and unloading that concerned me. I'm just to the stage of painting a rubber coating on my 5/8" plywood. But, for all of the banging problems I anticipate, pool noodles seem to come to mind as a "cure all." I am considering just putting a couple of pool noodles under the rear of the trailer to absorb the "hit" when backing down and a couple of short noodle pieces in the two tongue cradles to absorb the shock (with the truck on) when the trailer comes down to level. (and maybe that would be enough.... after all, simple is usually the best way) But, if a gas spring was installed on a tongue cross piece up to the trailer, it seems to me that it would only be valuable after you back off of the trailer to keep the trailer from smashing up under the truck.... then, slamming down onto the tongue. For that purpose, I'd love to see a design for it. But........ an easy procedure for pulling off of the trailer might be to back off (down to the final few inches.... set the brake.... get out and support the front of the trailer so after you back off fully..... the trailer won't bang down?? No gas spring engineering..... just a little common sense.
+ThePianoMan1953 - Hi PianoMan, I like common Sense :-)The noodle idea is great. If you watch Part 3 I installed rubber pads on the rear of the trailer made out of conveyer belt material and it helped immensely. On the front I have experimented with stopping a few inches before the front tires release the bed and supporting the front of the bed with a flexible stick so it doesn't slam and also inserted some thin rubber inside the two channels that land on the hitch channels so it absorbs some of the slam on it. I also had a helper hold it up as I come off the bed and let it down easy. Its simple. But I may play around with the strut idea when I have some time LOL. It would be an interesting project. Thank you for the great suggestion about the noodle, its an easy and simple way to solve the slamming.
Love this equipment
Thanks
Hey John really nice modification on this trailer. I was heading for one myself but picked up a boat trailer that I converted to haul mulch, firewood & pick up lawn tractors. But I still may go for one of these. Like ii6 Stay Well Joe Z
This trailer really comes in handy for different things, many trips to Home Depot. Very easy to store too.
Haven't left a comment here yet . Good job my friend
Thank you my friend.
This is a interesting video. I always enjoy mechanical stuff
Thanks for watching and liking. have a great week.
Hey John that is sweet.nice job i like the rails makes it look like a flatbed tow truck.can't wait to see the trailer behind the motor home.take care my friend
Thanks Dan, it does look like A Tow Trck LOL
I cant wait to get it behind that motorhome.
Thanks again
great job
thank you for your commenting and watching.
Nice work John.
Thank you
Nice job. Stay Well, Joe Z
Thanks Joe
Looks good. How's it holding up till now? Appreciate the share
Thanks. All good. Had to rewire the lights till now.
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
thank you.
Excellent engineering. Enjoyed watching. 🤙🤙🤙
Hi Frank, this was one of my first videos that I almost took down LoL there’s a lot of controversy on the safety. I don’t go on long trips with it and there’s no issues I had with it but if you look at the thumbs down and some comments it’s like if I built a rocket LOL. I’m all for safety but I guess I’m missing something. Thank you for the comment Frank.
I see this as a "could be application" for these type of trailer platforms. Obviously YOUR design safety margin criteria relative to YOUR application is what drives this project or any of our homemade projects. Therefore monitoring performance tolerances along with maintenance and any followup modifications are assumed. It was nice to watch someone else working and the soundtrack was a killer, lol.
PS, Engineers are always critical of someone else's ideas which can make for a better outcome.🤙🤙🤙
Now that you mentioned it. I did not take In Consideration that the thumbs down could be coming from the compitition, hmmm, O well, it gets views LOL. The only thing I regret is not extending it an extra 4 inches to haul other items like plywood and other long construction supplies. Thank you for the input Frank, I can always count on you for and honest opinion.
Great assembly John!! THUMBS UP
Yeah John...in a couple of weeks I'm planning on picking up a GoPro Hero to make and upload vids (then I can start posting on my channel)...BTW I drilled a hole through the cross brace on the trailer tongue and mounted the spare there with a hardened bolt (used a nylock nut to prevent loosening from vibration)...happy fabricating!...
Sounds like that's the best place to install it. Thanks Alex, and I look forward to your videos. Please give me a heads up. Better yet I m subscribing to your channel.
Thanks again and take care.
They are on, I hope you like them. I will be installing Front amber lights tomorrow if nothing comes up, which later will aso be signal and running lights as well.
AND GOD SAID LET THERE BE LIGHT!!!! LOL
Take care and thanks for dropping in Alex
Thank u so mach jhon for the info. Appreciate it
You are welcome, let me know how it turns out.
Thanks
Nicely constructed tilting trailer. Do you have to paint it?
Comes already painted. You only need to paint any parts you added to modify it.
The way it slams down is violent.... I'm sure the trailer can withstand a few of these hard contacts but it will weaken and break eventually.
Thanks for the feedback. It's still going strong. But never trust imported steel, so I reinforced it with an inside channel plus added rubber pads in between the impacting area. The rubber actually solved an annoying squeak as well.
3:47 TIME TO CLIME
right on!
That must have been a hard job! Very well done! #Watching #Supporting
It wasn’t too bad, something I always wanted to do and it was fun. Thank you again for your comment.
Best video on youtube.. I feel like I was trying to catch a pokemon watching the instructions flying all over the screen.. Priceless.. Excellent music choice for trying to read the subtitles too! lol.. Hey what is that steel grate flooring called? Where can I find this cheap at? All fun aside.. Great video and thanks for the chuckle.
It’s called expanded metal. They sell it at any metal supply warehouse near you. Thanks for the comment.
LIKE 98, You got a lot of hits on this video 80K nice going! I like the tilt feature that was cool!
Thanks, one of my first videos, I dint think it would be watched at all LOL.
Minute 4:45 shows a wobble on the left side trailer wheel. Recommend not slamming the trailer back and forth with the rocking feature like that as it can't handle impulse loads. Maybe use a jack or some other trick to rock it more slowly.
thanks for the input.
A veru interesting video, John. Greetings, friend.
Thank you I appreciate it.
this is great
Thank you.
wecome
nice video
NICE !! liked :) :) thank you :) :)
Thanks
On this video, there is a Harbor Freight ad with some $900 trailer that might be good to take my mower in for service (when it might need it). Now I just need a vehicle to tow it with... LOL
Well, I'm sure you have thought about this already; if you want to live on a 5 acre piece of property you will need a pickup truck not to mention you need to blend in with your neighbors?.. LOL
I tow mine with my V6 car not problem.
where can I get me a tilt trailer that I can use a pallet jack to put a bail of cardboard boxes that be on a pallet by just using a pallet jack on the tilt trailer ? What's the name and the size of the trailer that I can put the bails of cardboard on ? I have a trailer but not a tilt trailer and what's the name of the ramp I can get for a 5 x 10 trailer so I can put the bails of cardboard on but I think the tit trailer will be easier ?
Just follow the link I left in the description, there’s different ones you can choose from. Good luck and great recycling cardboard.👌
Where does the license plate mount? Looks like mine is going to break off on ground when tilting.
Its below the rear tail light on the driver side. Because of the 9 inch extension I added to the rear of the flatbed it clears the ground at least 3-4 inches.
like 101! yeahhhh
Can’t read it. What expanded metal did you use and where’d you buy it?
Steel Standard Expanded Metal 3/4" #13 (4ft x 8ft)
@@JohnCRV thanks!
May I ask you a question since it shows some six years since the video was posted? I'm looking forward to build a motorcycle trailer for two street bikes; do you believe, out of your personal experience with this particular one that it would be a candidate, or should I keep-on searching? Does it do highway speeds without worries? Are the wheels attached in a decent manner to the trailer? Well, more then one question, sorry (LOL)
Highway speeds are fine and no issues except the tail lights keep going out. Time to rewire and use better fixtures.
@@JohnCRV Thank you!
Good luck
hi jhon is a beautiful job u've done there.im willing to buy one of this to take my motorcycle about 600 lb. from where i live NY to FLORIDA when i move down there anytime soon with my wife. i wonder if u can tell me by your experience if this trailer can do the job or i have to weld it to make it better and secure or just the way u buy it is just fine. of course i have to put a( wood bed, ramp,tire choke strong straps and etc. thanks
Hello Juan,
The main reason I welded the whole trailer was because I preferred expanded metal for the floor and eliminated the folding option since I have room to store it. But I think by bolting plywood it will make it sturdy enough.
What I would recommend is to at least weld the tilt pin brackets that hold it from tilting, for extra insurance and the hitch bracket, just incase.
Of course it's all about what you haul with it.
Good luck
Awesome idea but seems like that’s a hard hit on the hitch when all that weight slams down on it
Not much.
What is the Gaige size of chain link? Were can I get it ?
It’s called expanded metal. They sell it at any metal supply warehouse near you. I believe it is 11 or 12 Gage.
great video, enjoyed this, I had seen these at Harbor freight, good job like como # 123 Gary
Thanks for your visit and comment Gary.
I can't believe you couldn't buy a regular pre-built trailer cheaper than putting all that work into that
Thank you for your great comment Bob. How much do you think was spent on this trailer and how much do you think a pre-built cost. Another point is Regular means cheap. I built 2 more just like it for friends.
John, what was your reason for extending the tail end?
+Seth Chidester - the golf cart foot rest would have been hanging out of the trailer. It also minimized the incline when climbing up. Less pitch.
What welding equipment did you use
kestrelblue flux welder.
Where can I buy that mesh flooring you installed?
umminkug you can buy it at any metal supply warehouse.
like 99 full view my friend
A lot of participantion award comments 😂😂...
LOL
Why not just buy loading ramps.
sure, why not
Where can I get the gate from
Hi Vanessa, any Metal Supply warehouse will carry the expanded metal.
I Googled: Metal Supply expanded metal. you should get some near you.
good luck.
Am I the only one who can't read the shaky subtitles in this 1993 quality video? To top it off, the words in the shaky subtitles were misspelled. Terrible video, but nice job.
thanks for the feedback.
L113
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Thank you for your 1 minute view.
Looks dangerous. Especially in flip flops.
Them welds look awful lol
Thanks for the feedback Bubba. Are you a welder or you just like to give your opinion.
Thanks John
YW
Thanks John
Welcome!