Thread: Oy Yonnee!!! YONNEEEEEEEE!!!

mmmm methinks yon Yonnee has gone to the pub maybe your cyclone was too much for the wee chappie eh!

Originally Posted by Wild Dingo

... THIS IS A TRAILER Waldo!! Cyclones come second in this section to TRAILERS... so mate in all fairness to the forum Neil me and Yonnee you really should have said "No worries Yonnee mate Shanes doin a trailer far more important than my cyclone you know being as this is the TRAILER section you know? Cool I will just kick back have a beer and watch what happens okay? Okay cheers mate" But did you? NOOOOOO you didnt ...hows that saying go? Oh right "Everybody loves Waldo"

I love ya Dingo mate, I do Should've flown you over here to Antartica for a beer or two as my drinking neighbour mate didn't show up as he had to look after the rugrats.

Trailers are up there mate, without them you can't lug stuff from C/tec and other places can you now? See, I know they're important. My SWMBO would probably agree, get on with the trailer and forget these little projects that take up money

So Dingo, with some luck that Yonnee bloke will pop his peeprs in here and see that you're pulling the hair out going balder by the minute as this trailer sits waiting for it's shoes to be put on and that mig sits impatiently waiting to be fired up and used in anger.

In the meantime enjoy a few more

Well... seems Yonnee has a life Gotta get me one of them things

Anyways... since its 8.30am Sundy Im guessin the youngster is out muckin about with whatever... blasted younguns always muckin about an leavin us old farts to wait upon them

Oh well... as its fine outside and Ive got a few hours free and the steels waiting and the migs itchin to roar into life... I guess I better...

go mow the lawns eh

Mind you Waldo ol son IF your just down the road from the young fella you could always go over there and drop kick the buggar out of bed couldnt you??? mmmm???... sigh... nah? ah well better go to the shed and see what the migs doing can hear some almighty crashin an swearin goin on... dont think shes happy somehow

Onwards and upwards as they say!

Jee's, can't a bloke have a Sunday mornin' sleep-in?

Between the yellin' from the other side of the country, and rocks bein' chucked on the roof from Waldo's place..


So, where are we at?? Too much head scratchin' me thinks. Looks like you've got it under control though. Time to fire that Mig mistress up


Problem!!! If your axle is too short for the 6-1/2" offset, then adding to the ride height aint gonna change it. You either need to narrow the chassis, or lengthen the axle.

Well.. I'll be buggared it lives!!!

Narrow the chassis??? How pray tell does one do such a thing?... I mean the camper is ONE SIZE (ie 4ft wide) and mmmm well I guess I could make the width of the subframe less but cant for the life of me see what difference that will make... so unless I cut out the side where the wheel presently sits (as in the covered wheel arch) and make it open so the tyre sits inside that thing... or I TRY to find the sodding reciept for the axle and swap it... Im nakkered right??

mmmm methinks this wee few bits of steel will soon become a table saw table

ah well if such be the case I'll just sell the damned camper and be done... can always by anothery down the track I guess... sigh

Cheers
Shane

Awwww C'mon, it can't be all that bad...

Let's take stock of where we're at. Can you give me a few measurements??

1) Length of the axle, tip to tip.

2) Chassis width of the old camper, or inside wheel arch to inside wheel arch.

I'm thinking along plan G, changing wheels.

Okay will get the measurements tomorrow am... so INSIDE the wheel arch? I'll get the width height and depth as well eh?

Changing tyres? As in blow out or changing down a couple of sizes? got some old Mitsy Sigma wheels out there not sure if I can get off road tyres to fit possible I guess but theyre smaller than the Prado ones... probably have to change the hubs though

No worries Plan G it is

Cheers
Shane

Originally Posted by Wild Dingo

Changing tyres? As in blow out or changing down a couple of sizes? got some old Mitsy Sigma wheels out there not sure if I can get off road tyres to fit possible I guess but theyre smaller than the Prado ones... probably have to change the hubs though

No worries Plan G it is

Cheers
Shane

Changing as in getting a couple of early Landcruiser split rims. Yer won't have to change hubs, they should be pretty easy to get, and the offset will suit your existing axle.

Shane tell me you didn't re this post https://www.woodworkforums.com/showpo...02&postcount=8

Tell me you didn't weld the draw hitch plate to the wrong side

dingo

curious to know what wall thickness the 4 x 2 is?

Just built a car trailer 6m long and used 75 x 50 x 3mm for frame and 100x50 x3mm for drawbar.

Wheelin mate... I havent welded a thing yet!! Ive been waitin on yon Yonnee!!

I dont know the wall thickness wonka... will take that measurement when I get the others no worries.

split rims Yonnee?... mmmm interesting concept

Okay back to the work hunting... will get the measurements when Ive had a gutful of being told "yer too old" "youve got the wrong license" "we dont need anyone yet" "I told you last Friday we dont have any work" "The mining game will pick up in 2... 4... 6 weeks" etc etc etc... its totally phissin me off now I can tell you for a fact!

But well responsibilities dictate and all that... later fellas!

Okay decided to hell with it and went out and took those measurements

1) Length of axle tip to tip including the thread: 1.650 mtrs

2) Inside wheel arch to inside wheel arch: 820cm

3) Wheel arch: 200cm wide x 190cm high x 490cm long

4) Steel thickness: 3mm

I think thats all that was needed? will run back and check and if need be go out and do whatever else is needed... okay that was all that was asked for so Im right now

Another thing I think worth mentioning Yonnee is that although those are the measurements for the wheel arches either side of them is a storage box... so given that it would be an EASY thing to cut and fit another wheel arch end to the boxes either side it could theoretically be as long as you wish and for that matter as wide as I could EASILY cut some of the side away and cover that with the wheel cover dohickies the name of which is eluding me right now you know the dopey thing I asked about before goes on the outside and over the wheel??

Damn I hate these blonde moments must be all the damned white hair Im getting supposed to be wisdom but buggared if I know!!

Anyway onwards and upwards... between tryin to be on good terms with her and keepin nippers smiling and my head above water and tryin to find work to pay the bills and feed... and now this a mans gotta be right insane I reckon But it do keep life innnerestin eh!

Cheers
Shane

dingo

you may find this link handy for working out axle length etc


http://www.oztion.com.au/vshops/help...hopid=5235#PCD

Originally Posted by wonka

dingo

curious to know what wall thickness the 4 x 2 is?

Just built a car trailer 6m long and used 75 x 50 x 3mm for frame and 100x50 x3mm for drawbar.

Hey Wonka, and Welcome!!

What are you going to carry on this being 6M long?? Is that the tray length or the overall?

What weight are you / have you registered it to carry?

And also... Start your own thread and show us some photos. Even if you haven't got any of the build, some finished ones will do.