Home made Trailer a little different

BRUISER

BRUISER

silent.. but deadly
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Well I have this thing for Christmas and decorations.. and it is that time a year again..

So last year I did this
http://www.nc4x4.com/forum/index.php?threads/my-griswold-house-christmas-light-display.130204/

and getting the play house to the front yard was a pain, so I decided I needed to make it more portable, so today my 5 year old son Corbin and myself built a trailer that we will bolt under play house and then just tow it to front yard this year..

Here is the little trailer
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here is Corbin helping me tap the old wheel hubs

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and here is some videos of Corbin helping me today..

He welded, Drilled, taped stuff, and even found a new way to tighten a trailer wheel

tapping the wheel hub
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoehE1i1NP0


his way to tighten a wheel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK5bbqm9aHw


Corbin drilling the trailer hitch for me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_ULlBiYlbM

it was a GREAT day in the Garage..
 
Well we lifted the shed and up and put the trailer under it..

it is very easy to tilt front to back, but I need to add some camper jacks to each end to keep it stable when the kids play in it.

I think my lawn mower will be able to move it around the yard pretty easy.. we will test next weekend when I start my christmas display

as you can see I could have lower it some if I had welded the cross braces in a different spot but oh well, live and learn

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... great to see father/son time in the garage... I know dudes that can't change their own oil, much less use a tap... I can't wait till my son is old enough to provide some child labor LOL
 
Well trailer worked out great. But lawn mower could not pull it across yard so had to use the truck.

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And here is the reason for all the effort

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