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So, here it is, the HaulMaster 42708 40x48" trailer. This is what it looked like when I got it. The cargo carrier was a gift from my dad. Some of you may remember having seen this before.
This is what it looked like today, on its first trip out, sans the freshly fitted and coated new decking.
According to the website, it has a maximum weight capacity of 870 lbs, and that's all I need. I purchased the trailer used for the cost of a new one, but it had a spare and a tongue jack attached. Currently, as you can see in the picture, I have an issue. The car, loaded down, sits level. That's fine when there're four people in the car, or the car's loaded down with stuff, but most of the time, the car won't sit level. I'll probably switch the wheels over to 12" to get the trailer to ride ever so slightly higher than the car. That way, loading the trailer will put it level with the car.
I have plans to add a spare tire carrier, and swap the C-channel steel tongue out for a 2" square steel tube that goes all the way to the back of the trailer, with a slight extension to the rear (about half an inch) to mount hitch accessories like a grill mount or bike rack. I'll have the original frame sandblasted and then welded together, possibly adding some tread-plate to the top. Then, I'll respray the trailer to match my car's new color (whenever THAT happens...). A pair of polyethylene fenders will cover the 12's, and probably get wrapped in the same checkerboard tape that currently covers the upper half of my plastic stripping (see above) on the side of the car.
I love my gold rims! I've thought about selling them on and off, but I like 'em, so whatever. I just need one center cap and ring, and I'll be able to cover the ugly midsection of the rims and finish my look! I think I'll also take the gold theme to my trailer, and pick up a set of 12" galvanized trailer wheels, painting the middle gold along with the center section of the hub, adding a couple nice dust-caps on the ends. At speed, they'll match the car, especially if I can get the steel polished up well enough to come close to the aluminum section on my rims.
The gaudy, bulky trailer lights that I bought for this trailer just irked me from day one, even though I mounted them as soon as I had a chance. I just couldn't stand the look, and the block lights kept bruising my shins. In my time over the road, I've seen a whole bunch of cool lighting systems and mods, and I remembered the strip lighting that has become popular with the cargo trailer companies.
This trailer needs some linear lighting to accentuate its size and remove the cheap image it carries. This CAN BE a cool platform, and when I'm finished, it will be. I'm considering mounting the tail lights in a bumper, recessed to protect them.
I'm taking a page from my own book concerning the cargo carrier. The stick-on LED markers that I privied you to in the $3 side marker thread have been used on Sparky's Bomb (reveal at Spring FestivaL) to better illuminate the cargo carrier section of the trailer, and this is because of their proven durability. They're going on my cargo carrier as well, to be connected to the main trailer lighting system via a Mitsubishi microconnector.
More to come.
This is what it looked like today, on its first trip out, sans the freshly fitted and coated new decking.
According to the website, it has a maximum weight capacity of 870 lbs, and that's all I need. I purchased the trailer used for the cost of a new one, but it had a spare and a tongue jack attached. Currently, as you can see in the picture, I have an issue. The car, loaded down, sits level. That's fine when there're four people in the car, or the car's loaded down with stuff, but most of the time, the car won't sit level. I'll probably switch the wheels over to 12" to get the trailer to ride ever so slightly higher than the car. That way, loading the trailer will put it level with the car.
I have plans to add a spare tire carrier, and swap the C-channel steel tongue out for a 2" square steel tube that goes all the way to the back of the trailer, with a slight extension to the rear (about half an inch) to mount hitch accessories like a grill mount or bike rack. I'll have the original frame sandblasted and then welded together, possibly adding some tread-plate to the top. Then, I'll respray the trailer to match my car's new color (whenever THAT happens...). A pair of polyethylene fenders will cover the 12's, and probably get wrapped in the same checkerboard tape that currently covers the upper half of my plastic stripping (see above) on the side of the car.
I love my gold rims! I've thought about selling them on and off, but I like 'em, so whatever. I just need one center cap and ring, and I'll be able to cover the ugly midsection of the rims and finish my look! I think I'll also take the gold theme to my trailer, and pick up a set of 12" galvanized trailer wheels, painting the middle gold along with the center section of the hub, adding a couple nice dust-caps on the ends. At speed, they'll match the car, especially if I can get the steel polished up well enough to come close to the aluminum section on my rims.
The gaudy, bulky trailer lights that I bought for this trailer just irked me from day one, even though I mounted them as soon as I had a chance. I just couldn't stand the look, and the block lights kept bruising my shins. In my time over the road, I've seen a whole bunch of cool lighting systems and mods, and I remembered the strip lighting that has become popular with the cargo trailer companies.
This trailer needs some linear lighting to accentuate its size and remove the cheap image it carries. This CAN BE a cool platform, and when I'm finished, it will be. I'm considering mounting the tail lights in a bumper, recessed to protect them.
I'm taking a page from my own book concerning the cargo carrier. The stick-on LED markers that I privied you to in the $3 side marker thread have been used on Sparky's Bomb (reveal at Spring FestivaL) to better illuminate the cargo carrier section of the trailer, and this is because of their proven durability. They're going on my cargo carrier as well, to be connected to the main trailer lighting system via a Mitsubishi microconnector.
More to come.
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