new flat bed

[toplessfury]

i bought this trailer this morning and have been hard at work on it.ive already got the conversion done and started painting.i painted the wood first then ill paint the "metal parts" to match my 359 pete.ill put some pics up tonight.

[Jim B]

Cool. Looking forward to it. What are you going to load it with?

[highway]

I can't wait for the pics!!

[toplessfury]

well as far as the load youll have to wait to find out .man this thing goes together fast.

[george 53]

Pictures,maybe?

[toplessfury]

ok here it is.ofcourse i started with this

i cut it up and moved stuff around and got this

i painted the boards first

and then the frame

i know it isnt to scale but it will look good on the trailer

Edited June 16, 2010 by toplessfury

[toplessfury]

here is the pete that will pull the flat bed after it gets back from the shop

[fordmoparman01]

here is the pete that will pull the flat bed after it gets back from the shop

Man!! That is an awesome set-up :D :D And I noticed your DOH models

[toplessfury]

Man!! That is an awesome set-up :D And I noticed your DOH models

that is just a drop in the bucket of my dukes models

[MICHAEL COLE]

now I want to build one

[SpreadAxle]

Nice job on the trailer.

[mackinac359]

Good idea.

Tim

[toplessfury]

thanks guys.it was a real easy conversion.i didnt think i would be this far along yet.

[toplessfury]

ok ive been doing some detail work and have a migrane from making this 1 ratchet strap

so what do yall think? i think it looks good.

Edited June 17, 2010 by toplessfury

[highway]

I think it looks good, it gets the point across! I like how you got the hook going under the siderail, that's the way the good skateboarders do it!

[toplessfury]

thanks ive had mycdl for 14 yrs and though ive never pulled flat bed ive seen a couple lol i made that box to hold all of the chains and straps (when not in use).

[highway]

thanks ive had mycdl for 14 yrs and though ive never pulled flat bed ive seen a couple lol i made that box to hold all of the chains and straps (when not in use).

You got me by two years! The local company I was working for before I started have blood pressure problems hauled cardboard to a few mills around here that was used as edge protector for steel coils. One skid was about 12 feet long, and they had the flatbed just for that, and since I had a little experience from when I drove wrecker with flatbeds, I was the one who almost always pulled it. Of course, I learned that trick of running the strap under instead of over the rails from a couple friends of mine who were full time bedders.

[SpreadAxle]

You did a great job on the strap. It looks good. Running it under the rail is actually part of the regulations now, whereas I don't believe it was before.

[Ben]

Cool lookin double drop!!!! I like the color!!!!!

[highway]

You did a great job on the strap. It looks good. Running it under the rail is actually part of the regulations now, whereas I don't believe it was before.

I wasn't even aware of that, but I know it tends to make the strap tighter.

[huffanpuff]

Jamie,

You hold this from each end & set that tank in place is this trailer going to bow bad ? Looks like you may have to add more bracing .

[toplessfury]

Jamie,

You hold this from each end & set that tank in place is this trailer going to bow bad ? Looks like you may have to add more bracing .

it does bow real bad with the tank on it,so im going to take a piece of plastis square tubing paint it black(to hide it)and glue it to the center of the underside to support the tank and keep the bow down.

[toplessfury]

also ran into another problem.after searching the trees,box,floor,and trash can i dont see the king pin so ill have to find a replacement.

[toplessfury]

ok i found the kingpin and all i have to do is put some wheels on it.they should be in end of next week and then ill post some more pics.

[toplessfury]

still waiting for the wheels to come in but i figured my load situationout. its going to be ......................... a glass hauler.