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Postby Carter » Sat May 23, 2009 2:44 am

Jess

What did you use to skin it? Nice tight radius.

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Postby stomperxj » Sat May 23, 2009 8:41 am

Jim - I used 5.2mm chinese plywood from Lowes. It seemed to bend ok after kerf cutting and using some hot water on it. That is one thing I will do differently on the next trailer is bigger radii on the corners. These are all 6" and should be 10"+ minimum in my opinion. Still with some effort i was able to get them to turn out ok....

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Postby stomperxj » Sun May 31, 2009 10:58 pm

I decided to build my off road coupler the last few days. Should be pretty strong. The 3rd axis pivot is a grade 8 bolt, the others are grade 5. I cut some pieces of pipe and turned them down on the lathe along with some UHMW bushings. There is a UHMW washer at the 3rd axis pivot too. The "C"s are made from 4x3x1/4" steel tube. The 3rd axis pivot is 1.25" diameter. I also cross drilled the pivot bolt for a 3/16 roll pin...

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Postby Juneaudave » Sun May 31, 2009 11:01 pm

Amazing...I could never fabricate something like that. :thumbsup:
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Postby planovet » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:38 am

I agree, amazing fabrication skills :thumbsup:
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Postby High Desert » Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:30 am

Jess, that's a great looking coupler. VERY nicely done :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Postby wlivesey » Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:59 pm

Nice work... Very well done.
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Postby Endo » Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:46 am

Nice job Jess!
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Postby wlivesey » Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:54 pm

Ahem... bump... nudge... Any more progress???
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Postby stomperxj » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:02 pm

powderburn wrote:Holy crap!!!
I hadnt see this thread before. Thats a very nice build and I love the profile :thumbsup:
The profile I worked up is perty nice but I like yours better. Im thinking about modifying my profile more like yours, this is what I was planning as a profile, about the same except for the rear of the trailer.

Would you mind if I use your profile?


Go ahead... Mine is a modified Grasshopper anyway... Thanks for the compliments :)
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Postby bve » Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:11 pm

Ditto to what wlivesey said :)

Any progress to report? You have a few people anxiously awaiting your build.
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Postby stomperxj » Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:57 pm

Sorry guys... no updates yet. Still un-employed and trying to survive so the trailer funds are non-existent. I'll get back after it as soon as some steady income is found...
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Postby wlivesey » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:39 pm

stomperxj wrote:Sorry guys... no updates yet. Still un-employed and trying to survive so the trailer funds are non-existent. I'll get back after it as soon as some steady income is found...


I'm sorry to hear that. I hope things turn around for you soon...
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Postby schaney » Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:23 am

Sorry to hear about your employment troubles. It's a bummer when you have lots of free time but little money to enjoy it. I remember getting my membership to the cast off employee society after being with the same company 26 years, it's no fun ...
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Postby stomperxj » Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:21 pm

Thanks for all the encouragement everyone. I'm staying positive and I actually got some contract cad work for this week so that's some good news. I also started to bondo some screw holes too. I'll post some pics soon hopefully...

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