How is your fender attached

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How is your fender attached

Front and back to the frame or body
5
23%
To the side of the body
13
59%
Body goes over wheel, I just have a mud flap
1
5%
Attached to the axel rides with the wheel
0
No votes
My trailer goes bare foot.
1
5%
Fender is carved out from the body walls
1
5%
It's magic nothing is holding it up ... now look into my eyes
1
5%
Fenders where I live we use skis, pulled by raindeer
0
No votes
 
Total votes : 22

How is your fender attached

Postby Ron Dickey » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:38 pm

For those still in the build or
not likeing what they have now or
a newbee with many more questions.

How is your fender attached on your TT or TTT or larger for that matter.
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Postby Joanne » Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:02 pm

Hey, right now 100% of the responders do it the way that I do it. Of course I'm the only one to vote so far! :lol:

I'm hoping to build my fender brackets this weekend. I am going to be supporting the front and rear of the fender like most utility trailers do. Once that the fenders are in place I'll decide if I need any additional bracing from the top of the fender to the side of the trailer. I think it will be unnecessary.

I'll probably make the fender brackets the same way I made the tail light brackets, only wider to fit the width of the fender. Nothing fancy, just functional.

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Postby madjack » Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:06 pm

we used the fg fenders from RW Johnson and thru bolted them to our 3/4" sides...we used 10 1/4 x 2 bolts(cause we had 'em) and fender washers per side...why so many...concern of vibration fractures in the FG....we also used 1x3/16 weatherstripping on the mounting flange for the same reason...seems to have worked out quite well.....
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Postby bledsoe3 » Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:20 am

Joanne wrote:I'll probably make the fender brackets the same way I made the tail light brackets,

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Except for the finger thing I hope. :O
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Postby asianflava » Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:50 am

I only use 4 bolts per fender. Two are along the "skirt" area and are backed up by nuts, the other two have T-nuts on the inside of the cabin. You can only see one T-nut because the other one is below the mattress.
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Postby Joanne » Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:39 pm

Hi Jim,

You mean like this??

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I'm not having the best of luck right now. My truck started flashing a warning light. I read that you can read the trouble code by grounding out one of the contacts on the trucks's computer outlet. I got a push pin and an wire with alligator clips. The instructions didn't mention that one of the contacts was a hot 12v feed. The needle immediately turned a glowing bright red...while I was holding it! It's probably the worst burn I've ever had, even with my welding. With welding I expect things to be hot so I'm careful, but this was totally unexpected. Did I ever mention that I'm a klutz??

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bledsoe3 wrote:
Joanne wrote:I'll probably make the fender brackets the same way I made the tail light brackets,

Joanne

Except for the finger thing I hope. :O
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Postby Nitetimes » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:19 pm

Angle iron weld to frame with the front and rear of fenders bolted to it with a couple of 1/4" wood screws holding the top of it against the wall.
I like to be able to stand on my fenders!! 8) 8) 8)
No vibration either.



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