5x10 Squaredrop build

[italianub]

The build has begun! Had a slight delay due to my cousin getting sick, he was supposed to come do the welding, so instead I enlisted a great welder that lives nearby to make a house call. I learned a lot watching him weld so I should be able to weld on the fender supports and other miscellaneous stuff later on.

Next step is cleaning up the rest of the steel, primer & bed liner, followed by getting the suspension and brakes installed, then putting on the front jack.

I will be creating a youtube channel for my build and posting as I make progress, I'll include the link in my signature once I get the first video uploaded.

Squaring up the frame and awaiting the arrival of the welder


Welding in action


More welding in action


Close-up of the A frame


Close up of the rear tail lights


The entire frame


Here's a link to a video tour of the frame (quick video)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f3c7rz ... 1_IrbecsT4

[Simple_Abound]

Good luck with your build. If you haven't planned on it yet, I would consider welded tabs on the corners and cross braces to bolt the floor to the frame.

[italianub]

Good luck with your build. If you haven't planned on it yet, I would consider welded tabs on the corners and cross braces to bolt the floor to the frame.

Yeah they're welded on there already, however I put them about 4 inches from the corners and cross braces. I'm not entirely sure why I did it that way but it seemed better as far as spacing when bolting the floor when I was looking at it.

[Pmullen503]

Good looking welds!

[tony.latham]

Sweeeeet welds!

Tony

[Simple_Abound]

Yeah they're welded on there already, however I put them about 4 inches from the corners and cross braces. I'm not entirely sure why I did it that way but it seemed better as far as spacing when bolting the floor when I was looking at it.

Oops, didn't see them.

[italianub]

Sweeeeet welds!

Tony

Good looking welds!

The man is incredible! He'll be getting credit in the videos I make for sure. Fast and extremely reasonable for his time.

[jaimefg17]

Which gauge did you use for the square tubes?

[italianub]

Which gauge did you use for the square tubes?

I used 2x3 tubing, 11ga

[italianub]

Hey everyone, I made some great progress in the last week - grinded down the mill scale & welds, primed, painted, ran electrical, installed front jack, suspension, brakes, tires and everything works! Huzzah.

Here's my first video of the build on youtube, but for those of you that don't want to watch, here are some pics.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 0ZP7TwtcT3

Thanks to Tony and the folks on this forum for answering all my questions the last couple months!


Getting rid of mill scale!

Cleaning!

Grinding down welds!

Starting with primer!

Finished primer!

Starting bed liner!

Working on the suspension/brakes!

Attaching wire loom to frame!

Finished trailer frame

[tony.latham]

What's the function of the tiny cross member near the rear of the tongue?

By the way, I much prefer the weld-on swivel jacks.





Something to consider.

Tony

[italianub]

What's the function of the tiny cross member near the rear of the tongue?

I originally had the 1x1 on there before realizing that the a-frame center beam wouldn't be able to weld to it since it's not 3" deep! So we put in the 2x3 after realizing our mistake. So it's an extra support I guess

Been thinking of some way to utilize it but so far nothing comes to mind.

By the way, I much prefer the weld-on swivel jacks.

I am certainly considering it, the one I have on there is massive

[italianub]

Second build video is up, here are some photo highlights if you don't do the youtube thing!

I drilled the holes for mounting the floor to the trailer, 3D printed some spacers for my side-marker lights and installed them + wiring, installed the tow chains and did a test drive! I then started working on the floor - cutting the plywood and adding 3 coats of spar urethane with sanding/cleaning in between each.

https://youtu.be/5qupdbr8u-Q

Drilling holes for mounting the floor


Poking holes in the spacers for side-marker lights


Testing position of side-marker lights


Side-marker lights installed, running wires



Trailer chains installation


Test drive!


Getting plywood onto my workbench


Measuring my first cut


First cut


First of 3 coats for the underside of the floor


Sanding + cleaning first coat



Final coat

[italianub]

Poor weather has delayed me from continuing the build the last week and a half or so, this video is a short one.

I started out by finishing up the wiring, wrapping the side-marker lights in conduit and adding in a spare wire to the junction box for future use. Lined up the floor on my frame, realized one side was slightly wider, so I took my sander and took care of that to make it square. Cut my 1x6 and 1x4 framework to length and glued one side, getting a bunch of weight on it. The last thing I did was see about putting on the jack stands, has anyone here successfully attached jack stands to square tubing without using a nut on the other side? I figure I am going to need to weld them on but if you know of a different way to attach them so they can be removed, please let me know!

https://youtu.be/oY1hdBxRO_k

last of the wiring (wrapping side-marker lights in loom)


getting a spare wire into the junction box for later


lining up the floor


lining up the framework


trimming down the 1x6 framework


first glue of the build!


weight!


figuring out my jackstands

[ELM]

Looking great so far. And it looks like it will be very strong. You could use rivnuts to mount your jack stands.