Time on my hands and a cheap harbor freight 4x8

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Time on my hands and a cheap harbor freight 4x8

Postby muleteam » Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:01 pm

Hey all, I've been lurking for awhile and finally got myself a trailer delivered for a 4x8 teardrop. There are too many of you to thank individually, but I've poached ideas from a lot of you, and that's a pretty good compliment, no?
I'm up in Wyoming right now, but I work with the park service and move a lot, so who knows where this trailer will follow me.
Again, thank you all. I'm really looking forward to this project. Since just putting the trailer together was kind of an experience, it should keep me busy.
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Re: Time on my hands and a cheap harbor freight 4x8

Postby TENNJIM » Tue Jun 03, 2014 12:03 pm

Welcome! Good luck on your build.
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Re: Time on my hands and a cheap harbor freight 4x8

Postby KennethW » Tue Jun 03, 2014 5:05 pm

Three tips on the HF trailer.
Wash the bearings and pack with good grease.
And the hitch is too flexible for a tip up jack.
Run a ground wire to all the light rather the using the frame will keep the lights working.
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Re: Time on my hands and a cheap harbor freight 4x8

Postby muleteam » Tue Jun 03, 2014 9:06 pm

Thanks for the welcome and for the tips. Yeah, I've packed the bearings pretty well. I am noticing the wheels are slightly bent (they have a little lump every rotation). I've been considering calling hf to get new ones, but they're both a little wobbly and so e of the old timers around town have said it's not that bad and all wheels have a slight bend to them, especially the more, um, inexpensive, Chinese ones. I don't know about all that, but I'm wondering if anyone else had this problem out of the box?
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