Stormcrow wrote:jmanscotch wrote:I am in need of some ideas from you folks. How should I mount my fenders?
If it was me - I’d either widen or get wider fenders to eliminate the gap between the tire and trailer walls. I would think that stuff would be flinging all up the side of the trailer there. Forgive the quick and crude sketches here, not perfect or to scale but hopefully gets the point across. Pull out the interior plywood and weld in some 1” tubing (in green) between the vertical supports. Drill holes in the lip of the fender and bolt-thru the wall to that tubing. Add some 1” tube triangulated at the bottom and top it off with some more plate (in blue).
fenders 1
fenders 2
Thanks for the work on the sketches sir!
I considered something just like this, but I don't want to have to widen the fenders. I think I'd build my own before hacking these up too much. Maybe that's my problem too, I'm committing to these, since I liked them and bought them, but maybe I just need to move on and build my own.
I do plan on the triangulated sections in blue and I do understand your point about bridging the gap between the fenders and the trailer side, I just don't love the idea of ultra wide fenders (regardless of if they stick out the exact same amount).
The adapters and wheel backspacing I'm running are causing lots of the issues, pushing my wheels out where it'd make the fender width a cosmetic issue for me taste. I figured I might get a new axle down the road and measure to make sure the wheels fit tighter on the trailer....I'll have to mull it over some more and decide what direction fits best.
Appreciate all the ideas, it's definitely given me more to think on, gents.
Jake