Nuzzy
Trail Gnome
Didn't have a chance to get my wood and paint today, but just had to play with the new toy a little
Nuzzy, to make your trailer better to haul longer wood just make a sliding tongue on the front. Just 2 pieces of tubing with holes so you can adjust the tongue length. Easier than having long stuff hanging out the back. Same idea as your truck receiver, a tube sliding within a tube, you can change a 3' long tongue into 5'-6" easily. If you want to make the hitch 10' long that will work too. My firewood trailer has about 18" of adjustment on it. It's an old hay wagon frame. Most farm wagons use a type of adjustable quick hitch system.
It looks like it's made strong enough to take some serious weight. Nice Job!!
What bumper company do you build for??
These little trailers you guys have are great assets in the woods. Perfect size with being able to get in tight spots and still have some payload.
My dad built this trailer back in 1982 and I actually have it licensed for on the road - keep it under 45 mph. It is made out of an old front car axle and frame. I added taller sides to it last winter. It holds as much weight as I can get on it. The axle could be set back a little further - I have to front load it to get any tongue weight. It trails poorly at speed and can get squirly with the atv and not enough traction. The tractor works quite well in the woods with it and chains. View attachment 511092 View attachment 511093
The shorter the wheel base the harder, I was a farm boy and was pretty good at backing a four wheel hay wagon, but short gravity boxes were harder. My dad could back up hay baler with a wagon behind, never was able to get the hang of that.I'm pretty decent at backing trailers, but this one is hopeless. I dunno if it's the geometry or what, but you can only keep it going for a short distance and then the front axle jacks. It's OK, the thing won't last long enough for me to bother figuring it out or modifying it.
Very nice! I haul with a cheap 4-wheel cart from TSC and the Wheel Horse - it fits in places better and there's less damage hauling it down to the house - but the cart is crap and falling apart after only a few years. And you cannot back up a 4-wheel cart. Something sturdy with decent wheels like you're building would be work very well..
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