Kayak Trailer

I'm building a kayak trailer for a cousin. Frame is 3x2x.120, Tongue is 3x3x3/16, the rest will be built out of 1.75x.120 round tube. Using a 5 foot wide 3500 lbs axle and the plan is to fit 3 kayaks, centered, stack on top of each other.

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And a picture of my new heater:
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springs and hangers for the axle?

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Originally Posted by KrazyKarl02

springs and hangers for the axle?

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Just the standard leafs

why? does your cousin drive a smart car?

Why are you using tube instead of pipe? isnt that going to raise the cost quite a bit?

I would gues square tube because it is easier and faster to cut the connections.

Looks like it will be more than strong enough.

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Originally Posted by Seth

Looks like it will be more than strong enough.

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That's the plan

More:

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Of course I put the ugliest weld right where you can see it :mad: but I'll clean it up. Still haven't figured out how to keep my machine from splattering so much on the highest setting "E". I know less wire speed or more heat should reduce splatter but I can turn wire down until it won't burn in like I'd want and there is little affect on spatter. Left top was two passes (bad cut with the plasma left a gap) then a cap on the E setting, right side was two passes on "d".

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I think it will hold... For whatever reason, I will be upside down welding thru dog crap where no one can see the weld, and it is f'ing beautiful, looks like someone tig'd it. Then I go to the weld that everyone sees first and the welder over heats or I run out of gas, etc... And I have a giant tird...

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Originally Posted by KrazyKarl02

I think it will hold... For whatever reason, I will be upside down welding thru dog crap where no one can see the weld, and it is f'ing beautiful, looks like someone tig'd it. Then I go to the weld that everyone sees first and the welder over heats or I run out of gas, etc... And I have a giant tird...

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I couldn't tell on the Angle 30 light bar :flipoff2:

I have no doubt that it will hold, the weld its self doesn't look to bad and the two that are under it were ****ing beautiful. It just pisses me off when I leave a trail of splatter.

run more wire I usually run the wire a little higher than what is suggested, and a wire wheel cleans up spatter really nicely

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Can you build it where the rack is removeable, then it could haul a 4 wheeler, dirtbike, camping crap, apartment, etc?
May as well with it being plenty heavy.

I could, but this one is pretty kayak specific. It will probaly end up with some type of floor so you could carry 2-3 kayaks on top and camping **** on bottom