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a rather large trailer
Is there a build thread for this?
Not yet, but there will be once I've finished it, with a cost breakdown. Should end up about 2/3rd the cost of a comparable trailer imported from the EU, not accounting for my time. (Especially since if I was paying for my time, it would have been cheaper for me to buy a desktop mill rather than faffing around with sawing, filing and dremeling the axle mounts).
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a rather large trailer
Is there a build thread for this?
Soon... GF's gone on a mission to get some marine ply. Decided to go for the almost-cheap option first in case we want to cut slots into it or whatever, then get the better more spendy surface once it's finalised.
Emyr
I've built my partner a rather large trailer and now need to add a surface.
The surface needs to carry a multitude of kids bike and an adult bike, in all weathers. The frame is made of 30mm wide aluminium profiles with 8mm slots and I have nuts with M6 threads.
The overall dimensions of the surface need to be 2040 x 1000mm and I'll cut out where the wheels go. In the photo below, I've mounted the axles on the wrong side of the frame, but now I've corrected that and the crosswise supports are level with the side rails. The width between the inner rails (inboard of the wheels) is 680mm, so 710mm between mounts, and along the length of the trailer the longest gap is 550mm.
I'm thinking a sheet of HDPE, Nylon 6 or 66 or polypropylene would work, but I don't know how to calculate how thick a sheet of each material would need to be to support about 120kg of unevenly distributed bicycles, without adding an extra 5pk just for the surface. I've run out of bolts, so can order button-head screws if the sheet is too thin to countersink.
There is a supplier about 20 miles away so it'll cost be about £5 to fuel my van to collect from https://www.visionplastics.co.uk/
Any engineers feeling curious and helpful?