2017 - Volume #BFS, Issue #17, Page #70
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Boat Trailer Converted To Flatbed Trailer For $850
“I couldn’t find a good, heavy 2-wheeled trailer on the market that I liked, so I built a 6 by 14-ft. flatbed trailer out of a used boat trailer,” says John Drew, Great Bend, Kansas.
  Drew bought the trailer, designed to haul a 16-ft. boat, for just $225.
  “My total cost to convert the trailer, including new tires, was only about $850,” he says. “A comparable commercial trailer sells for $3,500 to $4,000. I pull it with my 1/2-ton pickup.”
  He spaced out four 3 by 3 by 3/8-in. thick angle irons and welded them across the boat’s frame, attaching them to cross pieces at the middle of the trailer and to the side rails. He bolted 4 by 4’s on top of the angle irons and then screwed 2 by 8’s lengthwise onto the 4 by 4’s to form the floor. He also bolted a big plastic storage box onto the tongue.
  Contact: John Drew, 2034 N.W. 70 Ave., Great Bend, Kansas 67530 (ph 620 791-7580; drewfarms@gbta.net).



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