Steel Pallets Make Quick Trailers

2013 - Volume #37, Issue #5, Page #29

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Steel pallets left over at a local ATV dealership make fast frames for small trailers, according to Sidney Stubbs. The pallets are free for the taking. Stubbs makes slight alterations depending on the end use.
  “They come in different sizes, but they are all tube steel,” says Stubbs. “I clean off any extra material with a carbide blade on a circular saw and then reinforce with more tube steel as needed.”
  Stubbs buys new wheel hubs and tires at a local auto parts store, as well as ball hitches and tongue jacks. Flooring varies from plywood to used rock crusher screens. Pallets can be mounted end-to-end for longer trailers or side-to-side for wider ones.
  “I have one that I keep a water tank in, another for a generator and several for hauling lumber slabs and firewood,” says Stubbs. “I can make a complete trailer in a day and a half, depending on sides and flooring.”
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Sidney Stubbs, RR#1, Site 6, Box 21, Beaverlodge, Alta., Canada T0H 0C0 (ph 780 354-3112; sid.s47@hotmail.com).

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