2021 - Volume #45, Issue #6, Page #28
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Big Trailer Built To Haul Half-Size Tractors
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“I wanted a trailer that could hold them all in a line, but I had to settle for overlapping them a bit because the trailer had to fit inside my 36-ft. deep shed,” says Friesen.
The original trailer frame was made with 3 by 3-in. sq. tubing. To extend it, he butt welded more 3 by 3-in. tubing and reinforced the joint sides with flat steel. He reinforced the expansion by installing a railing of 2 by 2-in. tubing with flat steel angled braces on every other 1-in. sq. upright.
“At first I tried it without the angled braces, but there was some give,” says Friesen. “The cross bracing really stiffened it up.”
He added 5/8-in. plywood sheet for flooring with anchors mounted through it to the frame for ratchet strap tie-downs. They make it easy to secure his half-size Ford 8N, TD6 IH crawler, MM UDX, Farmall M and 1206 IH.
Friesen knew he would need help lifting a ramp/endgate, so he decided to buy instead of building. He picked up a closed spring endgate at TJ Trailers, although he did reinforce it with some more 2 by 2’s.
He also had to fabricate new fenders as he added an extra axle to the stretched-out trailer.
Friesen is pretty satisfied with his show tractor-trailer with one exception. The hitch is just 3 by 3-in. tubing and has started curving a bit.
“Being as long as it is, the trailer puts a lot of strain on the hitch,” says Friesen. “I think I will need to reinforce it some.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Benny Friesen, RR 1 Box 16, Morris, Manitoba Canada R0G 1K0 (ph 204-746-8436; banniefri@gmail.com).
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