All terrain lawn tractor trailer build

OK, so this is the first build that i Will be putting on this forum.
Its going to be a single shaft small trailer to help me get jobs done around the house in a fun way!  
Pictures Will be uploaden soon   

im kinda having issues with uploading polls/images so it might take a little longer

If you want you can email them to me and I can upload them, if you cant figure it out.

ok, so today i got to work on this project for the first time i maneged to build the trailer mockup point and the rear shaft.
i could have made a lot more progress but i dont have enough 40x40 tubes at the moment, upcomming theusday i will recive new 40x40 tubes and then i will also do another update :

as much as i hate to dissapoint you, i did not recieve the new 40X40mm tubes today so no new update.
the company called and said that the tubes will be delivered tomorrow morning

Is that a metal lathe?

Yes it is, its quite a large machine. Ill upload more pics of it tomorrow. Oh btw i work in a factory so i have acces to Loads of professional equipment/tools

Thats pretty cool. I would love to have free access to a machine shop. Not for just mower stuff but paintball as well.

yeah, ive also done a lot different stuff outside of mud mowers in that workshop, for bikes, cars and even some stainless steel furnature. the company itself produces workshop presses anywhere from 5 to 150 tonnes, here are some more pics of the lathe, its got 3 ranges and 4 gears so a total of 12 speeds, you can als cut realy big tread in shafts with it and it has a computer that takes the measurements up to about a 100th of a milimeter

so this morning i recieved the new tubes and finaly got to the big work.

so first i made a rectangle out of 40x40mm tubes (rearshaft sits on top of it so youll get the idea )



getting it set up perfectly with help of our welding table



and i found these triangle shaped 4mm thick pieces of steel wich seemed pretty much perfect to hold the rear shaft:



getting it welded in to place...



and i found these pieces of lazercut steel that were perfect to use as the tipping point of the trailer (im not sure if i told you but this trailer is going to have a tipping option on it)



and with the main tube thingy that goes to the tractor welded on:



and that would be the progress i have made today



tomorrow will be another update  

You messed up on postin the pictures

Yeah lol try again

thats wierd, i am watching this topic on my laptop and i just checked it on my ipad, it seems to be that the images dont work on
IOS/Android?

not working on PC either

I do all i do on this forum on an iphone. Mine works fine pix and all. Trailer looks good. I think there ort to be a place on here just for offroad mower trailer buds.

The pictures are workin now, and fyi the 'tube thingy' is called the tongue.

I like the tires and want your lathe

I like that shop, that jig table has to be nice. Working with clean metal is always the best lol, are you welding with MIG? Nice machining skills

today i got started on the upper frame of the trailer:





sorry for the vertical pictures

and with the hinges in place (the bolt has already been replaced with a pin)





and with the wheels on:



so thats how far i got today, tomorrow i will be building the side plate/boards (im not sure what they are called like).
stay tuned  

i manly weld with MAG, sometimes TIG or MIG   

Thomas de Boer wrote:

i manly weld with MAG, sometimes TIG or MIG   

Mag? never heard of it here in the US. maybe an overseas thing?

Mag and Mig welding is the same thing. just some call it Mag (metal active gas) and some cal it Mig (metal inert gas).

btw, nice trailer

man nice cart Id like to build something like that for the massey

DirtyD wrote:

Mag and Mig welding is the same thing. just some call it Mag (metal active gas) and some cal it Mig (metal inert gas).

btw, nice trailer

how can it be active and inert at the same time?... my head hurts

Nice trailer, should be good for a couple of tons   

And that welding table is pro!