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Michael Shaffer July 7th 05 04:20 AM

Utility trailer sides
 
I'm trying to add sides to my trailer but it doesn't have the metal
brackets to put the 2x4's in. I want to make some and weld them on but I
don't know where to get the metal. I don't want to have to buy a whole
sheet, I just need a 3" wide strip I can cut, bend and weld. Any ideas?

Thanks

RoyJ July 7th 05 04:39 AM

For one trailer, just buy the the darn things ready made:
www.noertherntool.com Item# 125504

Michael Shaffer wrote:

I'm trying to add sides to my trailer but it doesn't have the metal
brackets to put the 2x4's in. I want to make some and weld them on but I
don't know where to get the metal. I don't want to have to buy a whole
sheet, I just need a 3" wide strip I can cut, bend and weld. Any ideas?

Thanks


carl mciver July 7th 05 07:10 AM

"RoyJ" wrote in message
ink.net...
| For one trailer, just buy the the darn things ready made:
| www.noertherntool.com Item# 125504
|
| Michael Shaffer wrote:
|
| I'm trying to add sides to my trailer but it doesn't have the metal
| brackets to put the 2x4's in. I want to make some and weld them on but I
| don't know where to get the metal. I don't want to have to buy a whole
| sheet, I just need a 3" wide strip I can cut, bend and weld. Any ideas?
|
| Thanks

Saw some at Home Depot this evening. In with the big hinges and such
hardware for big doors. Go figure. Probably didn't know where else to put
them.


PrecisionMachinisT July 7th 05 08:34 AM


"RoyJ" wrote in message
ink.net...
For one trailer, just buy the the darn things ready made:
www.noertherntool.com Item# 125504


It's www.northerntool.com you misspelled it above.

And here's a direct link to the item :

http://tinyurl.com/9k9t9

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SVL



Michael Shaffer July 7th 05 12:45 PM

RoyJ wrote:
For one trailer, just buy the the darn things ready made:
www.noertherntool.com Item# 125504

Michael Shaffer wrote:

I'm trying to add sides to my trailer but it doesn't have the metal
brackets to put the 2x4's in. I want to make some and weld them on but
I don't know where to get the metal. I don't want to have to buy a
whole sheet, I just need a 3" wide strip I can cut, bend and weld. Any
ideas?

Thanks


I can't do that because the Home Depot ones are too short. I'm using it
to haul bamboo which is like 20' long..

RoyJ July 7th 05 03:48 PM

Any reasonable steel supply place should have 1/8"x3" bar stock in 10'
lengths. But if one is too short, how about using 2, one above the
other. Or cut them in half the long way. still beats cutting, bending,
and welding bar stock

Michael Shaffer wrote:

RoyJ wrote:

For one trailer, just buy the the darn things ready made:
www.noertherntool.com Item# 125504

Michael Shaffer wrote:

I'm trying to add sides to my trailer but it doesn't have the metal
brackets to put the 2x4's in. I want to make some and weld them on
but I don't know where to get the metal. I don't want to have to buy
a whole sheet, I just need a 3" wide strip I can cut, bend and weld.
Any ideas?

Thanks



I can't do that because the Home Depot ones are too short. I'm using it
to haul bamboo which is like 20' long..


Wild Bill July 7th 05 05:43 PM

Rectangular tubing (4 sides) or channel (3 sides) can be cut to any length,
then welded onto the trailer frame.
You may need to resize your upright lumber slightly (sander/grinder), but
it's still much less effort than trying to bend heavy gage steel into
uniformly-sized brackets.

WB
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"Michael Shaffer" wrote in message
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I'm trying to add sides to my trailer but it doesn't have the metal
brackets to put the 2x4's in. I want to make some and weld them on but I
don't know where to get the metal. I don't want to have to buy a whole
sheet, I just need a 3" wide strip I can cut, bend and weld. Any ideas?

Thanks




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Gunner July 8th 05 07:31 AM

On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 06:45:36 -0400, Michael Shaffer
wrote:

RoyJ wrote:
For one trailer, just buy the the darn things ready made:
www.noertherntool.com Item# 125504

Michael Shaffer wrote:

I'm trying to add sides to my trailer but it doesn't have the metal
brackets to put the 2x4's in. I want to make some and weld them on but
I don't know where to get the metal. I don't want to have to buy a
whole sheet, I just need a 3" wide strip I can cut, bend and weld. Any
ideas?

Thanks


I can't do that because the Home Depot ones are too short. I'm using it
to haul bamboo which is like 20' long..


I think you would be better served in purchasing some 2x4 rectangular
tubing and simply cutting off proper lenghts.

Gunner

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