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Old 11-04-2012, 12:31 AM
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Hey everyone, Thought i'd start one for the trailer i'm going to be starting. It's going to be a scissorneck equipment trailer. Picking up the steel monday. I'm going with a 1x1/2x1/8 channel. Might be a bit heavy but it will be easy to weld together and large enough to get the scale holes in the side to look good. Picture is a what i'm going to build, Decided to go with this style as it will be much easier to make.
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Old 11-04-2012, 04:13 AM
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Hi, I am building a tipper trailer and I have chosen Aluminium to keep the weight to a minimum, have you only chosen steel for strength and how much do you expect it to weigh when you are finished?
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Old 11-04-2012, 07:42 AM
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Good luck on your build. Remember to keep posting pics as you go....
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Old 11-04-2012, 09:00 AM
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Hi cammo, I've chose steel because I can get it cheap and it's easy to work with. I don't want a lot of screws and I don't have an aluminum welder just a couple for steel. I'm not sure yet what the weight will be but I know it will be very strong.
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Old 11-06-2012, 10:10 PM
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I got the steel today, And put together a couple of rough drawing. The steel is 1x1/2x1/8 an was a dollar a foot. Will sure be strong! One of the drawings is 1:1 and the other is converted to 1:14
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Well i started on it a bit today, got my two inner frame rails and scissors cut today. Also made a template template.jpg Here are the rails inside rails.jpg And finally, two of the scissor pieces.
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Old 11-08-2012, 08:26 PM
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I'm not sure if anyone's following this post, but i hope so because i have a very important question. What's the recommendation for the inner frame width. I'm thinking the same width as truck frame but i'm not sure as i'm going to be having the channel face outwards not inwards like the trucks. Any idea? I will start working on it again tomorrow. Had a root canal today so it was a write off.
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I'm following your post with interest, Marc I just can't answer your questions about the trailer

I'm an old "door-slammer" Ask me about a dry-van and we can probably get a solution of some-sort

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Hey houghie ,my oppinion is you might look at the 1:1 and make a good judgement on the width.Build it to suit your eyes and your enjoymentIf you want some more oppinions try to put it in highway truck and trailer section.Also if you want pics to show up better download them to photobucket then tranfer them to the forum
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what deck width are you going with ? for my scale 102" width I went with 3" outside to outside for the frame rails also . another factor is what axles are you using ? if a stock tamiya trailer axle , it will depend on how you plan to mount them . If it were me , I'd make my own setup (I did) do to the weight My rogers 55 ton is all steel and it weighs as much empty as what most would put on their stock trailer axles .
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Thank you for the replies guys, Trailer is going to be 8 9/16 wide, 1:1 trailer is 10 feet. I think i'm going to attempt to make my own axles. Glad you pointed out the spacing for the wheels oz, That never crossed my mind before. I did a bit more work today,
This is the first rail i made,
Then i put a couple welds to hold the second one to it so they would be exactly the same after the welding and grinding on second one, Worked out really well!

This is the two of them spaced out on floor afterwords
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Wish i could weld!! Looks like a nice start on it!
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What did you use to convert the measurements from 1:1 to 1:14?
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i use this works for all scales

http://www.printmini.com/calc.shtml
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Old 11-10-2012, 07:27 PM
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Thanks so much.
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I use an old fashioned calculator
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Your right chris, It is suppose to fold, Either to load or for use on big oilfield trucks. I'm going to make mine look like it folds when it's done but i don't plan on it actually folding. Being it's my first trailer i'm trying to keep it somewhat simple. Here's the specs i'm going off of, I also decided to make a rigid beavertail at back instead of a flip up one.

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Nice start on the trailer so far
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I got a bit more done today while i was waiting for vac truck to show up. Have all 4 rails done now with the exception of the holes in outside rails.
This is a picture of how i made sure the inside and outside were same. I tacked them together.

Then i fab the elbow in.

This is an inside and outside.

And lastly all 4 together.
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Looking good! I love the scratch built stuff! How much is that going to weigh when finished? Keep up the good work... and pictures.

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