tamiys trailer question

[bigford]

has anybody mounted the king pin right to the floor of the trailer
thinking of trying to get the trailer a little lower

[spudd]

yes I have one that the plate is mounted to the floor
tried to upload a picture but photo bucket hates me for some reason tonight

[Cossett]

I have one of FGD's A-trailers and the king pin is about 5mm from the floor, I can post pics if you want..
Cheers Tracy

[bigford]

just thinking about how to get rid of the big gap over the rears

[spudd]

it dose look better for sure
my trailer is a Freddy gear drive also

[Lmackattack]

I see no issues other than having to have the trunion re positioned so that the trailer does not slope forward. I would think this would make the stock box trailer look alot better when coupled to the truck. Flat bed or tanker the full frame looks ok

also be carefull if you have fenders on the tractor. it will scratch them to ****

[bigford]

trailer will stay stock for this weekends show
but after that we will fix that gap

[petermoblin]

I did that to my flatbed trailer. Seems to work alright, but I wouldn't take it off road. Sits a little too close to my fenders. There are picks of it in my "globe" build thread.

[Cossett]

FGD's A trailer skid plate
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/l/t31.0-8/12113514_962341407178833_5645742108212149189_o.jpg
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/12138433_962341427178831_5336409026517145769_o.jpg
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/12091207_962341413845499_4070802349912836201_o.jpg
https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/t31.0-8/12140102_962341470512160_9149061224687194513_o.jpg

Cheers Tracy

[bigford]

thats what i was thinking tracy. just
need to keep it off the grand hauler fenders

[Cossett]

If its still touching the fenders you could raise the turntable skid plate a mil or two with brass that way you don't damage them while keeping the front of the trailer as close as possible....

Cheers Tracy