I recently scored a 2000 lbs trailer that someone had gotten into a minor fender bender with. I have been looking for something small to save wear and tear on my truck bed for small log runs. I had a bigger axle laying around so I got the idea of beefing up the towing capacity of the trailer. I'm currently in the process of changing the axle, leaf springs, hitch coupler and adding some extra supports to the bed of the trailer.
My question is this. I've always been intrigued with the log lifting arches that I have seen guys build for the rear of their trailers so I've decided to build my own. Does anyone have one of these? If so have you had any structural problems with the bed of the trailer twisting as you load logs? I currently have the trailer flipped in the garage on jacks while I weld on it and I would rather not have to flip it again to fix a problem later on down the road. At the same time I don't want to beef the trailer up so much that I lose towing capacity. Thinking about welding some square tubing on the rear of the trailer that I can insert trailer jacks into to help take some of the strain while winching logs.
Any help / ideas would be appreciated!
My question is this. I've always been intrigued with the log lifting arches that I have seen guys build for the rear of their trailers so I've decided to build my own. Does anyone have one of these? If so have you had any structural problems with the bed of the trailer twisting as you load logs? I currently have the trailer flipped in the garage on jacks while I weld on it and I would rather not have to flip it again to fix a problem later on down the road. At the same time I don't want to beef the trailer up so much that I lose towing capacity. Thinking about welding some square tubing on the rear of the trailer that I can insert trailer jacks into to help take some of the strain while winching logs.
Any help / ideas would be appreciated!
