Post #619842 by MadDogMike on Wed, Jan 4, 2012 7:56 PM

Thanks guys, I'm having fun. Pop, it's got some small leafsprings on it that should do the job.

Does this look 2.5 inches narrower?

I can weld some but it never looks pretty, so I suckered my brother into doing it for me. Before you give me a safety lecture on welding without a helmet, I want to point out that it was just a quick tack and he is looking away :lol:

We cut out 2.5 inches and shoved a short piece of pipe inside the axle. We bolted a 2x6 to the axle to keep it all straight & lined up, tacked it a few placed, checked it for square, then welded it all back together. I got called it to work tonight but hopefully tomorrow afternoon I'll get it bolted in place. Hope to take my trailer on a maiden voyage out to the desert next weekend.

On an unrelated note, I vacuum packed my 4 inch memory foam mattress into a 18x18x12 inch lump for safe storage in the house. It looks like a wrinkled, oversized dog turd :D