Here are a few photos documenting my experience putting together a Harbor Freight folding 4X8 trailer. The cost was $290 shipped to my door, plus about 12 hours of assembly. I worked pretty casually and elected to paint the deck and stakes, which added more time. Anyway, on to the pics!
The trailer came in two boxes. This one held the wheels, fenders and electrical. They were easily unloaded from the truck, the larger box containing the frame probably weighed around 160 pounds.
Everything laid out on the floor waiting for assembly.
Better shot of the frame rails.
That is a whole lotta nylox nuts. They actually are SAE - 11/16" nuts and 5/8 bolt heads. They presented the most difficult aspect of assembly - no finger tightening a nylox nut. On the other hand, it won't come off either
Electrical stuff. Pretty straightforward. The clips supplied are cheesy. I used zip ties. One neat trick I employed was to simply tuck the zip tie "tails" under the deck to hold the wires and keep them nice and neat. You have to keep in mind that extra wire slack is needed near the folding tongue and mid sections. A bit of careful trial and error and I got the routing and slack dialed in.
The certificate of origin and fairly decent instructions. The cops gave me a puzzled look when I took it in to have the VIN number certified for title, saying I needed a "VIN certification tech" (whatever the hell that is) to do it. I went down the street and paid the emissions shop $9 to do it. Whatever. As you can see, it is quite obviously from China. The form at the DMV did no have enough spaces to put all the characters in :laugh
Frame fully assembled, folded, and ready to have the axle put on.
A shot of it with the stakes and bed on. I don't need the stakes for hauling the dirt bike.
Shot of the dirt bike mounting system.
Done deal, stood up and folded, strapped to the wall.
I used it to haul my DRZ to the riding area today. It towed great and no issues cruising at 70 mph. I checked the hubs when I got there and they were fine - just warm to the touch. I stuffed them full of Valvoline red heavy duty bearing grease.
Ah. After selling my truck, it is good to have carrying capacity again It was some work to put together, more than I thought it would be to be honest, but worth it. The price was right.
The trailer came in two boxes. This one held the wheels, fenders and electrical. They were easily unloaded from the truck, the larger box containing the frame probably weighed around 160 pounds.
Everything laid out on the floor waiting for assembly.
Better shot of the frame rails.
That is a whole lotta nylox nuts. They actually are SAE - 11/16" nuts and 5/8 bolt heads. They presented the most difficult aspect of assembly - no finger tightening a nylox nut. On the other hand, it won't come off either
Electrical stuff. Pretty straightforward. The clips supplied are cheesy. I used zip ties. One neat trick I employed was to simply tuck the zip tie "tails" under the deck to hold the wires and keep them nice and neat. You have to keep in mind that extra wire slack is needed near the folding tongue and mid sections. A bit of careful trial and error and I got the routing and slack dialed in.
The certificate of origin and fairly decent instructions. The cops gave me a puzzled look when I took it in to have the VIN number certified for title, saying I needed a "VIN certification tech" (whatever the hell that is) to do it. I went down the street and paid the emissions shop $9 to do it. Whatever. As you can see, it is quite obviously from China. The form at the DMV did no have enough spaces to put all the characters in :laugh
Frame fully assembled, folded, and ready to have the axle put on.
A shot of it with the stakes and bed on. I don't need the stakes for hauling the dirt bike.
Shot of the dirt bike mounting system.
Done deal, stood up and folded, strapped to the wall.
I used it to haul my DRZ to the riding area today. It towed great and no issues cruising at 70 mph. I checked the hubs when I got there and they were fine - just warm to the touch. I stuffed them full of Valvoline red heavy duty bearing grease.
Ah. After selling my truck, it is good to have carrying capacity again It was some work to put together, more than I thought it would be to be honest, but worth it. The price was right.