Use Ford Twin I beams to build a trailer?

Posted by Boyd on July 21, 2004 at 00:04:41 from (12.73.126.202):

I own 5- 80s F150 2 wheel drives. I am going
to strip 3 or 4 of them for spare parts to keep
on hand. I'm thinking of saving the front "I"
beam suspensions from them to make a
trailer from scratch for my lawn service. I was
planning on using "U" bolts to bolt leaf springs
to each "I" beam. I was going to build the
frame from scratch, starting from the "I" beam
suspension, making the trailer the max legal
8-1/2 feet wide for Minnesota and having
surge brakes go to the stock calipers on each
wheel. Has anyone else out there seen this
done?? Any ideas or suggestions? Boyd.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Use Ford Twin I beams to build a trailer? db 18:27:37 08/01/04 (0)
• Re: Use Ford Twin I beams to build a trailer? mart 20:56:23 07/31/04 (0)
• Re: Use Ford Twin I beams to build a trailer? dodgeboy 19:18:14 07/31/04 (0)
• Re: Use Ford Twin I beams to build a trailer? Boyd 23:21:10 07/23/04 (1)
  • Re: Re: Use Ford Twin I beams to build a trailer? db 18:50:30 07/24/04 (0)
• Re: Use Ford Twin I beams to build a trailer? db 20:04:31 07/22/04 (0)
• Re: Use Ford Twin I beams to build a trailer? rustyfarmall 06:54:35 07/22/04 (0)
• Re: Use Ford Twin I beams to build a trailer? John Ne. 19:01:57 07/21/04 (0)

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