TRAILER REHABILITATION

I took this trailer in on trade. It's a factory built 6x12 utility trailer. Close inspection revealed the company that built it didn't put much emphasis on quality or safety.

The tongue design leaves much to be desired.

None of the material was welded around it's full periphery. The welds that were performed were of poor quality. (Note the leftover MIG wire sticking out.)

A couple more examples of the complete lack of weld quality.

Stripped the wood from the trailer and removed the inferior crossmember.

The lack of fusion on the welds made disassembly easy! Note the rust starting to form due to the lack of complete welds on the joints.

Flimsy angle crossmember replaced with 4" channel.

New crossmember welds MIG (GMAW), full periphery.

Vertical weld where the original tongue meets the new crossmember performed with 7018 stick (SMAW).

More to follow........

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