I was unexpectedly thrust back into the circle track world tis year after a few year hiatus. My brother bought a couple of Legends cars and I was named the driver of one of them. Since he paid for the race cars, I let him use my nice tandem axle race car trailer to haul his car around. I was forced to dust off "Lugnuts", an old car trailer that my dad built back in the late 60's to haul his old race cars around. "Lugnuts" got it's name because the trailer lost a wheel on the way to a race in old Mexico back in the late 80's, but that's another story. The trailer is built using '55 Chevy truck framerails that were flipped upside down. The bed is 14' long, and is plenty long enough to haul one Legends car and an Arctic Cat ATV on the front.
You can see the truck frame if you look closely. The trailer bed floor is made from the material used to cover train cars that haul automobiles. The material is super strong and really light:
The first order of business was a pair of trailer tires on 6" wagon wheels covered by some fenders:
The back of the trailer was extended 12" and angled down 15 degrees to allow a better angle for loading the race car, and a point to weld on some anchor points for the tie downs. The framework was covered by 14 gauge diamond plate:
A couple heavy duty tie down spots were welded on the toungue, and the trailer jack was converted to a swing away style:
The sides of the trailer were extended 11" using 1 1/2" x 3" x .095" rectangular tubing. The framework was also covered with 14 gauge diamond plate:
The trailer ramps are now stowed on a small rack in the front of the trailer:
The trailer jack can be placed over this stub welded in back of the fender on each side to raise the trailer up in case of a flat:
Almost complete, just waiting for paint. I had to do this work during the week as I am still using the trailer to haul the Legends car around to the races almost every week:
You can see the truck frame if you look closely. The trailer bed floor is made from the material used to cover train cars that haul automobiles. The material is super strong and really light:
The first order of business was a pair of trailer tires on 6" wagon wheels covered by some fenders:
The back of the trailer was extended 12" and angled down 15 degrees to allow a better angle for loading the race car, and a point to weld on some anchor points for the tie downs. The framework was covered by 14 gauge diamond plate:
A couple heavy duty tie down spots were welded on the toungue, and the trailer jack was converted to a swing away style:
The sides of the trailer were extended 11" using 1 1/2" x 3" x .095" rectangular tubing. The framework was also covered with 14 gauge diamond plate:
The trailer ramps are now stowed on a small rack in the front of the trailer:
The trailer jack can be placed over this stub welded in back of the fender on each side to raise the trailer up in case of a flat:
Almost complete, just waiting for paint. I had to do this work during the week as I am still using the trailer to haul the Legends car around to the races almost every week:
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