Bah Humbug! It was a slow and disappointing trailer construction day! Started out packing the wheel bearings, a messy job indeed! Not hard, actually sort of fun, but everything within arms reach got coated with a layer of heavy duty sticky grease! Then went on to mount the axles and fenders. Then finished up with...
New Trailer in the Works – Part 3
Continuing the assembly of the Harbor Freight trailer. Today was continuing to work on the main frame. Added fenders, springs, axle, and a couple of stake pockets I had not put on yet. I did all the assembly on top of the workbench to save the back from having to bend down, hunch over, wear...
New Trailer in the Works – Part 2
Day 2 was spent cleaning! The new hub came filled with “shipping grease”, and the bearings themselves are not fully packed. To look at the hub you would think it is ready to go. It was fully loaded with a LOT of an odd blue grease. But, when the bearings were removed the rollers were...