2005 PJ Trailers 20' Gooseneck Lo-Pro Equipment Hauler Revamp

Got the new metal rails and the trailer prepped by sanding off the weld areas. I usually tend to only take off a little more than needed. This keeps the touch up to a minimum. Then I positioned the rails and got them clamped into place.







I then welded the them into place. And repainted the areas I wouldn't be able to get to later. I plan on one last large paint touch up once the work has been completed. Nice thing about Rust Oleum paint, it touches up nicely.

Started adding the rest of the wood decking and discovered a few boards I just didn't want to use. A little warping that I can use clamps to get rid of is fine. But some of the boards have some cracking and warping that I just didn't want to waste my time using. So I will be picking up a couple replacement boards this week. This project is already behind schedule so what's the problem with pushing it back a couple more days? Ugh.

This is where the trailer deck progress is at. You will notice one of the cracked and warped boards that I am replacing.









From certain angles, the deck almost looks finished. Think I will be happy in the end.

Really nice work!

Romer said:

Really nice work!

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Thank you for the kind words

Got down to my client's and picked up a couple more boards. Got them cut to length, sealed the cut edges, then installed them. With all the boards firmly attached, I touched up the paint where needed. Deck came out well. And happy with everything thus far. And will be putting it to the test tomorrow. Need to unload and then install some equipment at a client's who do not have a forklift. So will get to test the revamped trailer with a fairly heavy load.

Man, that thing is beautiful! Especially when one looks at the before photos. Well done!

Mark

Awesome work, I’ve enjoyed he step by step progress. Did I miss something, what happened to the fenders?

ScaldedDog said:

Man, that thing is beautiful! Especially when one looks at the before photos. Well done!

Mark

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Corbet said:

Awesome work, I’ve enjoyed he step by step progress. Did I miss something, what happened to the fenders?

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Thank you for the kind words.

Trailer isn't finished yet, but I need to use it, so the removable fenders are sitting on one of the fab tables, waiting to be completed.

First heavy haul went really well. And I got 2 compliments from different folks today about it. Both said it looked brand new. That made me smile.

Didn't realize I never updated this thread with fender photos and final overall photos. I will do that soon.

I ended up finally adding a dump trailer to the fleet. PJ Trailers 10k pound capacity, deckover with 8' x 14' bed. The 2' sides fold down and the split tailgate will swing up for dumping/spreading and will also swing to the sides for loading/unloading big items. And the pump powers the bed in both directions, up and down. It is a rust bucket, but I just so happen to have experience with those This will get worked over just like the above trailer did.

Still sorting out photos for the fenders. Had a computer give out and getting files recovered and back ups restored has not been fun.

Anywho, removable fenders. Had the majority of the parts cut so I went about fitting them together. Cleaned off the coating from the area of the frame where I need to weld then placed the base for the new fender into position.



Cut parts for each side's fender "post" and it's mount to the frame. Welded together and cleaned up the post as well as welded the spacers to the back of the mounts. Then tacked the mounts to the frame and the posts to the fender bases.











Fit the fender skins to the top of the bases
and tacked them into place.

Added in the fender wells complete with hand hold cutouts and tacked them into place











Fabricated a center gusset for each side. Cut out the pieces from sheet, the formed them with the press brake and a dimple die.




Removed the fenders to gain easier access for installing the gussets. Then fit and tacked them into position







And test fit them once again before adding the latches and then final weld out