Harbor freight trailer
Parts are numbered in the text and in the diagram in the back of the book but the actual parts themselves are not, which makes it hard sometimes.
Harbor freight trailer manual#
Maybe I missed something, maybe the manual just sucked here and there, likely some of both, I’m not sure. Yet it’s easy to miss things, or to get confused on a few points here and there and have to go back, redo something or un-assemble something that looked like it needed to be done but wasn’t supposed to at a particular point. The manual is really in good English but is only okay and really so-so for the assembly itself, instruction-wise. Every single thing has to be attached, frame pieces, braces, nuts, bolts, screws, lights, wiring, coupler, hitch pieces, springs, axles, and wheels. Our’s came with the tires already on the wheel and hub, though the dust cover still had to be taken off to attach the wheels, and then the bearings had to be lubed and repacked. And you might as well because you are going to be assembling every nut and bolt to each other and something else. I’m not sure exactly how many parts but there are likely a few hundred if you count each nut and bolt. There are a ton of parts (okay not a ton, but figuratively…), and as I said before, and bears repeating you have to assemble EVERYTHING, literally. Things are packed pretty well, moderately securely, and padded okay. Is the axle extended the entire width inside this metal frame or not? I am not sure but it feels fairly heavy as if it did.Īll of the trailer parts come in two boxes, one quite heavy. The axle is enclosed in a heavy-duty steel framework running the length of the axle, this is a square cross-sectioned piece of metal and you can’t see the frame except where the ends protrude for putting the wheels on. There is a good re inforced A-frame tongue and a couple with lots of bolts holding it.įor the road there are fine durable-looking 5-inch x 12 inch tires with a three-leaf suspension.
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Unfortunately, it doesn’t work well for when you need to ground the lights, more on this later. And this baked enamel paint lines each bolt hole and crevice in the frame, the frame materials is absolutely coated. It has a nice heavy-duty steel frame with some nice quality-looking red baked enamel finish, its really smooth and looks great. The trailer weighs in at over 330 lbs (150 kg). These wheels are pretty small and I am doubtful about the amount of weight they can hold despite them being made for this purpose. There are dolly wheels that are installed for when you fold up the rear section so you can roll it around. In reality, it is quite heavy and to fold it may or may not be practical for everyone.
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The trailer once assembled also folds to fit 2 ft. But if you think this is something you can just drive your lawn tractor up on you might want to think again and consider ramps, otherwise the tilting works well for most other things. This one has a tilting deck, so you can secure it to your vehicle with the hitch and pull two pins out and you can tilt the whole bed back. This is a total do-it-yourself assembly and wow – it is indeed “do-it-yourself” as you do assemble EVERY single part of it yourself!Īs mentioned above this one is the super-duty one – there is also a regular duty one which is the same size as well as a smaller model, which is very similar but smaller of course, and simpler to assemble I assume (relatively). And after consulting with my nephew for his opinion we decided to pick this up, though we originally considered the regular non-heavy-duty model. The reviews were good to great for the majority, with a few caveats. We looked around and the best deal seemed to be the 1720 pound capacity 48 inch by 96 inch Super Duty Folding Trailer from Harbor Freight.
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So we decided to take a plunge and get a trailer so that we could more quickly just slide the kayaks on, secure them with a few straps, and then go. Over the years we transitioned from a single full-sized canoe to a pair of kayaks for our paddling fun and exercise, yet trying to get even the relatively light kayaks up on top of a full-size SUV ( Ford Edge) with one fairly short person (my wife) can be a pain, not to mention the amount of time securing the whole thing once it’s up there on top of the fairly high vehicle. Assembled trailer, chicken looking on in approval