Custom Airplane Trailer Build Part 2 - Kolb Firefly

Scratch built all aluminum Airplane Trailer Part 2.
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[@bgfspeedshop]

Never doubted yourself. you go guy....watching for future videos like a hawk....coming from another selftaught welder/fabricator, heavy duty mechanic, 2-4 cycle, hydraulics, microlight enthusiast (Lazair owner), etc..

[@jacalnan]

Love it! Awesome job!

[@wingandaprayeradventures6758]

LED Outfitters is where I get my LEDs. I like the back!!

[@chadb2827]

Im jealous of all of your Kolb's!

[@gregmiller1951]

How about some VG’s on the nose of the trailer 😀

[@whoanelly737-8]

Cool videos

[@jessemccutcheon4194]

Beautiful work on the trailer. Looks great! Can't wait to see how that Phazer flys.

[@jrcolmena]

I was thinking of buying the base and doing a wood structure with foam insulation walls and a poor man's fiberglass finish, but seeing yours I wondering if it is worth it to learn how to weld aluminum, I weld to lower frame also and just buy the wheels kit

[@SeeUsFly]

Nice! I like the zebra motif. Been thinking for a long time of doing the same for my white 4WD PPG Trike hauler truck.

[@billytucker342]

Outstanding job Ben. Thank you for sharing.

[@King_TuTT]

cool

[@G_Money72]

Great work! Hope to see you @OSH2021.

[@patrickmckowen2999]

Being such a lite trailer -- any cross wind towing issues. Cheers

[@bkairys]

I pulled it 12 hours to Osh and back this year. No issues, cruised about 65-70 mph and got 15 mpg towing with jeep. Normally i get 18 mpg. Great success!

[@georgemohr]

You’re a craftsman, for sure =)

[@LuisDCruz60]

Great job! Can you provide measurments? I will ne buying a Firefly in the near future and would like to build a trailer to pick it up with. Thanks!

[@embededfabrication4482]

he's got that expensive brake sitting on two chairs!? could have made an arched enclosure and made it a lot smaller and more streamlined, use less aluminum too.

[@patrickmckowen2999]

Excellent 👍

[@brandencroy6416]

Hey Ben! Found your videos researching phazer engines. I was like, I wonder where this guy is from? Then I heard you mention Michigan and put 2&2 together and your Jeep. I came up there and flew that kitfox 2 down south that you sold. I’ll have to get up there and visit next summer. Also I got my glider cert this summer so I would like to come check out your guys’s Glider opps.

[@bkairys]

Hey Branden, small world! Definitely hit me up to do some soaring!

[@mhilderbrand7693]

Just curious.... did you hand cut all the black vinyl zebra stripes? Thinking about a zebra design on a Zenith?

[@bkairys]

Yes, just a roll of black vinyl, and freehand with a razor blade. I'm not artistic at all, so anyone could do it.

[@tinolino58]

How do You get the trailer street legal?

[@bkairys]

In Michigan, you just need a weight and lights inspection.

[@theworshiptraveler6709]

What do you think the final cost of the trailer build will be?

[@bkairys]

About 1k, only that low because I got really good deals on materials.

[@theresnobodyhere5778]

@@bkairys great job on the trailer ,could be scary pulling it with a cross wind though,the flat right angle top will create rotor coming back on the sides ,justp needed a little 1/4 radius of a about 4 inches joining the roof to the sides thats will make life easy towing it its easy fix could buy a premoulded length or cut ally sheet take and get rolled for 100 its saves your plane getting destroyed, next time you see a box van or a long vehicle look at roof line

[@bkairys]

Ya was actually thinking of making some of those rear fairings that fold out like I see on semi truck trailers

[@theresnobodyhere5778]

@@bkairys biggest worry is the side walls similair to to a mountain or brick wall wind hits it and rotor effect at the top edge pulls it over or swing be snaking about going along road

[@bkairys]

Took up 70 mph today empty and seemed to pull nice so far.