Building a 26ft utility trailer from scratch

[@yvesf5355]

wow the way I see this Project is simple ,determination is key and that my friend is something you have lot's of great job thanks

[@viscache1]

I used two axles used for moving 18 ton mobile homes. Removable rim and tires. Electric brake kit $129.95 and wiring harness with lights and markers $64.50. I had the rest in stock. Made a 16’ tongue loaded double axle ‘hay trailer with dump bed off an old tractor hydraulic system for a 12 ton load rating (actual static load rating of 18 tons. I used 2”x2” 3/8” tube crossing between 2”x4” 3/8” tube frame. Gum wood bed with diamond plate overlay. My dream trailer cost under $1000 and used 200 weld rods and 40lbs of fluxless .030 welding wire...and 3 months of spare time. Good job! Yours looks very solid. PS-woe strongly disagreed with clamp ownership comment. She has commented that 422 clamps is “too many” clamps...(silly! You can NEVER have too many clamps! IT’S SCIENCE!)

[@gman2013]

“I was hoping to keep this project inside, but it was too long and too wide so I had to move outside, which means I need a bigger shop…so I built one!” Awesome video man! Wish I had 1/2 your talent and knowledge!

[@cm1133]

I think we’re gonna need a bigger boat !

[@FromSteelToWood]

Hey Vincent, I really enjoyed every minute of this video. I'll sure sit behind my computer tonight to watch what is coming next. You made me laugh when you tried to explain to your wife why you should have a bigger shop! Lol! Thanks!

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

They never understand the need for a bigger shop do they?

[@TEXAS-SMITH]

@@unitedstatesofbuild4915 Mine does. Made sure mine understood before marriage, the shop and tools were equivalent to a coupon. She now has me build things and uses tools to repair her own toys such as a hair dryer, instead of buying new stuff. Coupons.

[@metaspencer]

GOOD STUFF man. Great to see your approach and hear your thoughts along the way

[@sylvainlacoste]

7018 should be weld vertical up. Nice trailer! Thanks

[@drakeswake]

I came here to look for this comment. TY

[@4doors_morehors722]

You can use it in all positions but yes it is better for vertical

[@matthewmoilanen787]

7018 can be used in any position. It is currently taught that way in virtually all reputable welding schools. It's kind of like the "filing can only be done in one direction" comment. File teeth aren't harder on one side and if it cuts one way it cuts both ways. Old ways of thinking and I'm old myself.

[@kash666666]

Any position bud. It's literally telling you In the name of the rod 70 1 8...

[@BanksLandMGT]

That’s going to be a heavy trailer

[@kennethdodds2323]

Thanks for the layout tips--measure twice, weld once.

[@cwadub]

Pretty amazing and ambitious project! I've been thinking about extending my 5x10 trailer and saw this build

[@Pablo_M98]

I’m glad to see that somebody else uses the mili-inch.

[@1ton4god]

Thank you for the tongue measurement string trick... I never new ho to figure that.

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

Good to hear you got something out of it! Thanks

[@farmfitnesspham4913]

That look nice when you put the too deck on top of the sub trailer you are a pro

[@erikpatterson9614]

Awsome video dude.

[@cameronwirth8751]

As my grandpa always said. “If you’re going to f* up. F* up consistently.” 😂

[@GrizAdams111]

I really like how you talked about the build while showing the build. rather talking first and then building.

[@johnc2227]

Nice work mate 👌

[@georgegooge8212]

Just want to say thank you. I found this video while researching my own HD trailer build. Great video, very informative. Some of the details you've shown, I hadn't even thought about and will use in my build. But, considering one of your axles can handle more than my pickup can pull, this scale of trailer may be overkill for me 😂

[@Mr385506]

Looks good. I don’t prefer torsion axels the area where they are mounted hast to be beefed up to prevent cracking on the main beams

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

Yeh, I think leaf springs are a lot more forgiving when it comes to overloading. Ive seen a pair of badly damaged torsions that were overloaded. These axles sure ride good though, the trailer is quiet going down the road. It doesnt jump and rattle too bad.

[@jhonyfordchannel8747]

Nice job,I like this work welding.

[@gerlandkent6377]

Thank, you for you're video

[@oldowl4290]

Awesome. This info is just what I've been looking for. You should add "Heavy Duty" to your video title. I'm about to pick up an old Ford E350 rear frame with 4 wheel single axle as start point for a trailer like this. My goal is to make a 10,000lb hauler (trailer and payload).

[@farmfitnesspham4913]

Yes the fat max is the best tape it strong enough for reaching out long distance and hook and comeback good too

[@gerlandkent6377]

I'm geting ready to build a 20ft deck over equipment trailer TriAxle

[@GuillermaArteaga]

Very nice ❤❤

[@drakeswake]

Definitely should have been welded vertical up. I'd double check those welds soon to make sure they aren't cracking already.

[@overdrive39]

How did you measure down to the "milla inch" with a tape measure? LOL!

[@dannycassell9228]

I think Milla inch is a canadian measurement.... not sure if we use metric or SAE lol

[@overdrive39]

@@dannycassell9228 LOL I gotcha.

[@christopherstevens2333]

That's ganna be a heavy long trailer to pull

[@allenhafner7795]

Low hydrogen rod which 7018 is in the vertices position should be ran uphill not down. A few manufacturers do make some low high that can be ran down hand but uphill will penetrate better and be a lot stronger.

[@allenhafner7795]

Also I have built many trailers all shapes and sizes and I am a professional welder. I am not knocking you just want to help. With the axles you are using you are way overbuilding the trailer. The crossmembers are way overkill then you have a complete second frame on top of your mainframe the trailer itself is pushing 5000 lbs that is almost capacity of one of your axles.

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Good day Sir 🌞 Great sence of humor on you response on your comments Sir 👌 and Miss United States of Build sells pitch 🤔🤣 and the best one is, ( that guy on the video ! ) 😊 7018 that is great stick rods 👍 That is going to be a strong trailer ( you are going to be able to carried out an Army Thank Sir 👍😊) Great tips about the measuring 👍👍👍 Great tips on welding large plates ( deck ). 👍 Yes a good measuring tape is great to use 👍😊 Yes clamps are the best friend to a welder ( like vise grips ! ) 👍 NASA accurate ! 🤣 Can'T wait to see you outstanding NASA trailer Sir 😊👍

[@curtisharlan9230]

What are you going to pull the trailer

[@FourthWayRanch]

I need to make a lightweight 24" long single axle trailer to haul my airplane with (350 lbs). I can't figure out what material to use for the side rails, maybe an angle with a square tube stiffener welded on the middle. I want to enclose it so it has to support covering.

[@epena23]

Thinking about building my own.. but trying ti compare building one vs buying one... price wise???

[@MantraRoots.Mauritius]

Hello can I get the blueprint for this trailer please this is so amazing wanna build one for me

[@shawnroulac4494]

How much does it cost to build?

[@lukej5265]

Where do you buy large steel beams for trailers? Home depot doesn't carry beams this big.

[@carsongalaxy]

Metal stores

[@farmfitnesspham4913]

Am gonna take a welding class do you have welding background what do you do for living

[@diecastmodelhub]

Almost been a year since you posted lol, great build :)

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

Yes, still using the heck out of it. Just took it on a 350 mile roundtrip and it did great.

[@es47]

Millinch? Did i miss someting in school? Nice video btw keep it up

[@ismaeltorres8848]

Hey so if the metal only come in 26 foot deck

[@OffGridAussiePrepper]

Awesome shit mannnnn..... sorry i will act more mature next comment, BTW What was the full length of the sub frame b4 u bent it to make a draw bar and what was the length of the diagonal bars when finished? Cheers from downunder.

[@geoffhemmings6546]

What you going to pull this with? Whats its tare expected to be? What regs prevent someone building and using a deathtrap?

[@SycoticReaperMk]

this is america commie

[@jackofall2305]

Hey im trying to understand this and the thought process for this. This seems like a huge trailer but you are only choosing 6k axles? Any reason why

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

Availability, I wanted 8k's but new ones werent in the budget and used ones werent showing up in my local classifieds. This is a common sized axle so if 8k's show up I can swap them in. In the meantime Im hauling all kinds of stuff. Thanks for the comment

[@djkommando]

What's a milli-inch...

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

millionth of an inch

[@rodolfoplasencia4953]

Min. 4:34 lol, I don't know what happens with girls when we comment them "I need a bigger shop" (very important need and news) lol Great video! Q: Why 26' long? I don't have much experience on trailers but I noticed you're making like two trailers in one (surface wise), meaning you have the chassis and like another platform on top for like the flooring. I think this is stronger than many I guess, but, you probably have powerful reasons why you didn't weld diamond plates flooring on top of the chassis for a(some) reason(s). So far I can see is stronger that way, or, the floor frame frees the floor from something under or from something in the chassis, I don't know. Anyways this is looking like a Masterpiece of a trailer. One more question: Is this construction something you can make legal or you won't need to legalize in your area?

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

I chose 26' because the trailer is used to haul 30'+ material. Ill have a few clips of some long stuff loaded up at the end of the series. I chose a wood deck because metal can get slippery AND when it gets bent and banged up its more difficult to replace a small section. Thanks for watching!!

[@rodolfoplasencia4953]

@@unitedstatesofbuild4915 Thank you! I'll watch part 3 soon!

[@pete546]

can do attitude.....I like it

[@handyhenry8654]

MilliInch?

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

millionth of an inch

[@randallcammack6932]

Going to space! By god!

[@goodfellasinc.5648]

I just want to know is a tank or a school bus going to be towing your trailer cuz that's a lot of metal I'm sure it's pretty heavy how did it work out for you

[@davidmorgan8705]

good ideas, accumulated errors are a bad thing

[@domferretti]

How long did this take start to finish?

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

A month of afternoons/evenings and weekends

[@sancheazy]

did you just make up your own unit of measurement? "mili-inch"? at the 9 minute mark

[@williamgeorgelopezjunior8533]

Honestly man, this is the second video of yours that I have “ever” watched. “What’s going on?”, because I have some questions. You obviously know your stuff. But... How old are you / do you run own your business? I’m guessing yes. And if you don’t own your own business... how do you have the time for all these projects? The amount of tools and equipment you have is uncanny for a regular KZbin guy for a “hobby shop” as I think I read you call it. My only guess is that you have guys running jobs for you which is impressive considering you look pretty young. And so this then enables you “all the time needed” to do all this? My last guess is that you come from money and you can do all this for fun and you don’t have to work. I can’t imagine this is true. I am genuinely curious... Obviously impressed ... and wonder how you’ve done it. I’m in the city .. literally building stuff in my tiny basement taking definite liberties with our lease agreement ... using whatever real estate elsewhere I can take advantage of to store stuff ... and still ... a forklift is nowhere near available in the current five year plan. Also, you’re neighbors must get a kick of this, wondering what you’re up to on any given day.

[@williamgeorgelopezjunior8533]

Also, I’m in commercial construction... where I’m used to seeing breaking ground -to-topping off operations to punch list to going back after punch list. Only because who I work for at the time decides on how high I work and 45 stories is my top height up and 4 stories my top height down. Yet I am still impressed with your videos. You are by no means a hack, Definitely well rounded and what appears to be what would be called in baseball a “5 tool guy”.... what is your main trade?

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

Sounds like you have a fun job, are getting a lot of experience and have a career that will allow you to climb the ladder. Are you union? Whereabouts are you located? I dont come from money BUT the good Lord has given me EVERYTHING I need. My wife and I both have incomes, in CA thats almost necessary these days. Metal work was always a hobby of mine but when I got my drivers license I went into concrete work. I sort of pivoted back metal work full time but still dabble in concrete. A fair amount of my equipment is 2nd hand, which makes it more affordable. Buy it right and youll be ok. You have to be able to put in the sweat-equity and be handy with a wrench. As far as tools, Ive been collecting them since before I could drive, so 20 years-ish. I need them because each of them earns me money....except my Ridgid ZRR6791, Id probably never buy another one of those. Thanks for watching and Thanks for your interest.

[@williamgeorgelopezjunior8533]

@@unitedstatesofbuild4915 the rigid comment was funny. I have a decent amount of gear. Not as much as you yet but a decent amount. Someone once told me “the guy who dies with the most tools wins!” I thought that was funny and relatable Definitely have knack a for grabbing high quality tools ...and second hand as well before I take the plunge on something new. But i don’t neglect the fact that cheap tools have their place. In fact some of them have gotten me out of some jams far from home. I am a union carpenter in Boston. I have visited the hall out in Los Angeles when I visited two summers ago for my cousins wedding. One of my biggest folk heroes in building was a union carpenter out in California and passed away a few years back. Truly a good man who gave back. You may know his name as Larry Haun. Author of the very efficient carpenter. I very much wanted to, but I never got to meet him... but would apprenticed under him for free. I was sad when I heard of his passing. The carpenters union offers training in welding over here. So I took some a while back. I’m definitely not getting certified by the state anytime soon... but I have a couple machines and enough know how to get certain things done ...until I get into needing it more where I’d have to up my game. Never got into concrete and the union here gets a lot of it. I was working with a partner on a window in the downtown area. He was in union concrete for a long time before his path changed ...anyway We were about 20 stories up looking down across the street at a new footprint going on and he muttered... “I’m so glad I don’t do concrete anymore” ... he said that a lot!😆 And then I know guys who love it... but he was 54 and these guys are 34 so there you go. I did scaffolding and as much as i loved that... my body couldn’t handle it. After 3pm I was junk and useless for the rest of my day... but I did love it. When my lady and I went on a trip to Ireland for a week, the initial excitement was that my shoulders wouldn’t be in agony for 7 days... then i enjoyed the trip. Most of my experience though is with exterior clading... framing over densglass and insulating ... sometimes the exterior metal framing and densglass...then ACM panels or whatever product the job calls for. But you sound like you might know what that entails so I’ll spare the boredom. The fun part of the job is that I still get the heights, the downside is the we are outside all year long. Rain and snow... muggy heat. You basically get 2 nice months maybe 3 where the elements don’t even mildy disrupt your work performance And yeah side work... which sucks ... you do it because “you never know” ...which is never fun to juggle when you’re working ... and you can’t fully immerse yourself into starting your own business because you’re union. Anyway, thanks for getting back. I’ll be watching more of your stuff. So far what I’ve seen is spectacular. Keep up the good work

[@rustybeatty6567]

This trailer is a deathtrap waiting to happen because the c channel is facing the wrong direction the c channel always faces towards the inside of the trailer not outside because you can't add strength by inserting the crossmember inside the c channel frame before welding them.

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

huh?

[@garymcbrien2853]

It will take the forklift to tow it to much steel in it over kill

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

Be sure to watch the part 5, lots of towing footage. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHfXg5mGoJqjr8U

[@farmfitnesspham4913]

Your clamp is like your extra hands

[@farmfitnesspham4913]

Am coming to help you

[@matthewfuller8748]

You stick weld up hill not down hill. Your welding over flux deposits going down hill.

[@billelliott4799]

4

[@conorgraafpietermaritzburg3720]

Very nice, so I gave you a like, you would do yourselves a favour to use the Metric system- and have no more vulgar fractions to work out all the time 😀

[@garymcbrien2853]

Lazer level.. going a bit far for a trailer

[@CalIscrazy]

Two 6k axles? Why build from scratch and under build it. It's like going into a gun fight with a nerfgun.

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

Thanks for watching!! Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boi9kGSLe76ag5Y Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpDKoamvi9udiJI Part 3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6mtq5KCfJdgldU Part 4: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boi9kGSLe76ag5Y Part 5: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHfXg5mGoJqjr8U

[@mikew8722]

looking to build a smaller trailer....stealing ideas!

[@Kyle-ev4fk]

Look at this fool, he thinks that he is building a deck over.

[@farmfitnesspham4913]

You need a helper

[@oby-1607]

Not impressed. I just watched a guy build a better gooseneck trailer in the gravel space between his house and the neighbor fence. He didn't need a shop or a laser level or plasma cutter or even a level space. Also, he was in Colorado where there is a lot of wind and weather that comes up anytime. His deck was steel diamond plate and overall the build quality was better than factory. DIY Gooseneck Trailer Build is the KZbin video by Andrew Ralph. I guess it shows the determination and skill set of different people. Thanks for sharing tho.

[@unitedstatesofbuild4915]

Thats cool. This video series was aimed more at helping people with some ideas and techniques for their own build more so than impressing you. Thanks for the comment tho

[@oby-1607]

@@unitedstatesofbuild4915 Poor choice of words on my part. Oops. I always respect someone who can create something from what was nothing before.

[@Niko76239]

Let’s see your build then

[@Rowdybandit545]

Didn't realize it was a competition on who could build a trailer in the worse conditions

[@larrycole6768]

Way too much talking, not enough working.