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Trailer to match
A friend mentioned a while back that he had an old pickup bed trailer they used around the farm & was wanting to cleanup a bit and get rid of it. He asked if we thought it would be worth trying to get a few $ by just putting it on Craigslist or something. I asked what year model & he said off a '72 truck
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Re: Trailer to match
sweet cant wait to see howit looks lifted with 36" TSL's
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Re: Trailer to match
I've wanted to do that for quite a while, just never actively looked for a bed. Neat idea...
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Re: Trailer to match
It's a neat idea, but that's a short bed... Worth a lot of $...
Also good to have if you need a bedside for your Blazer.
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Re: Trailer to match
Nice score, find an old hardtop and enclose the whole thing!
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Re: Trailer to match
I always thought it would be cool to have a trailer like this to be able to bolt the hard top to, while on the road...that way you have it with you if you need/want to put it back on.
Cool project!
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That's a great idea, but you'd have to put it on backwards or find a way to cover the front. It would be an incredible air drag otherwise...
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Re: Trailer to match
Nice looking bed. Usually those beds converted to trailers are beat all to heck, especially one that was on a farm. I wish we had rust free beds up here in the "rust belt".
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Re: Trailer to match
Lol yea....can't imagine it'd last long without some sort of fairing. That would be the easy part...fabricating some sort of front mount/wind deflector.
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Re: Trailer to match
This is so cool. I have been trying to talk my wife into one for awhile. I always wanted a soft top Blazer with a soft top on the truck bed. How is the axle done?
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Re: Trailer to match
Nice score. I've always wanted to do the same, but I've got no place to store one. Might get a bit bouncy on the big meats.
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Re: Trailer to match
Nice score Does your Blazer have high trim like the short bed. Your going to have to make it match...
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Re: Trailer to match
It's just got the stock coils & trailing arms under it now. The worn out shocks are part of what is making it so bouncy right now, I think.
Blazer has no trim. The trim on this trailer is dinged up pretty good in sections, so I took all that off last night. We'll weld up the holes before body work & paint on it.
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Re: Trailer to match
Finally have a little progress to show on the trailer...
Had some POR15 left from another project, so sprayed the whole bottom side. Also replaced the shocks & track arm bushings. Welded in a few small tiedowns. Got initial round finished of sanding & priming. Decided not to fool with welding up all the trim holes. As that would be a major PITA & if I ever decide to sell it, somebody might want to add the trim. For now, it's rolling on the 33" tires & rims I had previously on the Blazer, which helps its overall look alot. I still want to eventually do the 8 lug w/37s to match the truck. But for now, I'm trying not not spend much $ on it & using what we've got. These 33s picked its height up quiet a bit from the OE bias tires that came on it. Biggest mod so far is the coupler. No way am I forking out $200 on the fancy "offroad" couplers folks sell. However, I still wanted something with more twist & that can't pop off a ball. My fabbing genius husband came up with the lift arm end & draw pin idea one day we were looking around at the local Tractor Supply.
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Re: Trailer to match
Oh yeah, that will be my next project when my K5 is done! Nice job!
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Very sweet!!
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This is great.. I JUST bought a '72 longbed to do this very thing. Plus I'm going to take the Chevy frot clip instead of my gmc... Then part out the rest. Looks great!
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