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[dekz2uk]

Thanx for the advice pogie, I haven't welded/bolted on A frame/hitch section yet till I've completed painting/fitting out trailer. Then I'll play around with weight distribution etc and make final adjustments.

I'm reinforcing the back subframe on "LA *******" using large bolts and washers to spread the load a bit. The towbar "unit" is a pretty solid piece of kit - see picky.



Postman Pat brought some more goodies for me today.





Busy weekend ahead - apart from doing oil change, I'll be slapping some A panels around a bit & playing with my flip front.

Watch this space.

[M44K TS]

This is one of the maddest mini based things i have ever seen!

Keep up the good work, can't wait to see it finished,

Edited by M44K TS, 15 March 2008 - 10:53 PM.

[not so mini]

Impressive project.Puts my conventional 1/2 Mini trailer to shame ( well when I get to finish it). Will it be within the all up weight for a Mini to pull?

Keep up the good work.

[dekz2uk]

Impressive project.Puts my conventional 1/2 Mini trailer to shame ( well when I get to finish it). Will it be within the all up weight for a Mini to pull?

Keep up the good work.

Contrary to rumours of wifey burying both me and the trailer in the orchard, I am alive & back on the case after a long Easter break.

Thanx for support ' M44K TS' & 'not so mini', I'm working within overall weight limit of around 350kg - enough to not rip the a$$ off or Kn4ck3r the engine.

Played with what will be "not so flip" front and new A-panels. Decided g/f front to be permanent fixture to trailer as there will be no need to take it off (honest mate there's no engine under there!!!! ).





Also got a load of grey plastic primer for g/f front and doors (next on shopping list ).

More on this continuing saga of blood, sweat and trailers soon.

Edited by dekz2uk, 25 March 2008 - 04:52 PM.

[Down&Out]

iv always wanted to do this. that or create a mini-caravan

[sreeve8]

keep up the good work, i am following this thread daliy, looking forward to seeing the finished article

[supastu]

duck tape, the answer to everything

Edited by supastu, 29 March 2008 - 09:52 PM.

[dekz2uk]

What a weekend - thought I'd spend a couple of hours fitting my 4 pots/ vented discs etc. After all fun & games suddenly realised I needed metro drive flange thingies or else nothing fits properly. So have ordered bitz from minispares.

Anywayz on to other matters - have started filling in holes on f/glass front & prepping ready for plazzy primer. Took of some more paint off main shell.

Also spent more £££££ on these bitz.

Pair of f/glass doors from Dave of TDK racing - really nice guy - collecting next weekend from P/boro.



Also saved myself a lot of aggro and got below off ebay for a whopping £5.50 1 x off sawn off roof - yay!!!




Had time to put up another shelf in "de shack" for volatile & dangerous stuff.




More happenings soon - watch this space.

[Pie]

What do you need a spare roof for? I thought the shell had one already?!!

[dekz2uk]

What do you need a spare roof for? I thought the shell had one already?!!

Yep it has one but if you look further back you'll find out it has around 50+ dents of various shapes & sizes (that's why I got panelbeat set ).

Don't need to spend ????? hours/days beating the c**p out of it & filling it now - quick cut and weld and hey presto nice flat roof.

[Retro_10s]

I'm sure you've thought of this,... but are those trailer arms held on with HT bolts etc?... they look like normal ones.

Love the project dude, great stuff! loving 'de shack' too!

[cowboy]

I'm sure you've thought of this,... but are those trailer arms held on with HT bolts etc?... they look like normal ones.

Love the project dude, great stuff! loving 'de shack' too!

due to the fact that the bolts wont be doing any load bearing as such they dont need to be HT bolts so the ones he has wi do retro

as for the project looks good so far.

a couple of pointers from my trailer.

1 i notice your a frame is straight i had mine like this originally but i then had to modify it so it was angled, check my bbq trailer thread for more design idea's , i had to do this because when t was being towed the front end was up to high and it wasnt sitting as flush as i wanted it to

2 when you mount your jockey wheel ensure that when the wheel is fully up it is above the base of chassis or the wheel will rub mine now has less rubber on one side all the way around for this reason, also dont have the leg down at all when driving you can damage the trailer and maybe the towing mini

3 id go for the battery in the rear, after the axle this will help with load balance and reduce the weight that the rear of the towing mini needs to compensate for in its rear axle

the wiring of the trailer should be easy enough. if this is going to be the only trailer you are going to tow then you can wire up the trailer plug anyway you want, ensurign the lead from the trailer is wired up the same way.

what year is the towing trailer? you might need to do some rewiring of the flasher unit, one probem i have with mine is when i connect the trailer the indicators flash 10 to the dozen and you can hardley see them, so i will need to wire up a newer flasher relay that is designed for a car that can tow a trailer

i have a few wiring theories in my head but i will wire somethingnup in work first to see how it will work and what i have to do to modify my mini's wiring

just a few things which i hope will help you with this project and i will keep an eye on it. hope you have it ready for BH2N

[Down&Out]

i need a new roof... theres a massive hole in mine

[Pie]

Ah yes, i forget about all the dents.

[Mini Man Dan]

Looks a brilliant project! Even though the weight of the trailer is going to be at a minimum wont the nose weight still be quite high with the wheels of the trailer being so far back?

dan