trailer rehab

[Stumpy]

I've had this car trailer for about 25 years or so, and it was starting to look like it. I bought it used, but was in good shape, over the years I made the mistake of letting family borrow it a couple times, and both times it came back damaged, in one way or another. It use to have a nice set of fenders on it, but I'll leave it at that.

Fast forward to the present, and it's looking pitiful...

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5 on 4.75 bolt pattern, which has allowed to run a few different sets of wheels, in a pinch.

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Added the mesh and plate a few years ago, to make use of the tongue area.

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Then the rehab started, with some new goodies...

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New brains...

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I originally wanted to get the whole trailer sand blasted, but for what they charge around here, I just about could've bought a new trailer. So I had to do it the old fashion way. A month of weekends, and this whole week of sanding, abrasive wheels, and rust convertor paint, topped with gloss black, has paid off.

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Kept the S10 wheels, but they now have actual trailer tires on them, and all led lighting.

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Lights on...

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Crappy night shot.

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Nice to have a project finished, and didn't really spend a lot of money either, which I like even more.

I hate to leave it outside now. lol

 

[skylark]

We just replaced the wood deck on our 20' 12k trailer. If I had the time I would've liked to have built removable fenders, painted, installed leds and mounted my aluminum storage box.

 

[454cid]

Nice job, and trailer tires are much better than old passenger tires that look flat with the slightest load.

 

[1ton-o-fun]

Funny that you posted this. In that pic of my (dad's) '97 Tahoe with 3'-4' weeds growing up all around it, there's a 16' wood floor car trailer further back in the weeds.
I'm trying to come up with an idea for it.
Rehab it? Sell it? Outfit it with a huge smoker, generator, chest type refrigerator/freezer and anchored e-z up canopy and rent it out for events?

 

[1ton-o-fun]

Needs the S10 Extreme wheels!

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[Stumpy]

Yeah, always liked those wheels.

 

[Dropped88]

Needs the S10 Extreme wheels!

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Always liked those ZQ8 wheels I had a set on a 93 blazer

 

[BNielsen]

I'm wanting to rehab my 2019 Carry On.
Bought it new last December but it wasn't exactly what I wanted, has flip up ramps but I wanted slide in, not a dovetail, 10K Equipment trailer but 6 lug rims and 15" tires.

So far the first things I'm going to do are make the fenders removable, they've got a couple dings but who knows how long before the fenders get fully bashed off. Next is ramp conversion to slide in and getting 8-lug hubs put on. Already got a winch and a tongue box.

I've let friends and family borrow it, the first time is free but after that I charge U-Haul rates

 

[Supercharged111]

Years ago I had an open deck car hauler that had a nice layer of surface rust. I never bothered to clean it, so I never bothered to paint it. . . until it was time to sell of course. I sprayed right over the rust and that was the best it ever looked. I regretted not just doing that day 1. Yours clearly has had more love put into it.

 

[TonyM]

Wow quite the transformation. Looks great. I hope to redeck mine next summer and paint it up. It sure doesn't take long for trailers to look like crap