Eco has an Ifor Williams drop-side trailer which is really great for occasional fetching and carrying duties and for carting machinery about, but we got a notion to make some modifications to it to enable us to cart logs and brash about the site and to foray further afield for supplies of burnables.
We removed the headboard and used the two mounting sockets to take a new front crossmember so we could add additional 60x40 sockets to accept brash bars. We fabricated these from 50x30 in two parts so we can use a half-length to provide log supports or use them full length to support a load of brash. We also chopped the side angle sections of the trailer base and welded in two more sockets. We now have five sockets along each side of the bed to take ten brash rails.
Leftmost brash bar half length, slotted into original corner post socket. The one next to the wheel is slotted into the new intermediate socket we welded in. By removing the brash-bars and refitting the original post sockets, we can convert back to a drop-side box trailer in a matter of minutes. The extension sections are also 50x30 box, with a 60x40 socket section welded to one end so they simply slide over the lower bars.
We should now be able to stack logs and brash to about half a metre high, lash it down with ratchet straps and then add the extension bars to enable another layer to then be stacked on top. All good stuff.
We removed the headboard and used the two mounting sockets to take a new front crossmember so we could add additional 60x40 sockets to accept brash bars. We fabricated these from 50x30 in two parts so we can use a half-length to provide log supports or use them full length to support a load of brash. We also chopped the side angle sections of the trailer base and welded in two more sockets. We now have five sockets along each side of the bed to take ten brash rails.
Leftmost brash bar half length, slotted into original corner post socket. The one next to the wheel is slotted into the new intermediate socket we welded in. By removing the brash-bars and refitting the original post sockets, we can convert back to a drop-side box trailer in a matter of minutes. The extension sections are also 50x30 box, with a 60x40 socket section welded to one end so they simply slide over the lower bars.
We should now be able to stack logs and brash to about half a metre high, lash it down with ratchet straps and then add the extension bars to enable another layer to then be stacked on top. All good stuff.
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