On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:33:32 -0500, "Gary Warner"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote

Looks good. How much do you figure all that steel weighs?


Good question. The side-rails and cross-members are 5" channel that
is about 6.7 lbs/foot. The tongue is 5"x3" tube that is about 9.4 lbs/foot.
Some rough calculations:

Steel: 600 lbs
Axels 200 lbs each = 400 lbs

So that's 1000 lbs. When we add 5 tires (one spare) the bow-stop post,
winch,
jack, spare tire post, actuator, steel-risers, bunks, etc, we'll probably be
at 1200 to
1400 lbs. ~ When we were looking to have one custom made for us, that is
the
range they estimated also. Our trailer is probably a little heaver / over
built. But
since it's not a "production" thing and since we won't put that many miles
on it,
a little extra weight is not much of an issue.

Are you going to paint it?

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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"The wildness and adventure that are in
fishing still recommend it to me."

Henry David Thoreau
"Walden" (1854)