"Gary Warner" wrote in message
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"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.

I don't know what type/engine that welder has. I know my dad has had that
thing for 30 or more years.



Tom
S. Woodstock, CT

Later.




My dad had a couple of them. His were a V4 aircooled unit. Last engine he
got was when they tore down the old Ford plant at the Richmond shipyards.
They ran air raid sirens in WW-2 with them. I think Onan supplied them.
Remeber getting a set of points at the Onan distributor at one time.
Bill