2015 - Volume #39, Issue #6, Page #34
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Boat Trailer Converted To Flatbed Trailer For $850
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Drew bought the trailer, designed to haul a 16-ft. boat, for just $225.
“My total cost to convert the trailer, including new tires, was only about $850,” he says. “A comparable commercial trailer sells for $3,500 to $4,000. I pull it with my 1/2-ton pickup.”
He spaced out four 3 by 3 by 3/8-in. thick angle irons and welded them across the boat’s frame, attaching them to cross pieces at the middle of the trailer and to the side rails. He bolted 4 by 4’s on top of the angle irons and then screwed 2 by 8’s lengthwise onto the 4 by 4’s to form the floor. He also bolted a big plastic storage box onto the tongue.
“The trailer was originally equipped with a square-nosed ball hitch, but I didn’t trust it so I welded a standard ball hitch over the top of it,” says Drew. “I also kept a couple of boat roller brackets on back of the trailer that work great to tie down ratchet straps when hauling equipment.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, John Drew, 2034 N.W. 70 Ave., Great Bend, Kansas 67530 (ph 620 791-7580; drewfarms@gbta.net).
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