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nortman
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« on: June 20, 2009, 04:36:33 PM »
My boy and I are heading to Gettysburg next Wednesday for three nights.  We will be camping at the Roundtop campground.  I modded the HF trailer with a longer toung and mounted a cooler.

Heres a closeup

and some more


I left room between the boxes for the tent, my campfire grate, sandwitch cookers, and a couple of chairs
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santa
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Santa Tom

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« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2009, 07:07:08 PM »
How much did you add and how did you do it? Any other Mods?

Santa
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R J
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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2009, 08:25:13 PM »
Quote from: santa on June 20, 2009, 07:07:08 PM
How much did you add and how did you do it? Any other Mods?

Santa


When I changed the tongue on one of my trailers, I went to a Machine (Welding) shop and had him cut me one from some square stock.....

Drilled the holes and mounted it.  I forgot the original length I started with, but in an attempt to make it pull better, I trimmed 6" at a time till I got to where I liked the way it pulled. The tongue I added, was also mounted to the back cross plate and every cross plate under the trailer frame forward...

I think I ended up with about 4' added when done.

Would I do it again, I doubt it unless I had nothing else to do.......  It was a (1) pain taking it apart, (2) putting it together, (3) going for a run, come back and repeat the last 3 statements till satified.......

This is the trailer before I started.  Stock length here.  WAY WAY too short.
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« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2009, 05:36:10 AM »
Good job, I love the his and hers boxes.  I think I added about 18 inches to mine when I did it.  Now all you have to do is find someway to keep a little space in the his box for your stuff. Grin
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nortman
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« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2009, 07:00:09 AM »
a little over 4 feet.  I got a new length of box steel 6 feet long, so its not quite 2 ft longer than stock.  The piece for the toung and the angle iron for the cooler mount was $27 at the local steel supply yard.  The way the trailer sits, I have about $550 in it, not counting the cooler, which I had on hand. cooldude
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dreamaker
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« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2009, 08:37:35 AM »
I guess I missed the point !! I also have a HF trailer, Why are you lengthening the main tube on the trailer?

Dan
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nortman
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« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2009, 10:18:45 AM »
The Original tongue  is to short to mount a cooler on.  It's also alot easier to back up when I pull it with my HHR.  The trailer also trails better over rough pavement
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