Cooler rack for trailer

[cactusjack]

My trailer has been pretty much complete for several months now. Just one thing was missing: a rack to hold a cooler. I contacted Joe (Chuckster) Norris and asked if he could build one for me. He said "Sure, just give me your dimensions." So I used Visio to make a little drawing with the dimensions on it and Joe built one for me. It arrived Friday and I had to prime and paint it. Here are some pictures of it.

As I was drilling the mounting holes on the trailer tongue:
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc218/slhanks4/HF%20Trailer%20Project/P1000025_RSZ_007.jpg

A couple of shots of the finished product:
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc218/slhanks4/HF%20Trailer%20Project/P1000033_RSZ_015.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc218/slhanks4/HF%20Trailer%20Project/P1000036_RSZ_018.jpg

Thanks, Joe! Great work as always!

[audiogooroo]

Nicely done!
Now make sure it's properly stocked! :)

[coacha]

Nice looking set up...now, get it stocked and we'll meet you in Custer to share in you joy.

[toophun]

Looks good Scott, Joe did a nice job! Somehow though, knowing you I thought you'd have it plug into the bike to keep 'em iced! Have Phun!

[duneseven]

Looks good except you need a shiny black cooler

[Cajunrider]

Real neat Scott. Same size cooler as mine. Mine holds a 12 pk of longnecks with no sweat. Adds tounge weight too when it's stocked.

[MikeInFla]

CoachA and I were talking about making a trailer hitch rack exactly like this but with a tube to mount on our hitch.

This is a really nice setup and I have decided to go buy my arc welder. I wanna make a few things now.

[ringadingh]

Thats a handy item, looks good, youll have to fill it up one day and come for a visit. ;)

[chuckster131]

Thanks Scott for the complements. It looks great on there and have a cold one for me too.

Cheers

[coacha]

CoachA and I were talking about making a trailer hitch rack exactly like this but with a tube to mount on our hitch.

This is a really nice setup and I have decided to go buy my arc welder. I wanna make a few things now.

That's the spirit. Furniture for the lady, arc welder for you...even trade...lol.

[cactusjack]

I need to break down and buy myself an arc welder too. I've wanted one for years.

[Cajunrider]

I need to break down and buy myself an arc welder too. I've wanted one for years.

If you do invest in a welder, your best bet would be a small MIG machine that uses wire instead of stick rod. It's so much more versatile for welding light material such as what we use for building stuff for our bikes. With a wire fed welder, you do have to have Argon gas for the arc shielding. Works the same as flux on a welding rod. I pipeline welded for 10 years before I started my career with Shell Oil in 1984 and all of my work was with stick rod. Looking at Chuckster's work on my hitch, I can see that he uses a MIG welder. Right Joe???

[tazfl]

nice looking setup

[misunderstood]

Looks great Scott. Time to update that sig pic now to include it. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

[MikeInFla]

CoachA and I were talking about making a trailer hitch rack exactly like this but with a tube to mount on our hitch.

This is a really nice setup and I have decided to go buy my arc welder. I wanna make a few things now.

That's the spirit. Furniture for the lady, arc welder for you...even trade...lol.


If I can keep her distracted with furniture then I can buy my own toys for the garage.

[cactusjack]

Looks great Scott. Time to update that sig pic now to include it. http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif

Yeah, Dave - I'm going to clean the whole rig up this Friday and take some new pictures. I'm sure one of them will make its way into my sig pic.

[chuckster131]

Spend the money on a mig instead of a arc. You will like it so much better.


I need to break down and buy myself an arc welder too. I've wanted one for years.