Peterbilt flatbed

Dirt700 · Oct 5, 2021

ridered3 said:
With the wheelbase stretch, whats the plan for the bed in terms of length and dovetail or no dovetail?

15ft, no dovetail. Hopefully my ol buggy will be able to pull up on ramps that steep

ridered3 · Oct 5, 2021

Dirt700 said:
15ft, no dovetail. Hopefully my ol buggy will be able to pull up on ramps that steep

Just give it a good fully committed bump or two to get up there.

paradisepwoffrd · Oct 6, 2021

ridered3 said:
Just give it a good fully committed bump or two to get up there.

Build the ramps beefy. A few of us have had to send buggies with broken front drivetrains, to get them on trailers, and the ramps show it afterwards.

Which kinda brings a thought.... My concern whenever looking into steep ramps or custom buggy trailers, is "Can I load my buggy if I have a major breakage?" Sure you can winch it on, but if there are fenders to go over or steep ramps, it might be a challenge. Maybe a good anchor point on top of the headache rack will solve some of that? Of course, having friends with a regular trailer that can swap buggy places for the ride home is possibly an option?

Dirt700 · Oct 6, 2021

paradisepwoffrd said:
Build the ramps beefy. A few of us have had to send buggies with broken front drivetrains, to get them on trailers, and the ramps show it afterwards.

Which kinda brings a thought.... My concern whenever looking into steep ramps or custom buggy trailers, is "Can I load my buggy if I have a major breakage?" Sure you can winch it on, but if there are fenders to go over or steep ramps, it might be a challenge. Maybe a good anchor point on top of the headache rack will solve some of that? Of course, having friends with a regular trailer that can swap buggy places for the ride home is possibly an option?

I'm probably going to buy some real heavy duty aluminum ones. The deck will be flat, no fenders. Once it's all done it will have a stout headache rack, and I plan on putting 10-12k winch on the flatbed as well

Dirt700 · Oct 9, 2021

Made a little progress today

Dirt700 · Oct 18, 2021

A little progress

Dirt700 · Oct 25, 2021

Started working on the tail light boxes

Bebop · Oct 26, 2021

Lookin good man !

ridered3 · Oct 26, 2021

Looks great! Going to have it ready for RBD?

Dirt700 · Oct 26, 2021

ridered3 said:
Looks great! Going to have it ready for RBD?

It should be, by this weekend, I should have the lights finished, so it will be usable. I will work on the skirts and other stuff after that

ridered3 · Oct 26, 2021

Dirt700 said:
It should be, by this weekend, I should have the lights finished, so it will be usable. I will work on the skirts and other stuff after that

Dirt700 · Oct 30, 2021

Getting close, still need skirts and headache rack

money_pit_yj · Nov 1, 2021

paradisepwoffrd said:
Build the ramps beefy. A few of us have had to send buggies with broken front drivetrains, to get them on trailers, and the ramps show it afterwards.

Which kinda brings a thought.... My concern whenever looking into steep ramps or custom buggy trailers, is "Can I load my buggy if I have a major breakage?" Sure you can winch it on, but if there are fenders to go over or steep ramps, it might be a challenge. Maybe a good anchor point on top of the headache rack will solve some of that? Of course, having friends with a regular trailer that can swap buggy places for the ride home is possibly an option?

Add a crane. Problem Solved.