[TheForge] Fw: [EK-Equine] Trailering question....

Thu Apr 3 03:00:02 2003

Ahh the fine art of building trailer, I happen to be a trailer
manufacture......

Most trailers are rated in GVWR  Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, and not GVCR
Gross Vehicle Capacity Rating.....
A horse trailer is a pretty heavy beast to start with, weigh it on a DOT
scale and subtract that from the GVWR rating and that's what you can carry.

These days trailers are getting pretty cheap, so buyer beware basically
subtract 1000# from the GVCR and that's what you can haul every day.  Most
manufactures bank on limited use of the trailer.

As for Box tubing, the more vertical web you have the better, a piece of 4"
box tubing has the equivalent of 8" of vertical web, the same 4" I-beam only
has 4" of vertical web.  the thickness of the web determines the crush
strength or vertical yield point of the tubing.  I-beam of the same weight
and configuration as tubing will always yield before the tubing will.  Some
heavier gauge I-beams have more strength because they are tapered edge, and
also have thick web, sometimes called bridge beam or ships beam.

Any questions feel free to email me.  [email protected]

----- Original Message -----
From: "gblacksmith" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fw: [EK-Equine] Trailering question....

> Tibor:  You may want to consider using I-beam vs box tubing.   You can
find
> the relative merits of these materials via key word search for "steel
tubing
> strength" or steel tubing deflection".
>
>                                         Grant Marcoux
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phlip" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:51 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] Fw: [EK-Equine] Trailering question....
>
>
> >
> > Anybody got an answer here? SCAdians often seem to raise a small city
for
> a
> > weekend event- no sooner do you have things set up, than it's time to
tear
> > them down ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> > Phlip
> >
> >  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> > cat.
> >
> > Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> > And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Schuldenfrei" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: [EK-Equine] Trailering question....
> >
> >
> > > > I did all these numbers before I bought the trailer.  Why am I
coming
> > > > up with a different answer now?
> > >
> > > Your horses gained weight? (:-)
> > >
> > > Truck + gear + people + trailer + horses + horse-gear is GCVW.  Simple
> > math.
> > >
> > > I know that I am still planning to build a non-equestrian trailer
> someday,
> > > and the design went into the dumper when I calculated the weight. (:-)
> > >
> > > (Anyone know a good web site for calculating the weight and strength
per
> > > linear foot of box steel tubing?  It's got to be enough stronger per
> pound
> > > than 2x4....)
> > >
> > > Tibor
> > >
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