I have so far this week finally got hold of the steel plate i need to make the wheel arches/mudguards. I was lucky enough to be able to get them pre-cut to size, So i only had to put them through a metal folder to form them into shape.

Last night i welded them up, now they need fitting to the decks, trimming to fit properly and welding down.

I have also recieved some parts i ordered, 4 weld on hooks for securing ropes/ratchet straps to hold the load down, a long lighiting board and a 1.2ton hand winch.

last night after fabricating the mudguards, I made a mount for the winch and welded it onto the forward crossmember and also drilled the rearmost crosmember to accept the lighting board.

My to do list grows ever smaller, here's how I see it at the moment:

1. Trim, fit and weld the wheelarches
2. Drill a hole in crossmember 2 for the brake rod support bracket
3. Fabricate the loading ramps
4. Weld on retainers for centre boarding.
5. Get all parts galvanised (except the loading ramps as they are aluminium)
6. Re-assemble and test tow.
7. Buy and fit 3/4" marine plywood to centre of trailer.

Well I can't believe it's been so long since I last posted. I have finally got myself into gear and got some work done on the trailer.

I dug out my old gasless MIG welder so i could weld outside where I have much more room. I made the second deck in a couple of hours. I then drilled all the holes and fitted the 2 decks solidly with bolts.

Next job was actually to take it all apart again, because if I had left it all outside it would rust as soon as it rained. All the bits are now safely tucked away in the garage waiting to go to be galvanised. Below are some pics I took before I dismantled it.

Not much left to do to be honest, get it galvanised, make the ramps (easy peasy), buy and fit a light board and winch, reassemble it and job's a good'un!