Trailer help

TheStick

TheStick

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I bought a small 4x7 utility trailer so I can move stuff around the ranch, pick up supplies, etc. The most drop I could find for the hitch was 8" and it still ramps up quite a bit.

I have seen people as they build off road trailers flip the leaf springs to sit on top of the axel and thought about doing this to mine. Any thoughts before I do this? Is it just as simple as flipping it with the stock hardware?

It is just connected with some U bolts. Any thoughts on how high to torque these back to if I can simple flip it?

Just want to make sure I do not create a dangerous situation by doing it wrong.
 
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JayKay

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TheStick said:
I bought a small 4x7 utility trailer so I can move stuff around the ranch, pick up supplies, etc. The most drop I could find for the hitch was 8" and it still ramps up quite a bit.

I have seen people as they build off road trailers flip the leaf springs to sit on top of the axel and though about doing this to mine. Any thoughts before I do this? Is it just as simple as flipping it with the stock hardware?

It is just connected with some U bolts. Any thoughts on how high to torque these back to if I can simple flip it?

Just want to make sure I do not create a dangerous situation by doing it wrong.
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Post a picture of the springs and axle...this will help with your question
 
ECHOE

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TheStick said:
I bought a small 4x7 utility trailer so I can move stuff around the ranch, pick up supplies, etc. The most drop I could find for the hitch was 8" and it still ramps up quite a bit.

I have seen people as they build off road trailers flip the leaf springs to sit on top of the axel and though about doing this to mine. Any thoughts before I do this? Is it just as simple as flipping it with the stock hardware?

It is just connected with some U bolts. Any thoughts on how high to torque these back to if I can simple flip it?

Just want to make sure I do not create a dangerous situation by doing it wrong.
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I was just looking into this myself. Before redoing your trailer- I have a 5" lift on my JKUR and I trailer quite a bit of lightweight stuff. I was able to find 10" hitches- either static or adjustable. Not sure if that will give you enough drop. Try searching on the web for 10" ball mount.
 
TheStick

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ECHOE said:
I was just looking into this myself. Before redoing your trailer- I have a 5" lift on my JKUR and I trailer quite a bit of lightweight stuff. I was able to find 10" hitches- either static or adjustable. Not sure if that will give you enough drop. Try searching on the web for 10" ball mount.
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10" would probably be about perfect, just wasn't able to find one locally.

I still might prefer to lift it a bit though.

Here is a pic of how the leafs attach.

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BlackHawk08jk

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You will get close to 4" of life flipping them because I hand a ford ranger and did the opposite to drop it and it dropped right at 4"
 
mudmobeeler

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BlackHawk08jk said:
You will get close to 4" of life flipping them because I hand a ford ranger and did the opposite to drop it and it dropped right at 4"
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All of that depends on the axle tube diameter, springs, perch height, etc. The two cant be compared unless everything were identical.
 
TheStick

TheStick

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mudmobeeler said:
All of that depends on the axle tube diameter, springs, perch height, etc. The two cant be compared unless everything were identical.
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Yeah, the tube is only about 2" thick, so I would think that would basically be the lift, plus the spacing of the hardware, so maybe 2.5"?

I think I will give it a try, just torque it as far as it will go I guess?
 
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