pioneer trailer pics

[wsmIVokc]

Alright, I'm back amongst the living, having survived the flu.
Here are the pics I promised of my trailer and myself. I've been reading the forums daily and have been enjoying your pics of your new acquisitions and projects.
Good job and congrats to all !! And thanks for the inspiration.

 

[rumplecat]

Vice

Nice trailer, first time I have seen the vice on the fender, do you have the cable reels and gen set for it yet?
James G.

 

[alphadeltaromeo]

RE: Vice

Agreed...that is a nice looking trailer. Interesting avatar...

 

[Mike_Pop]

RE: Vice

The avatar is the album cover from an 80's band, King Crimson.

 

[oilcan]

RE: Vice

I like the trailer, but what's that stuck to the side of it in the first pic?
Just funnin' you, of course. Good to hear "the bug" didn't kill ya'.

 

[Recovry4x4]

RE: Vice

Good lookin pioneer trailer my friend! Looks like they shouls have reinforced that fender a bit prior to the vice install.

 

[ida34]

RE: Vice

I was about to say the same thing Kenny. Nice trailer.

 

[Armada]

Nice score on the trailer Bill. Looks like a keeper!

 

[wsmIVokc]

do you have the cable reels and gen set for it yet?
James G.

No The only accessories I got w/ the trailer were a recovery chain, a huge battery box ( I suppose it held the battery that powered the huge engine in this beast ), and a wheel chock.
The vice is comming off and a new fender will be fab'd
has anyone installled those shocklike lift assisstors like what is found on rear deck windows?
is that sacrilege?

 

[vtdeucedriver]

you would need to get some really big ones to matter pushing those doors up.

 

[wsmIVokc]

Yes, they're hefty!!

more pics:

 

[tamangel]

that album was King Crimson's 1st album, "In the Court of the Crimson King"from 1969..

here's a few tracks, scroll down..

http://www.amazon.com/Court-Crimson...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1205128451&sr=8-1

Boy are you are dating yourself.. Mike Pop

oh wait, I knew that too...Mike

 

[MWMULES]

has anyone installled those shocklike lift assisstors like what is found on rear deck windows?
is that sacrilege?

Did you ever happen to find lifters that work? I picked-up a pioneer trailer at a local auction and the guy who owned it had removed the "hold open" hardware for the sides, plus all inside tool mounting bosses. He also replaced the rear doors with a solid sheet.

 

[DAP]

Yes I am also interested in what you found for hydraulic lift arms. I have a PTT that still has the lock arms but I am so short I run out of reach before it is up and locked. Clam shell hit me on the head once already. Wow really hurts. Finally have inside of PTT stripped out and getting ready to send to sand blaster place and then do a repaint.

 

[wsmIVokc]

Did you ever happen to find lifters that work?

No, I guess I gave up looking for them for now. They would have to be pretty big to lift these doors. Maybe someday I will run into them or something else somewhere that will work. Then, I will proceed to getting back to that part of the project.
I hope to find a more secure method of locking these upside down, backwards bomb-bay doors. Looking at what's like on utility beds, (Stahl, Knaphide).
Good luck on your projects. I'll post more pics of mine soon. I guess it's been TWO YEARS now since I painted my trailer.


Bill

 

[timntrucks]

gotta love them trailers.. so nice and you can lock up the goodies

 

[Green_gator]

Now that I have the MKT a PTT is the next thing on my list. Light enough to pull with something smaller then the deuce and gives you secure storage.