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We are back in Cortez. We pretty much completed the whole BDR with a few exceptions: our first detour was to Gunnison for a great Motel, hot showers and good food. There was also a short detour around a section where a culvert had washed away. A third detour was away from forest fire activity...

Wheel track of trailer is same track as my jeep...

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Almost ready to start wiring for lights.

Bottom painted

Platform for hauling bikes if necessary. Rear platform can mounted in reverse direction if not needed.

17 1/2" of ground clearance at axle centerline. (Empty weight)

Progress being made.

Well, it is less than 3 weeks away. My brother and I have been working on a trailer to pull behind my Jeep. Our dad used this trailer, a 1961 Barton's cargo trailer in his landscaping business. He retired but kept the trailer. Just about exactly 10 years ago the trailer was one of the first...

Some more work done last night:

Starting to look like a trailer.

Picked up some tires and wheels. Two tires are brand new...

Strengthening the floor and tongue as well as adding cross beams for the independent torsion axles.

Axle

After removing original axle. The axle was warped and bearings toasted, literally. Here we are figuring out what we need to reinforce.