trying to see if I should buy a custom offroad trailer.
Nicely done otherwise, but unfortunately, the very nice heavy duty fenders are only 9" wide off the body and have a lip that has already in fact cut badly one of the (stupidly wide and spacered 33") tires, presumably on full articulation. The circular fender radius may also be too small for a 33 which would suggest contact at the front or back. Not obvious I could find a large diameter tire as in a 33 that is skinny enough to alleviate this partially and would still usefully fit the 80 as extra spare. I may go smaller tire which kind of ruins it as extra spare. Or I may need to widen the fenders or lift the trailer up if I can't find a tire that fits. Or is there a good 8"x33" tire out there?
What I'm wondering is how wide most of your offroad trailer fenders are out there, like the 416, 101Cnd etc.
Best / easiest way to widen the fenders? I would not want to cut them up besides possibly the lip.
Or just put in bumpstops and forget the good articulation? Not really needed for a trailer I guess. Maybe that's the best way to go...
mmm.... then again, I could go 31s since it's unlikely I'll ever need them and if do in an emergency I can probably manage without lockers...
thoughts?
Nicely done otherwise, but unfortunately, the very nice heavy duty fenders are only 9" wide off the body and have a lip that has already in fact cut badly one of the (stupidly wide and spacered 33") tires, presumably on full articulation. The circular fender radius may also be too small for a 33 which would suggest contact at the front or back. Not obvious I could find a large diameter tire as in a 33 that is skinny enough to alleviate this partially and would still usefully fit the 80 as extra spare. I may go smaller tire which kind of ruins it as extra spare. Or I may need to widen the fenders or lift the trailer up if I can't find a tire that fits. Or is there a good 8"x33" tire out there?
What I'm wondering is how wide most of your offroad trailer fenders are out there, like the 416, 101Cnd etc.
Best / easiest way to widen the fenders? I would not want to cut them up besides possibly the lip.
Or just put in bumpstops and forget the good articulation? Not really needed for a trailer I guess. Maybe that's the best way to go...
mmm.... then again, I could go 31s since it's unlikely I'll ever need them and if do in an emergency I can probably manage without lockers...
thoughts?
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