featherlite trailer question

i bought this today and had a few questions.it dont have a step for the side door! it's never had one from what i can tell,no holes,welds, or anything.i'm too short and fat to jump that high many times so any ideas? any tips on aluminum trailers? i've found a crack on the door hinge about 1"long and another at the top rear corner and i think they coulda been caused from draging the ground.it's been in a barn for 3yrs so the batteries are dead and very dusty but it sure pulls good! my 5.4 SD pulls it easy too! my pit crew ok'd it today after school

Nice trailer Lee. Put you a fold away step like a motorhome has on it.

56Tbird wrote:Nice trailer Lee. Put you a fold away step like a motorhome has on it.

thanks Dano! i just been looking on flee-bay looken at some of them.i bet featherlite has one for a few $$.lol

cool40 wrote:

56Tbird wrote:Nice trailer Lee. Put you a fold away step like a motorhome has on it.

thanks Dano! i just been looking on flee-bay looken at some of them.i bet featherlite has one for a few $$.lol

Are you talking about the manual fold out steps, or the 12 volt automatic steps that fold out when you open the door?

wooden box works fine for the wife and kid...........

cool40 wrote:i bought this today and had a few questions.it dont have a step for the side door! it's never had one from what i can tell,no holes,welds, or anything.i'm too short and fat to jump that high many times so any ideas? any tips on aluminum trailers? i've found a crack on the door hinge about 1"long and another at the top rear corner and i think they coulda been caused from draging the ground.it's been in a barn for 3yrs so the batteries are dead and very dusty but it sure pulls good! my 5.4 SD pulls it easy too! my pit crew ok'd it today after school

Nice !!!! Really like the long door extention...

when you get it all loaded down you and that 5.4 can follow dfree in the slow lane............

Nice trailer. I think 5.4s get a bad rap I have a 5.4 in my Excursion( I bought it for the soul purpose of doing a cummins swap on it) and it tow my enclosed fine fully loaded with the car tools and golf cart. It has 4.30 gears and will tow fine at 70-75 all day. Sucks the gas (9.4 mpg), but I don't pay for gas so it doesn't really matter to me. But as far as towing I've had zero issues. The only issue I've had is it spit a plug out so I put ti exerts I. All the cylinders and it's been good to go. All you spoiled ballers with diesels. I'll do the swap and I'm sure I will wonder why I didn't do it sooner, but for now I have no complaints.

richter69 wrote:when you get it all loaded down you and that 5.4 can follow dfree in the slow lane............

I spoke with Lee today.....he has a methanol injected bird catcher on his 5.4L engine

Lem Evans wrote:

richter69 wrote:when you get it all loaded down you and that 5.4 can follow dfree in the slow lane............

I spoke with Lee today.....he has a methanol injected bird catcher on his 5.4L engine

Big frickin deal..I'm putting one on my golf cart Mr.Preacher

You, Mr. Hobbs are a piccolo player.

damnnice trailer ...im ready to upgrade this open deal

56Tbird wrote:Nice trailer Lee. Put you a fold away step like a motorhome has on it.

Lee don't put a foldable step that recess back under the trailer it want last long.I have seen many steps bent all up and not usable any more from being damaged from where someone bottoming the trailer out.I would bolt one in the door so that it will foldup then close the door you can make one easy.I have built alot of aluminum folding steps with a pin you could pull and remove it if you want to over the years I worked for Pace American.If you need any info on them give me a call before 9pm after that I will be in the bed.

Jim

69F100 wrote:

56Tbird wrote:Nice trailer Lee. Put you a fold away step like a motorhome has on it.

Lee don't put a foldable step that recess back under the trailer it want last long.I have seen many steps bent all up and not usable any more from being damaged from where someone bottoming the trailer out.I would bolt one in the door so that it will foldup then close the door you can make one easy.I have built alot of aluminum folding steps with a pin you could pull and remove it if you want to over the years I worked for Pace American.If you need any info on them give me a call before 9pm after that I will be in the bed.

Jim

thanks Jim.i may just make one for it.i've looked at the rv steps and found a pic of a new trailer like this one with a nice flip step like i had in mind.it would'nt be so bad but this trailer dont have a step inside the door like most,it's all the way up at floor level.

richter69 wrote:when you get it all loaded down you and that 5.4 can follow dfree in the slow lane............

i bought a "featherlite" hErO! the 5.4 dont have any problems with it.you gota have that smoker so you can haul that heavy ass primered car and all your brains.

racnrick wrote:

cool40 wrote:

56Tbird wrote:Nice trailer Lee. Put you a fold away step like a motorhome has on it.

thanks Dano! i just been looking on flee-bay looken at some of them.i bet featherlite has one for a few $$.lol

Are you talking about the manual fold out steps, or the 12 volt automatic steps that fold out when you open the door?

manual is what i had in mind.

cool40 wrote:

richter69 wrote:when you get it all loaded down you and that 5.4 can follow dfree in the slow lane............

i bought a "featherlite" hErO! the 5.4 dont have any problems with it.you gota have that smoker so you can haul that heavy ass primered car and all your brains.

Point well taken....I for got about Fabio's 5,500 lbs of brains that should be included in the total payload. 850-950 lbs. ft. for tq. at least

not sure two of them 5.4's would equal my 7.3's torque, with or without green oil...................




............... I dont have to worry about carrying a bucket of piss around with me either like them 60,000 dollar baller 6.7 rigs.............

see what i mean..........

richter69 wrote:not sure two of them 5.4's would equal my 7.3's torque, with or without green oil...................




............... I dont have to worry about carrying a bucket of piss around with me either like them 60,000 dollar baller 6.7 rigs.............

thats why i dont have a smoker Fabio,the good 7.3 days are over and "if" you find one that aint used up they want a left nut for it.the 5.4 does a good job with the 3.73 gears.

I think it may be one the 3 billet titainium trailers that NASA had built for the space program....I think it's coool.

Dang that's a nice trailer Lee. Good find there.

Lem Evans wrote:I think it may be one the 3 billet titainium trailers that NASA had built for the space program....I think it's coool.

it could be! the price was cooool too.

61coon wrote:Dang that's a nice trailer Lee. Good find there.

thanks Coon,it sure does pull good!

Nice trailer. Any idea what it weighs by itself?

512Fairlane wrote:Nice trailer. Any idea what it weighs by itself?

6700# empty i think...........