Gantry trailer

[Frank S]

I recently made this gantry trailer for hauling things like Propane tanks Made out of 2-3/8 oilfield tubing with a 4" H beam for the gantry beam/ A 3500 lb electric winch and a boat winch that I widened and split the drum to pay out and take up the cable for moving the hoist winch. The hoist winch trolly is made out of 1/2" plate with 1-3/4" diameter cam rollers

[metric_taper]

Getting those bends to look nice and align up in that last photo, I'm impressed Frank.

LP tanks are darn expensive these days (any where from $2K to $5K for 1000 gallon tank here in Iowa. And if you find one sold affordable, you need this trailer. What sucks, the LP tank owner that rents them to users, when they get old, they remove the welded on ASME tank cert, and abandon the tank, but you can't use them for pressure. Bastards. See lots of them on FBmarketplace.

[Manitoba Man]

I recently made this gantry trailer for hauling things like Propane tanks Made out of 2-3/8 oilfield tubing with a 4" H beam for the gantry beam/ A 3500 lb electric winch and a boat winch that I widened and split the drum to pay out and take up the cable for moving the hoist winch. The hoist winch trolly is made out of 1/2" plate with 1-3/4" diameter cam rollers

Great looking unit. A local outfit here in Manitoba, Canada delivered 1,000's of concrete septic tanks with a unit simliar to
that, mounted on trucks.

[Manitoba Man]

I recently made this gantry trailer for hauling things like Propane tanks Made out of 2-3/8 oilfield tubing with a 4" H beam for the gantry beam/ A 3500 lb electric winch and a boat winch that I widened and split the drum to pay out and take up the cable for moving the hoist winch. The hoist winch trolly is made out of 1/2" plate with 1-3/4" diameter cam rollers

Getting those bends to look nice and align up in that last photo, I'm impressed Frank.

LP tanks are darn expensive these days (any where from $2K to $5K for 1000 gallon tank here in Iowa. And if you find one sold affordable, you need this trailer. What sucks, the LP tank owner that rents them to users, when they get old, they remove the welded on ASME tank cert, and abandon the tank, but you can't use them for pressure. Bastards. See lots of them on FBmarketplace.

The tag has to be removed because the certification has expired not to cheat you out of a dodgy tank.

[ductape]

One problem with these type of trailers is that they use stub axles for clearance, which tends to make the frame flex under load and create a very bouncy ride. The way you supported the rear of it along with the horizontal brace above the wheels looks like a good way to deal with that issue. Making good bends in well casing isn't an easy thing to do. Nice work.

[Gadgeteer]

Impressive... well done!

[Frank S]

One thing I want to remind everyone who may consider moving a propane tank. Those lifting loops are never to be used on any tank which has been in service. Those loops are only put there by the manufacturer for the ease and safety of loading and unloading new empty tanks. Once filled they should only be moved by using 2 lifting slings, You should not let your tank fall below 12% full either Some states require 15 or 20% or the supplier cannot refill them

[Tooler2]

I have a purpose built propane tank trailer, it is a U frame with 6k individual torsion axles. The frame is made of 4x4x.375 tubing and there is a gantry with winch mounted where the axles are. The neat part is the pair of cross supports that are installed after the tank is lifted and the tank then gets lowered onto them for transport. The rear cross piece has 5x5x.375 eyes welded on that slip on from the rear of the trailer The front one is the same but the eyes are open so that it may be installed by placing it diagonally and turned into place.

[Frank S]

I have a purpose built propane tank trailer, it is a U frame with 6k individual torsion axles. The frame is made of 4x4x.375 tubing and there is a gantry with winch mounted where the axles are. The neat part is the pair of cross supports that are installed after the tank is lifted and the tank then gets lowered onto them for transport. The rear cross piece has 5x5x.375 eyes welded on that slip on from the rear of the trailer The front one is the same but the eyes are open so that it may be installed by placing it diagonally and turned into place.

I built this one to replace a 50 year old trailer for my propane guy. At his request It is 1 ft lower in height and 3 feet shorter than his old trailer. I didn't make him any cross supports since he said he can use the pair he already has. He wanted this one for the 250 & 500 gal tanks and needed the winch to travel because he said often times when setting a new tanks, he couldn't always maneuver his old larger trailer in position This way he can winch the new empty tanks out the rear of the trailer Or more importantly for him he can use the traveling winch to lift things other than propane tanks

[Improvised DIY]

I need one of these with a bed.