RGN trailer neck rebuild

Me and a friend of mine bought a 2 axle RGN trailer with a 3rd flip axle about a year ago then sold the flip axle for nearly as much as we paid for the trailer. So it came down to either scrap it for about as much as we sold the flip axle for or rebuild the neck then determine how much we want to spend on the trailer itself
What it started out as
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some of the scrap removed
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nearly 400 lbs of rust was beat off with a needle gun
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more rust removed chemically
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wrapped in plastic to allow the chemical to work over night
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rolling 2 pieces of 3/8x 4 1/2 T1 steel in my homemade plate roll
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strapping the neck
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Making cardboard patterns for the webs
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webs welded in place
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installing replacement king pin and plate
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ready to go back together
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new cross members and side rails
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web stiffeners for D rings
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Welds in slots cut through side rails
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D ring mounts welded over slot welds tying the loop to the stiffener
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ground sanded washed with a solution ready for rinsing drying and painting
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first coat of paint after being dusted with an etching primer for the hard to reach areas is could not sand very well
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Well I now have the final color on the neck and it is so yellow it hurts my eyes and my camera to look at
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Wow! I know a guy that dipped an entire mini body in acid to lighten it for a race car he was building but leaving something to rust and then knocking the rust off, Brilliant! No hydrogen embitterment from the acid reaction either.
Pure genius Frank, pure genius. Learn something new everyday.

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Well I now have the final color on the neck and it is so yellow it hurts my eyes and my camera to look at
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At least you won't forget where you parked it. Just look for the yellow glow.:cool:

Trailer Neck Rebuild
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webs welded in place

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We NEVER :headshake: saw anyone weld cardboard before!

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We NEVER :headshake: saw anyone weld cardboard before!

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you got to be good and have the right filler rods

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Well I now have the final color on the neck and it is so yellow it hurts my eyes and my camera to look at
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Safety yellow. :)

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you got to be good and have the right filler rods

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And of course, the corrugations being vertical, have greater strength against the load on the neck.
Nothing comical regarding filler rods comes to mind, including drinking straws and stir sticks...

In other news, assembling a stack of cardboard storage bins here in Anaheim for my protege. I should rustle up a hot melt glue gun and weld inner corners and tabs, beefing up life span.

I am all for paint things with safety yellow. I attached a couple of pictures of the things I build. They are painted safety yellow. I tell the customer that he can put them away and never loose them. lolAttachment 40565

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Actually the exact shade of the yellow on the neck is called of all things, Old Highway Yellow which just happens to be the old Caterpillar yellow. The company probably named it old highway yellow to stave off any legal actions Since there is really no such thing as old highway yellow

Now that the neck is painted and ready for assembly I decided that I didn't want a full wood deck on it.
What I plan to do is to have 4 strips of wood called nailing strips for those times when the dunnage or load securement blocks need to be fastened to the neck itself by nailing them in place. and I will have aluminum planking to take up the remainder of the deck area.
I have a wrecked all aluminum flat bed trailer that needs new cross members and planking to make it sellable or useable which ever we decide to do with it should we decide to rebuild it. This means the old planking on it would need to be removed anyway. Why not strip off the old planking, cut the good portions into lengths that I can use on the RGN neck it is basically $2000.00 worth of free materials albeit used . Big deal.
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