I'll try and add pics soon....
I have a very nice one. A friend of mine used to build trailers, so I asked him to build me one. (I could/would have done it myself, but since he used to build them he got this done in about 1/3 of the time it would have taken me.) I had an older light duty car trailer. It was tandem axle with brakes on both axles but they were only 3500# axles. We started with that. Cut the axles out and put new 8000# axles under it. Doubled and widened the frame. Added a lot of steel to the tongue, and lengthened it. 16' base with a 2' dovetail. Split double folding tailgate with braces so it won't squat when loading. It is spring assisted and very easily removable. All flush mount LED lights. Dual stop/tail/turns with back-up lights. "D" rings welded to the frame all over it. Provision for a future removable side ramp on both sides. Removable front headache with winch block. Heavy enough fenders to drive over if necessary. It's a HEAVY sucker! Should be able to handle 16,000# no problem.
Like I said, I'll add pics soon. I tried to take pics, but in the corner it's in it was too dark, pics didn't show up. We finished it and left it sit outside bare so it would rust. Mill scale is hard to blast off. After it was good and rusty, we blasted the frame. It's sitting in the back corner of my shop like that. It was too cold to paint after the blasting was completed, so when it gets warm, it'll get painted, floor put in and wired. CAN'T WAIT! Looked at buying a trailer, and couldn't find one that suited me. Total cost of this build including the cost of the "base" trailer we started with ....... a little over $6K
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