Converting a trailer

[Sandmannd]

Hey kids,

I put this up in the ice fishing forum, thought I would put it here too and see if I can get some responses. I have an old 5x8 Uhaul trailer I picked up a couple of years ago. I put a topper on it to keep the snow out but it looks ghetto and my wife hates it. I was going to tear it down to the frame this summer and enclose it so I could keep my wheeler and ice house in there during the winter and be ready to go whenever.

Well I got to thinking more and more about it and I want to convert it to an enclosed utility trailer/fish house. My plan is to put double doors in the back so I can load my wheeler in it as well. Kingfisher's Dad said he would work with me on welding. What I want to do is extend the frame so that the wheel wells will be inside. Also, thinking of adding a couple of feet to the length plus make it a v-front.

What do you all think of this idea? Is it something that would be worth doing? Any sugestions? Will the lifetime license I have for it still be good, or do I then have to license it every year. I know I will have to get a shelter tag every year, but that's not a big deal. Here are some pics of the hillbilly trailer as it sits.

[Grant]

* I think I hear "dueling banjos" playing somewhere *

I dunno Sand, if you put drop axles on it as it sits, and some curtains and a better rear door, it'd be the most happening rig on the ice!

[anyfishwilldo]

You would be better off to start from scratch with a frame rather than trying to jerry rig the existing frame. Build a different frame and you can use the axle you have. I have tried to do the adding thing to trailers, and it usually ends up bad.