A weekend off last week and with the welder this weekend

I am sorry I took last week off from the trailer.  My father came out for an unexpected but welcomed visit and it gave me a chance to show him the trailer first hand.  He was overwhelmed with how the trailer was, what still needs to be fixed and was so proud to see the work we had put into it and how far it has come.

My trim came last weekend but since I spent time with my dad I waited for this weekend to put it in.  We also received the new Bulldog trailer hitch rated at 3000 lbs and the new forged steel bulldog a frame coupler. Well that turned a bit too when today we took the trailer over to the welder to have the new coupler and tongue jack installed.

Our welder is amazing, 45+ years with aerospace as a machinist/fabricator.  He is responsible for four (4) of the Mars robots which are all currently still working and running on Mars as I type this.  This man knows his stuff and is super nice.  Once he took a look at the trailer he exclaimed, "Well here's your trouble with the trailer jack, he bolted the coupler on and didn't weld anything so your tongue has been flexing which tweaked the jack.  Well that and he didn't use washers here with the bolts which is a big no no."

 

Here is how our tongue jack is tweaked to the side, we use the blocks to stabilize it.

Here is one angle you can see he didn't weld our frame as they claim they do for all trailers, they didn't even use washers to install the coupler properly.

No washers were used with the bolts and the tongue coupler was never welded.

We paid for a front tongue shelf which was never installed or refunded.

He remarked on the quality of jack and hitch we brought to him and said this is the best quality he has ever had someone bring in, it was the best quality anyone could install to a trailer and complimented it was a perfect setup.  He is pulling the old coupler and tongue jack off and he is welding our tongue, coupler, and jack together so it will be one piece and we will not have any future issues.

We went through the other issues we'd be returning to have repaired or installed too.  The front tongue shelf that was never installed.  We were told not a problem he'd be so happy to weld one for us.  He said the under the bed shelf would not hold anything and that it will be tricky, he'll have to climb under and really take a look..... a project for the future.  He and his wife laughed at the stabilizer (car jacks) that were installed and said when I have the new ones they wouldn't take anytime to weld on right.  When we take it back next time we are having the trailer welded in all the joints like Crybaby claims they do but didn't to ours.

So our trailer is with them now and we will pick it back up later this week once he has completed the first of many welding projects we have for him.

Our new forged steel a frame coupler.

This is the best trailer tongue jack and fits right into the a frame coupler for a perfect hitch set up.

Once we have the trailer back I'll post photos and show you how it looks put together right.  We will feel so much better now knowing that our tongue jack won't fail and our trailer won't come unhitched while we are towing it.