I am in need of a trailer on the cheap. I have some 3 inch pipe from
the local plumbing supply. WOuld this work ok?

stryped wrote:

Load? Speed?

Something that would be OK for farm use, or behind an ATV will fail
catastrophically at highway speeds.

On Apr 8, 1:57 pm, Louis Ohland charter.net> wrote:

To pull behind my truck. It is very heavy pipe or seems that way.

"stryped" wrote: To pull behind my truck. It is very heavy pipe or seems
that way.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
There is a saying, "Give me enough sand and I'll build you a golden castle."
I could build a trailer out of conduit, by using enough of it, and designing
it not to be weak. That doesn't mean I would. Building a structure out of
round pipe is more difficult because the joints have to be "fish-mouthed."
Welding galvanized pipe has its own problems. How do you plan to cope with
these? Are you a welder? I don't think a person qualified to weld up a
trailer frame would have asked this question.

So my answer to you is: "No."

If you are a troll, please ignore this entire response :-)

"Leo Lichtman" worldnet.att.net> fired this volley in
news:sSPKj.81096$D_3.48921@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

He didn't say it was galvanized, Leo. It could be black pipe. It could
even be well casing. Well casing is pretty stout stuff.

He'd still have to deal with the assembly fitting issue, though.

LLoyd

"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" wrote: He didn't say it was galvanized, Leo. (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Neither did I, Lloyd. I just made a general statement about weldingt oif
galvanized pipe. :-)

But seriousl

On Apr 8, 3:44 pm, "Leo Lichtman" worldnet.att.net> wrote:

I am a hobby welder. I have both mig and stick capabilities. This pipe
is not galvanized. I am thinking it is black iron pipe but not exactly
sure. I purchases this several years ago and it has been in my shed
ever since.

On Apr 8, 3:52 pm, stryped nascospg.com> wrote:

...

stryped wrote:

This is a "blue book" listing of several companies that *may* be able to
supply it. One is a refiner. I know none of them. Check them out.

http://www.macraesbluebook.com/search/product_company_list.cfm?prod_code=6278100®ion...

Here it is in "shorthand" -- (TinyURL.com is your friend).

http://tinyurl.com/5rwyzd

BTW, You didn't say what part of Kentucky - in case there's someone
close by who can point you in the right direction.

Al

On Apr 8, 4:52 pm, stryped nascospg.com> wrote:

3" pipe is stronger than the frame of my little snowmobile trailer but
weaker than my neighbor's construction trailer. If you know how to do
the engineering calculations you should be able to make one in between
those sizes.