You should make some kind of lock mechanism so that if the airbags did break on you, you could lock it up off the ground so you can at least get home without it dragging.

That's something nobody else has shown before on KZfaq. Other people were looking at it real hard at the auction yard. You wanted it the most. Great find.

“Do some mechanic-ing” 😂 Cool trailer. Nice vid

Glad to see my works appreciated 👍this was a one-off for personal use . Looks like it’s been used a bit .

Pretty slick setup, I love it!

Very cool and super useful, I would protect the air bags with some sort of guard/mesh/basket, just for piece of mind and of course for the fun of doing it. Great purchase.

You have all the cool stuff! That trailer is great. The buggy in the back is pretty cool too. Of course don’t want to forget the pup!

That's a slick setup, I built commercial trailers for a few years and this system has been around since the early 70's, pretty well bullet proof and great ride to boot. Thanks for the video, I might build one of these now, nice little project for the winter.

Love that idea , you always have the best content man lol I’d like to copy that for my Harley

Semi trucks run on airbags so they are plenty robust. I would figure out a way to protect the bags from UV though.

That is a slick piece of goods!

This is definitely something you would own. If you didn't say you bought I'm sure we all would have believed you built it.

Great video, repairs, and idea, Thanks Moe!

Great job as always.

That is an interesting trailer set up for sure.

Always enjoy your videos!!

I know the video is a little old, but as a truck driver who rides on air bags at up to 80,000lbs when fully loaded. As long as the air bags are good quality you'll be good, and of course the welding is good, and your air system is good, lol. Those little plastic lines feeding the air to the bags is all that the big trucks have too. Cool little trailer. I may have to copy it.

Those air bags will probably lift 2000 lbs plus, at that air pressure, nice trailer, Great Video

That is so cool. bags have been around forever. I wonder why there aren't more trailer companies doing this?

You could fabricate some sort of removable bump stop to prevent it from dragging if you lost a line or bag when driving...

Neat rig for sure.

That is 1 awesome trailer.

Thank you, I want to build one of these as a goose neck dual axle low boy, i haven't been sure how to build the axle support.

That's a good little piece. I will build one.

Interested in the pin and bushing area, as well as the spindle. Looking to do something relatively similar to an aluminum trailer for a Harley. I want to make sure the bushing I use works and doesn’t allow too much lateral (in out) movement of the wheel.

I want one in a 20ft tandem axle setup... I've seen a manufacturer for similar trailers online out of Australia, that's about it.

Pretty cool little trailer ! Thanks for sharing :-)

Ive been wanting to build something like that for a while now!

The trailer is cool I would like to have one for my bike 👍👍

Ooow that's really unusual :-D Pity it needs the air bags for suspension, you could of made a couple of locking devices to take the weight off the airbags while driving. But as you said it seems to do the job :-D

You should look at universal air in San Bernardino.. their bags don't roll over and less chance of the bag getting a hole when aired down

Cool trailer

Well, I've been enlarging the video on my phone and found a half second of the opposite side operate to the down position exposing the "stub axle" and it welded to the pivoting swing arm. That tells me it coincides with what you said.... that the 1.75" pivot pin is all that's supporting the trailer and there is no axle going across because a short trailer would never drop to the ground fast enough. This trailer design is not complicated once you understand and see how it's built. Great for lighter loads of 1500lbs or less. I'd be worried with more than a ton on it. I propose to mount a second set of wheels on stub axles behind the existing. Mount them to a sliding vertical pipe with holes to pin and lock them at a certain height. Drop the trailer to the ground then lift it up and pin the tires to be two inches off the ground so if the air system fails, the second set takes the load as a safety net. You still get air ride until the back tires hit. Essentially, the wheels are playing the role of overload wheels like you see on dump trucks when the two axles get overloaded. BTW, THOSE two extra wheels can act as spares too.😊

The man sure does have a lot of toys! 🤣🤣🤣

its very ingenious man:)

I’ve seen one that dropped using hydraulics behind a tractor. Used it for loading and moving hogs on a farm.

Brilliant design Moe! I'd have bid on it too. Cheers my Friend! Zip~

Nice giving me an idea Love it

I wish you were my neighbor, lol.

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Who in their right mind gives a thumbs down for this? This is Awesome!

Very cool!👍🏾😀❤️🇺🇸

this is great, your stuff life is amazing, lol

Sixtyfiveford, could you supply pictures of the mechanism operating from underneath? I need to see where that swing arm attaches. Does it attach to the axle with a bushing around the axle? Or does it weld to the axle directly? Also, when it goes up, does it hit a stop? I plan to build this design because it is simpler than everyone else's. Thank you for a great video. There are some additional things I can do to give the trailer support if the airbag fails while in tow.

Nice engineering.

Cool trailer! Love the Terrajet. Will we see a vid on it?

That is so dope

What ya could do is once filled out a pin I a location that still will let it flex but if a bag blows it won't drop to the ground

That’s pretty cool

I've never seen a trailer battery charge off tail lights. Wonder what DOT would say about that

More photos of it please. How is the axle attached to the frame?

I'm very sure that I seen a commercial recently on someone selling these ! It was on KZfaq but I can't remember the name of the company ! I thought it was a great idea when I seen it though ! 💡👌 Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍

Mind sharing some info on the pivot, shaft diameter and length. Bushing exterior diameter.

I like it but i got a tilt trailer that works the same with none of the hassles it rides low and works great loading my mower with no ramps. I still like yours cause its cooler 😀

man this is cool!!

I like that trailer ..I would like to build one..I would really like to do that idea to a pickup truck

Nice Job, Just keep in mine your pipe fittings you used to come out of the air bags will rust thru in a short amount of time. These should be brass fittings. did you build in a lock brace on the axle in case you blow an airbag while going down the road. Sunshine is your worse enemy with exposed airbags. Good job

I've been thinking about doing something similar to my trailer but I plan to add bump stops just incase a bag goes I can limp it till it got fixed.

I love it.

The bags are mounted correctly. If the fittings were on the bottom you run the risk of breaking them off with road debris.

Awesome 👏

What are measurements of the z piece?... I'd love to build a new trailer like this

Thanks

WOW would I like to have that...

i just came to say: - whoa!

Very cool. Looking to make one to haul vending machines upright. Right now I have a flat deck with a Beefy ramp. Can’t roll those monsters in on a ramp with a pallet jack. So I just winch them in flat on it’s back, which takes up too much room. How much weight do you think those airbags can hold for that single axle? Thanks!

When the pressure is high and it hits a bump, wouldn't it top out every time the suspension returned?

Def sweet trailer curious what happens if one side blows out on the road especially under a load

Really cool design. Any chance of getting some dimensions? I'd like to build a similar setup on my trailer.

What is the trailer load capacity? Don’t know if you mentioned that in the video. Nice trailer.

Whats the vehicle on the trailer? Some kind of offroad golf cart? Diggin’ more info

The air bags are installed with the fittings on the top on trucks ect. I know that your terra jet would not have a problem climbing up onto the trailer even raised. Keep the thumbs out of the steering wheel spokes 😠. No problem plowing 4 feet of snow with mine

That is awesome! What’s the weight capacity of the air bags? About the same as the axle?

Nice!

That's awesome

Does it bounce on the road

I love it! How does it handle at speed with a full load and the air suddenly dumps because of a failure? Are you able to stop safely and in control? Hope you've tested that for your own piece of mind. And no shocks? Isn't that a bit of a nightmare on rough roads or stutter bumps? Maybe no shocks is normal for utility trailers (or trailers so short) - I'm not an expert by any means. Adding some to that - what would you call it - cantelever? - would be a cool KZfaq video (hint hint).

What's the name of the furry driver sitting in the ATV? Cool trailer! I keep wanting to build a dual axle car hauler along the same air bag idea. I don't like dealing with heavy ramps. I think I would put the release solenoid's right at the air bag fill port to reduce the possibility of sudden air lose due to hose failure. Thanks for sharing and stay well.

Any chance, you could give some basic dimensions of the arms?

Sweet trailer. I ran across this design like 20 years ago, in the books by M. M. Smith "Trailers How to Design and Build" it's a series of several books (3? 4?) I think the kneeling trailer design is in the 2nd book? Thought it was amazing at the time. Seeing yours may have reignited my desire to build one. Thanks.

You should build another one!

Can you add a locking pin so as to not worry about decompression?

That's pretty cool! I wonder if that was patentable?

I've never seen a trailer like that before.

You buy this at an auction here in Utah? Got outbid on one exactly like it here. Pretty certain the builder Xtreme was a Utah based company.

Very Kool!!!!!!

Well HELL, look at semi trucks. They carry their fright/weight on "Air" IF they have air-ride.

it kinda looks like hacked together, why you would weld the pin in place? and this thing for sure needs some shocks because with an airbag alone you can't stop it from bumping

I have to ask… How much?

Interesting trailer. No mention of how much you paid for it?

Those look to be 1/2 ton truck air bags like the ones I got from pacbrake.

I never even knew what "bagged" meant (I thought it meant "it drags on the ground") - but now I know.

' loose hose / wire is a not safety under the chassic frame... might be happen accident cutting off hose / wire

Where did you get that go kart body?

Hope that is dot approved in the state you live in otherwise that is cool 😎😎😎😎😎

👍👍👍👍👍

Is it bouncy without shocks?

Find a way to lock trailer in travel pos. To b safer, airbaggs also needs protection n sun

You didn’t show the axle....

Smoking!