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Need to get a 4 foot high x 6 foot wide trailer gate welded on a trailer I just got. the trailer has ramps, but i want a gate instead. Has to be sturdy enough to support a polaris ranger... Anyone know who could do this? and a price?
Thanks
Sniper

Just something to keep in mind and you may have already done so is the placement of the axle. I wanted to have gate welded to my trailer and was told that because the axled is in in the middle of the trailer, the added weight would add to stability problems at high speed. The guy I asked about it told me that most trailers with the gate have the axle further back.

Seymore wrote:Just something to keep in mind and you may have already done so is the placement of the axle. I wanted to have gate welded to my trailer and was told that because the axled is in in the middle of the trailer, the added weight would add to stability problems at high speed. The guy I asked about it told me that most trailers with the gate have the axle further back.

This is true. My trailer used to be a tilt trailer, now it is welded up and has a gate. We moved the axle back so it was not in the center. My gate also used to be 4ft tall and now it is 2feet tall. It was like a parachute back there. May not make much difference with a ranger. Any local fabricator,welding shop, etc.. should be able to make you a gate. HTH

i can do it for you, im in forest, im a fabricator.

JD

randall25x wrote:It was like a parachute back there.

ALOT of people don't realize that gates do just this. It can actually hurt fuel mileage when travelling. Have to understand that when travelling at 55 mph on the highway, those small holes in the expanded metal close up to near nothing with so much volume of air trying to pass through them and literally make it a solid wall. Then add wind speed if your going into a head wind and it worsens the effect.

I got a couple friends who took gates off trailers and noticed a significant difference in pulling and mileage while pulling the trailers. Side gates aren't a problem, but a full width gate across the back is.

Some good ramps on a hinge would do the trick, less wind resistance. Simply install a pipe across the back of the trailer and weld a larger pipe to your ramps. This lets you slide the ramps anywhere you want to on the pipe and lets them hinge down. Put a couple studs on the siderails with some tractor pins and fold them up, pin in place and be on your way.



P.S. I always set single axle trailers at 60/40 and on tandems, the center of the two axles is at 60/40. Never was a fan of 50/50 as you will always have problems if you haul something that takes up the whole trailer.