We wanted to make it easier to get the 18sp on and off of the trailer, before we had 2x8's for sides but the the 18sp would hop right over them so we decided to put some rollers down the sides. We used 1/2" gas pipe, 5/8" threaded rod, 1" pvc pipe, and end caps to make the rollers.

We started out buy cutting the gas pipe into the lengths we needed and then welded a piece 5/8" threaded rod into one end of each pipe. To do this we drilled a hole all the way through the pipe and then put the threaded rod in and then welded the rod through the holes.

Next we drilled the end caps. We needed one for each pipe that had a 5/8" hole in it to go over the threaded rod and another one with a hole in it the O.D. of the gas pipe.

Next we cut the PVC to the length we wanted and then put the caps on the pipe.

Next we welded all the pipes to the trailer.

Then we sliped all the pieces of PVC over the gas pipe and put a not on the threaded rod to keep them from flying off when we drove down the road.

Here we have the 18sp loaded back on the trailer. The rollers made it a lot easier to get up on the trailer. Go back to my main UH-18sp page.