Category Archives: Trailers – Design & Build

Brakes are an integral part of the suspension system and are used to slow the wheel with friction.

Tires are of supreme importance. Selecting the correct ones for your application is a task well worth your utmost attention.

Torsion style suspension/axle options are available for the more adventuresome.

Springs are useless without a way to attach them to the frame and the axle.

“Springs? Who needs springs? I had a trailer for 10 years. It towed great. Low to the ground. Easy to load. It never had springs!”

The hub provides the mounting surface for the wheel. The hub spins on the bearings which slip over the spindle.

A spindle is a part of the axle. It is a machined part whose primary purpose is to support the bearing races for the hub.

The axle is an important and integral part of the suspension.

A. Axles
B. Spindles
C. Hubs
D. Suspension Types
E. Wheels & Tires
F. Trailer Brakes

To some this is the most important question of all.