Delete delete.

 

back bumper on and a matching 2-tone tailgate. bumper is a little bent up but will work as a step and to hold a licence plate. used the back 2 bed mounting bolt location for back bumper mount, about a 10" bolt all the way through bed through both ears of the frame and to the bumper. cut 2 4" peices of pipe to go between upper and lower frame rails, also have a peice of heavy angle on bottom side of frame for support. might someday drag a small spliiter behind trailer when going to the woods for firewood. overkill? yes, but i wont have to worry at all about losing the splitter, and if whole rig were to get stuck, id be more confident in useing back bumper as a spot to hook a chain to.

 

finally i had it weighed and is now road-legal, its 748 pounds with no tailgate, tool box, side racks, back bumper and for weigh-in i also switched to 13" tires and took off the brake drums. its probably pretty close to 900# with everything back on it. kind of surprized me, i didnt think it would weigh that much. all back together now.

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I see you have manual trans. I blew one of those towing a 2800 lbs. boat. Didn't think the factory rating of 2000 lbs. limit would be a problem, it was. Just sharing my experience.

 

Looks good! I made a trailer out of a '68 F100 that was too far gone to restore. I use it often. One of the best things I ever did!