Someone sold it for cheap due to the fact that it’s 30 years old. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that it’s in pretty good condition considering.
In the picture I am in the process of scrubbing away the worst rust bits. Turned out to be mostly surface stuff. Scrubbed what I could, and got a nice thick coat of Hammerite
The brakes should be replaced soon, but it’s not urgent. Same goes for the bed, but that’s not urgent either.
Lights worked fine, but used the old 7 pin connector. I replaced it with a proper 13 pin ISO 11446 connector so I can plug it into my car without an adapter.
Make sure you give the wheel bearings a look at. Seen many an old trailer lose a wheel from bad bearings .
They’re good for now, plus the previous owner greased them up last year. Just to be on the safe side, I’ve decided to swap them when I swap the brakes. Maybe next year.
Sorry for my stereotypically female comment but is that a good drill? It looks good it has lots of bits. And how hard is it to use?
It’s a very good one. It’s the blue 18V series from Bosch. Plenty of torque, well balanced, and it doesn’t overheat. My GF complains that it’s a bit on the heavy side, but still usable.
The bits are separate. I happen to have a small set of torx bits always clipped to the drill as I use them all the time.
As a guy who knows nothing about drills, I’ve had a Ryobi one for about 8 years and last year I think it overheated as a bunch of smoke came out of it, it had a very nasty electric burning smell come out of it. It still seems to work well and I’ve used it for a bunch of jobs since but it still makes that electric burning smell.
Is my drill screwed up now? What does this mean? I’ve considered buying a new one but this one still seems relatively okay.
Use it until it stops working, my friend! Use the grace period to save up for a better model, as you clearly use this tool often enough to merit and upgrade
My most used drill is an old Ryobi 12V drill. It’s small, yet powerful enough for most jobs. Most importantly it’s very lightweight. For most common jobs aroud the house it’s what I use. I use it for all the little things like putting together furniture, hanging pictures etc.
I also have a 18V drill like yours that I use if I needed. It gets the job done but it’s heavy and gets tiring to use.
I occasionally pull out to old 3.2 amp Makita corded for larger jobs that need power but I want a lighter drill.
Why are all the sockets 12 point instead of 6? I thought that was more slippery and for more specific situations? Sorry, I know nothing.
Correct. It’s just some cheap set I picked up. It does the job, so Idc. I’m not picky when it comes to sockets, as I rarely use them. Bits on the other hand, that’s where I am A LOT more picky.
Refusbishing <3
Don’t forget to refill the blinker fluid.
TIL 13 pin towing connector.
In the USA, 4 and 7 pin connectors are typical on automobiles, until entering the domain of commercial trucking. I imagine the 4 pin is unused outside of North America because there is no distinction between red turn indicators and red tail lights, which is a travesty that continues to annoy us.
I’ve never seen a four-pin trailer connector here. And those limitations you mentioned would probably prevent any trailer with it from being road legal.
Older cars have 7 pin connector (it’s common to only use 5 of them), and it’s fine for most things. But for the past 20-25ish years, new cars come with 13 pins which has support for some nice things such as charging caravans, etc.
On big trucks like semis the electrical connector to power lights on the trailer is called a 7-way, it had seven pins, next to the two pneumatic connectors, it’s a big fat cylinder
And 7-way roundpin truck/ag is different from the 7-way flatpin that most bumper-pull trailers would use.
