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Hi all, my first post so please be gentle with me!

Question is this: We have a Daxara 107 trailer for our kit which seemed ideal for all our stuff, but inside a season its not big enough any more! I have looked at off the shelf solutions for bringing the sides up, but these cost about £80+. This seems alot for what appears to be a few uprights of metal and a bigger cover. Does anyone have experience of extending the sides upwards themselves, and if so what materials would you suggest and what costs are we looking at?  Am I just being a bit tight? All advice and suggestions gratefully received!

i used to make my own trailers and bought all parts from here.you can buy four corner post and bolt on or weld,then finish off with half inch exterior ply.most DIYS will cut the wood to size you require.

http://www.indespension.co.uk/b2c/app/I00640?Z1SUCO=031&slnk=1

I made my own trailer in 1969 to bring my gear back from Berlin

A few years later I modified it to include the wheels inside the body width so that I could easily carry a 4ft wide timber sheet

This was done by welding rectangles in front of and behind the wheel and using the same sides with a cut out for the wheels

A new front and rear panel were then needed in exterior ply

Its still going strong on its 2nd indispension  units and 3rd set of wheels

Now passed on to my son

Many thanks for the replies, I sense a trip to DIY this weekend.

and RAF thanks for steering me to the search button - apologies I did have a good look on old posts before posting, but didnt spot the search! Doh

Its still going strong on its 2nd indispension  units and 3rd set of wheels

Now passed on to my son

my trailer (6x4) is now about 25-30 years old and looks like new as it is constantly painted and repaired,is this a record??.just replaced the sides with decking planks so should last a bit longer.indespention units can carry 784 lbs.

We got higher sides for our Trailer at  Wilstow Trailers and they were not that expensive.

alison 46

My trailer is similar. I used wooden sides with a wooden post in each corner that drop down into the trailer. No need to fix it to the trailer - it just sits on top and can be lifted out quite easily when not required.

Timber found in my garage as with screws. total cost £nil

Steve

I'm still discovering things on this site. I only recently spotted that there is a next page button bottom right, insted of using the drop down page number screen.

Picturers are a complete no no to me 

Quote: Originally posted by michael on 22/9/2009

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my trailer (6x4) is now about 25-30 years old and looks like new as it is constantly painted and repaired,is this a record??.just replaced the sides with decking planks so should last a bit longer.indespention units can carry 784 lbs.

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Sounds like the street sweeper who still has the same sweeping brush he was issued with when he started 30 years before - but it has had 12 new handles and 20 brush heads!!

Job done over the weekend. £15 all in, as per your suggestion Steve.

Thanks all for your help.

Glad to help

Steve