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06-13-2019, 05:47 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Huck
Trailer: ParkLiner
Virginia
Posts: 852
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Can I Cut These Off?
I need to get under my trailer and these screws/bolts/whatever they are scare me. They come to a point and extend down about 2" lower than everything around them. If the trailer was to drop an inch when I am underneath it could be bad.
I think they just fasten the floor to the frame. I was going to take bolt cutters and snap them off about 1/4" from the frame. Any problem with doing that? Not all of them, just the ones in my way.
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06-13-2019, 05:53 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Oliver
Posts: 713
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That will be fine. Better than a sharp screw in your eye...
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06-13-2019, 07:07 PM
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Senior Member
Name: John
Trailer: Roamer 1
Smith Valley, Nevada
Posts: 2,891
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No problem getting rid of the extra length. If I was going to do it, I'd use a 4 1/2" grinder with a cutoff wheel. Those are probably pretty hard.
If you don't have one, you can get them at Harbor Freight really cheap, and the wheels too.
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06-14-2019, 02:47 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Kelly
Trailer: Trails West
Oregon
Posts: 3,046
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I have cut a lot of stainless and galvanized bolts and screws shorter using a Dremel motor and a fiber reinforced cut off disc. It is a lot easier to hold in your hands and get into tight spaces than a larger angle grinder.
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06-14-2019, 04:20 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Trillium 2010
Posts: 5,185
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Hard to tell but those look like self drilling screws. My first trailer had them. They rusted away and had to be replaced. You might consider replacing them with standard bolts, galvanized or stainless.
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06-14-2019, 06:20 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Jon
Trailer: 2008 Scamp 13 S1
Arizona
Posts: 11,953
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If it’s anything like a Scamp, there are dozens. Replacing them all... nah. Just cut off the offender, leaving a little sticking out.
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06-14-2019, 06:55 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Gordon
Trailer: 2015 Scamp (16 Std Layout 4) with '15 Toyota Sienna LE Tug
North Carolina
Posts: 5,156
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Interesting... you asked "Can I," yet all the answers were to the question, "Should I."
I can see where future removal might be a little more difficult if you cut them off, but that's a minor issue (IMHO).
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06-14-2019, 09:29 AM
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Member
Name: Pete
Trailer: U-Haul 1986 -- got it 7/2013
Virginia
Posts: 41
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I'd rather cut them off with a Dremel or a right-angle grinder; that will minimize the damage to the threads, in case you ever need to undo them. The bolt-cutters will mangle the threads, making it difficult to unscrew them.
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06-14-2019, 11:31 AM
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Senior Member
Name: alan
Trailer: looking
Colorado
Posts: 264
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A thought not based on experience: I'd put a nut on the bolt before cutting to be able to unscrew it after cutting using it as a cheap die to chase the threads.
I'd use a 4½" angle grinder too. Expect sparks all over. Make sure that nothing flammable is nearby. Wear gloves. WEAR A FACE MASK.
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06-14-2019, 11:59 AM
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Moderator
Trailer: 2009 19 ft Escape / 2009 Honda Pilot
Posts: 6,229
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Quote:
Originally Posted by k corbin
I have cut a lot of stainless and galvanized bolts and screws shorter using a Dremel motor and a fiber reinforced cut off disc. It is a lot easier to hold in your hands and get into tight spaces than a larger angle grinder.
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I have used both methods many hundreds, even thousands of times. Because I mostly do it professionally, I use a grinder with a cut-off blade the vast majority of the time as you can do 10 with it in the same time as with a Dremel, especially when the material is really hard.
But, we all should just do what we are most comfortable with. If it is our own project time is not of the essence in many cases anyway.
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06-14-2019, 11:30 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Maria
Trailer: Parkliner 2018
Maryland
Posts: 139
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Huck, is that a wood floor I see on that Parkliner? I thought they were ALL fiberglass? I'm in the market for a used Parkliner because they are supposedly surround FG and the only thing wood are the cabinet doors. Would like to know, is that a wood floor? TIA.
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06-19-2019, 11:09 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Harold
Trailer: 1975 Scamp, 13-foot
Redding, California
Posts: 390
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Quote:
Originally Posted by minke
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I'd use a 4½" angle grinder too. Expect sparks all over. Make sure that nothing flammable is nearby. Wear gloves. WEAR A FACE MASK.
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and EYE PROTECTION!!!!
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06-19-2019, 11:34 AM
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Junior Member
Name: Eric
Trailer: Chalet Arrowhead
California
Posts: 9
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gordon2
Interesting... you asked "Can I," yet all the answers were to the question, "Should I."
I can see where future removal might be a little more difficult if you cut them off, but that's a minor issue (IMHO).
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Future removal won't be a problem. They'll come out faster and easier. Usually the reason for long bolts in seemingly irrational places is to aid installation.
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06-19-2019, 11:35 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: No Trailer Yet (want 13 ft fiber glass
Posts: 2,316
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Maria in MD
Huck, is that a wood floor I see on that Parkliner? I thought they were ALL fiberglass? I'm in the market for a used Parkliner because they are supposedly surround FG and the only thing wood are the cabinet doors. Would like to know, is that a wood floor? TIA.
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HC1, EGG, and Lil Snoozy, are the only 3 that I know of that are built like that. There may be others.
Dave & Paula
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06-19-2019, 12:25 PM
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Senior Member
Name: alan
Trailer: looking
Colorado
Posts: 264
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Doctor Harold
and EYE PROTECTION!!!!
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Eye protection is part of a face mask, or in OSHA speak, a face shield.
e.g. https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Clear...0025/202195394
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06-19-2019, 01:12 PM
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Senior Member
Name: To Infinity & Beyond!
Trailer: 1985 Uhaul VT-16 Vacationer, 1957 Avion R20 & 1977 Argosy 6.0 Minuet
Tennessee
Posts: 655
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Wear a helmet when crawling under the trailer to avoid the "Long" bolts rather than cutting em off.
Another easy solution!
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