CTS trailer problem

[SSDiv6]

There is nothing wrong with an aluminum trailer as long it is designed properly and the right materials are used. Most tanker trailers have aluminum frames.

The aluminum alloy to use is 6061-T6 extrusions, not 2024 or 7075. To weld 6061-T6 you need a 5356 filler and 6061 will recover after welding. High end aluminum trailer frames built from 6061 aluminum are joined together just like an aircraft frame with Huckbolt fasteners and there is minimal welding.

By the way, Huckbolt fasteners are as strong as welding.

https://applifast.com/wp-content/upl...vs-Welding.pdf

[Race Clean]

Originally Posted by SSDiv6

High end aluminum trailer frames built from 6061 aluminum are joined together just like an aircraft frame with Huckbolt fasteners and there is minimal welding.

Aluminum welded together in high stress areas is not the best option!

[Markeracer]

Willyracer, please post full company name of CTS, location and website so we are all aware. Thanks

[Willyracer]

Originally Posted by Markeracer

Willyracer, please post full company name of CTS, location and website so we are all aware. Thanks

Custom Trailer Solutions
Could be wrong but thought ATC was manufatured at the
same location in north Indiana

Sorry
Don't know their web site

[SSDiv6]

CTS Trailers LLC
312 S. 4th St., Suite 700
Louisville, KY 40202

Their website does not work:

http://www.mycustomtrailer.com/

The owner of CTS used to work for Millennium Trailers as a salesman and had created CTS behind their back and was taking customers away from Millennium.

Read the document in the link below. I do not think you have a chance to get it repaired by CTS. Your best bet would be a lawyer and NHTSA.

https://cases.justia.com/indiana/cou...?ts=1444316901

[Willyracer]

This explains a lot. Thanks
This guy Thogerson is who we dealt with
when ordering and when trying to get
repairs done He sends us on to a manufacture
rep He must contract a factory to build for
him.

[FED 387]

CTS trailer and Thogerson merely act as brokers for people that want to buy trailers---they set up a dummy business and solicit buyers--once they have a "buyer" interested they contact a manufacturer to build "the CTS" trailer according to the buyers specs-- HE is not in the trailer manufacturing business---he has had multiple run ins with the legal system for NON PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT, trailer sales shenanigans such as not warranting or correcting trailer problems -steeling customers from the trailer companies he has worked for etc.--non payment of court ordered judgements--hundreds of thousands of dollars--multiple violations of court orders---and constantly moving from Indiana to Kentucky changing office addresses and residential addresses numerous times-----Good luck on getting anything from him he HAS NO MONEY and owes LOTS OF MONEY---Don't know if contacting either a lawyer or the NHTSA would do any good but you can try---I would suggest you look over your trailer very carefully for any other signs of structural problems, bad welds etc. before I would go on any trips with that trailer it looks to me like a disaster just waiting to happen---FED 387

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by Willyracer

This explains a lot. Thanks
This guy Thogerson is who we dealt with
when ordering and when trying to get
repairs done He sends us on to a manufacture
rep He must contract a factory to build for
him.

Since I doubt they will repair the trailer or replace it, and in the event you want to keep it, you can do a structural repair in the same fashion as done on airplanes.

You can use 2024 structural aluminum angle extrusion, cut it to the proper width and attach it with Cherry MaxiBolt rivets or Huck Blind Bolts.

You can get the extrusion from Aircraft Spruce:

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catal.../alumangle.php

For the Cherry MaxiBolt and Huck Blind Bolts eBay is the best place to get them. You need to determine the diameter of the hole you are going to dril and thickness of the area you are going to join to choose the proper part number. They also require a specific pneumatic gun to pull them that you can also get used on eBay and resell later. Nevertheless, this type of repair will last as long as the trailer.

If you want to read more about this type of repair, the FAA has available as a free download the aircraft mechanics manuals. Great source of information for sheet metal, structural repairs, electrical and plumbing. It is a large pdf file. Chapter 4 of the manual covers structural and sheet metal repairs.

http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/m...-1B_w-chg1.pdf

https://www.faa.gov/regulations_poli...e_hb_vol_1.pdf

https://www.faa.gov/regulations_poli...e_hb_vol_2.pdf