Popular Post Ezrider Posted October 9, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2016 so a few weeks ago a excavator operator decided to try to rip my tail light assembly off my trailer. tail light assembly also doubles as the mudflap bracket and rear fender bracketso today i made a new one. bought enough material to make two of them. the other side is a little rusty as well. (neither side had holes in it before the one side got hit but getting hit opened up a bunch of rust holes.) total material cost was $90 for material to make 2 of them lets say + 10 for shop supply's (welding wire gas ect) so $50 each a lot cheaper than factory replacements and a lot heavier duty made the new ones from all 1/4" material you can see in the picture of the smashed one where i had previously had to beef up the mounting point to the trailer and the other side you can see is sagging a little so it was needing the treatment the other one had previously gotten. plus they are getting kinda rusty so i guess its a good excuse to make 2 better beefier ones. the one for the other side is started but not finished yet. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Did you rip his head off or make him pay or both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 looks pro to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezrider Posted October 9, 2016 Author Share Posted October 9, 2016 27 minutes ago, Mike said: Did you rip his head off or make him pay or both? i did chew him a bit but it was not intentional. by all rights i should have made that company pay for it, but iv done probably $60-$70k worth of work for them this year. i am sure they would have paid if i would have asked but i didn't. had it been a company that i don't work with often i for sure would have gone after them for the damage. but it wasn't perfect to start with now its better than before and was not real expensive 50 bucks for the side they damaged. a few hours time. now if it happened again tomorrow. yeah someone would be paying. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 nice neat job looks good...thanks for sharing...bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 A little psychology goes a long way in business!,plus the new bracket will outlast the trailer and you enjoyed fabricating it great fab job Ez Rider!,looks like 12Gauge plate on the old one planned obsolescence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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