build air susp for truck on top of trailer

Just wondering if anybody has ever built up their air suspension for their truck or car while it was sitting on a flatbed trailer. Or if they think its a decent idea. I think i might do this so i have some mobility with my truck cause i can get a trailer for free but i can't find a place to let my truck sit for 1 + week while i put on my air ride. If i can move it around during the build up it'll give me easier access to a plasma and a sandblaster, and a place to paint. let me know what you think. Thanx-mike

dude suck it up and ask around to see if some one will let you use there shop (that is if you dont have a garage) you cant be shure that everything is gonna come out right in the end cause flatbed trailers flex alot (they all do i know) and plus you are gonna be limited on the space you have to work on your truck

Edited: 8/1/2005 8:18:35 AM by STUD1Y

much like the rest of the world , they think ANYTHING + trailers = better.

House + trailer = better, right? make your shit box portable, easier to live off the land, etc.

Garage + trailer = better. Be a nomadic customizer, no power? no problem, just drive to wal-mart and hook into one of their outside jacks! Got some time to kill between dinner and that movie? Awesome, your trucks on the trailer behind you , start working!

Fun + trailer = Fair! We all know we love some migits in a unsafe roller coaster, hell... let's build a roller coast one a TRAILER! HELL YA!...

Food + Trailer = Hanks Fired Chicken & Cat Fish. You can find his traveling deepfryer anywhere there's a ghetto.

Ice-Cream + trailer = Child-molester ...

Portable is the key to any white trash event as you can see by these items i've outlined for you. please, use your head, if you don't take pictures, so i can laugh later.

Don't do it, you've lost your mind if you think its gonna be easy to work on that thing while its on a trailer.

jey that some funny shit man you kill me

i like nates idea

lets say sum bolt is torqued down to the near impossible and ur crankin on it like hell... it wouldnt be too hard for the truck to slip on that metal or wood man.... i think a rope around ur neck would me a more conventional way

damn. i thought i was bad.

Well Mike, sounds like all the dangers have already been mentioned. However, I always try to be helpful so here is my suggestion;
Buy a 3/8-1/2" slab of aluminum plate that will cover the length and width of your frame (you can pick it up at the metal yard add leave it on the trailer) then weld one of those heavy-duty trailer tongue jacks on each corner. You now have a flat surface that you can level. Be sure to check the rating of your trailer, aluminum gets pretty heavy plus your ride. I'd also remove the wheels on the trailer before working on it so you can lower the level of the trailer with the corner jacks to a reasonable height.

I have seen people start to work on a vehicle that is either only on top of a jack, on one jackstand and on a hill, on bricks, wood blocks and any other combination of dtupid. The trailer idea must not be one of these ghetto contraptions for you to seriously consider it. Good luck, never get under it unless the trailer wheels are off or are chucked on both sides front and rear, same goes for the truck. Take lots of pics if possible.