Mcauley Caulkins (poetic license)

[Frank Acampora]

Even though they are out of business, Is it still possible to get an axle for a Caulkins trailer OR do I need to have one custom made?

I just inherited a nice Caulkins double axle, galvanized, over 5,000 lb trailer. Frame is excellent. Front axle is good, rear axle is shot--was replaced with angle iron (go figure). Rollers are all in excellent shape. Lights appear new. Tires? Ehh. but what do you expect on a free trailer? They would have needed to be replaced for wear sooner or later anyway. Coil springs? Ehhh--but still useable.

Considering the price and capacity, to me it's worth repairing. --nice piece of 2" square, heavy wall tubing and a couple of spindles. later on brakes.

Never did dual axle before. Does it need brakes on both axles or just one? Obviously both are better but is there a law? Could I start out with one axle and later add on the second set of brakes? I wasn't born rich, you know.

[wire2]

There's a trailer fab shop very near me, called Cerka Industries;
http://www.cerka.ca/

They would certainly be able to fix you up, but a bit far from PA.
Is the oem axle square or round tube? You could have a weld shop replace the angle with tube and weld the spindles back on.

According to the brake requirements on the above site, you need brakes above 3000 lbs gross weight in PA.