When trailers go bad OR How not to tow your Wright Brothers machine

wright1902glider wrote:

I'm currently working on various methods of accomplishing the new goal
without spending too much cash. I think most of the steel framing and
sheet metal can be used again. But I'll have to work out a new decking
system, etc.

Could you make the box a triangle?

Have the side hinged at the bottom. Fold them down, attach a wing to
each side, fold it closed and pin them together at the top.

The sloped side should be much more wind friendly.