[SEL] OT - opinion on trailer

[Paul Russell]

There is a guy that lives not too far from me that has a tandem axel flat bed with the short railing around it that is all made out of aluminum. Aluminum ramp on the back that folds up. Very nice and good looking trailer. If interested I can get the manufacturs name to you.




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From: Bill Dickerson <bill at antique-engines.com>
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Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:22:51 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] OT - opinion on trailer

Arnie - see my latest - I realized that I can't really drop it since the bed
and frame sit over the wheels/tires! Making the axle closer to the frame
means the bed hits the tires.......

I suspect that since this thing is built so heave and has such capacity, I
could probably get enough out of it to come really close to a very nice
smaller/lighter trailer.

I agree, it would take too much effort and engineering.
Thanks for the link! Good idea to see what's out there.

Bill

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[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Arnie Fero
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 2:25 PM
To: The SEL email discussion list
Subject: Re: [SEL] OT - opinion on trailer

Bill,

I had looked into refurbishing my utility trailer engine hauler by removing
the
mobile home axle and replacing it with one or two modern torsion axles.

I concluded it wasn't worth the effort and bought a Big Tex 7000 lb 18-foot
car
hauler trailer.  http://www.bigtextrailers.com/
http://www.bigtextrailers.com/trailers/70ch.html

I'm delighted with it.  You should look into one; they're really well built.

See ya,  Arnie

On Thu, June 25, 2009 12:37 pm, Bill Dickerson wrote:
> I'd rather not get into a rebuild project.... there's more money involved
> buying brand new parts and I'm not really setup to handle the HEAVY frame.
> I'm afraid I'd spend the same amount or more "retrofitting" it with what I
> need as opposed to some sort of trade.



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