Ductape
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Hey, that trailer came out fantastic ! Do you come out to Loudon with it? I'm only about 20 minutes from the track.
My Home Built 5th Wheel
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JohnnyB: That is beautiful work. Nothing like having it just like you want it.
Chris: "grossly overbuilt and in turn does not tow well or handle much load". I did not realize you had seen my homebuilt dump trailer!
Chris: "grossly overbuilt and in turn does not tow well or handle much load". I did not realize you had seen my homebuilt dump trailer!
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Have not seen that one, we need pictures, but have seen a few home made car haul and boat trailers that needed Nitrous on the tow vehicle after it was hitched up.
Chris
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Dataway
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Yep...the picture of the trailer set up with my wife sitting there is in the infield at Loudon. Never fails when one of our race meets coincides with one of the LRRS race meets I'll get a couple of offers on the trailer. Mostly just because it's just the basics that everyone wants, nothing fancy.
The thing tows absolutely fantastic. You can do the rural two lane roads at 60 mph and you seriously don't even realize it's back there....until you have to stop quick
And I have to admit, I've towed it many miles at 80+ mph on the interstate, whatever aerodynamics it has seem to start working real well around 70 mph. There are times on country roads I've actually forgotten that I was towing something. I do notice it on hills though since the truck only has a 4.8L V8. The reason it came out not overbuilt was my constant concern for weight. If I ever do another one I'm going to try an aluminum chassis. I don't tow in the winter so it shouldn't be much of an issue. Being able to move the axle was a major benefit in getting it "tuned" to tow nice.
I'd love to build another one to correct the short comings I've found in this one. Mostly dimension related.
JohnnyB
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JOHNNY,
That trailer rocks!! When the kids are gone the wife and i want something like that ,we can stay in ,to haul our atvs ,thats our favorite pasttime.We want to travel around the country and try it in different states.You have inspired me ,gotta start gathering materialsThanks for posting,youve got talent!!!
ALAN
That trailer rocks!! When the kids are gone the wife and i want something like that ,we can stay in ,to haul our atvs ,thats our favorite pasttime.We want to travel around the country and try it in different states.You have inspired me ,gotta start gathering materials
Thanks for posting,youve got talent!!!ALAN
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Dataway
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Alan...it can be done! I probably have about $7,000 in that trailer all finished with the basic appliances (2002 money). Beats the heck out of $18-20,000.
Obviously you already have the skills and the planning talent. Just get out the pen and paper (or computer in my case) and start designing. Never too early to start the planning.
I think the time you put into your cab would have finished a good portion of this trailer, which was from a design standpoint, quite simple.
JohnnyB
Obviously you already have the skills and the planning talent. Just get out the pen and paper (or computer in my case) and start designing. Never too early to start the planning.
I think the time you put into your cab would have finished a good portion of this trailer, which was from a design standpoint, quite simple.
JohnnyB
