Extending the floor of a trailer

Jan 09, 2014 29 Replies

I dare not tell you what the box will look like. However, very clever people should be able to guess!

Well, I'm guessing it will have a mock pantograph or other electrical pick-up on the roof. ;-)

Tim

In message , Gazz writes

Probably not, but probably have s**te ply (as well as decent stuff)

Oh that would be ridiculous, but it might have a chimney, purely for my camp stove of course!

Naturally, we know you're not off your trolley!

Chris

How are you going to link the con-rods to the wheels? ;-)

Tim

It's a trailer. Now I'll have to think about a suitable 1890s car to tow it with.

Shirly you mean a traction engine.

We still sometimes make/adjust trailers in (.ie) A trailer should be balanced with a slight inclination to the front. Balanced over the axles, Therefor if you have 4' extra behind the axles, the balance is completely off, and with a load, will be _removing_ weight from the front, and diminishing the control the towing vehicle has over the trailer. (_BAD_) (I have seen 16' trailers with some sheep in, if the sheep are not tight, they might all run to the back of the trailer, and going around a roundabout, you would lose control of the trailer, which is why most long trailers have in internal gate.)

(Luckily , in this case, the trailer hit a sign when it broke loose)

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