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Post by cowcharge on Oct 15, 2013 6:54:39 GMT -8
He'd have that truck tore up here in PA, too...
I'm sure it's got a hydraulic suspension or something, but what about the poor trailer?
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Post by mobiltec on Oct 15, 2013 7:43:38 GMT -8
Having known a few of these guys, I bet the trailer has hydraulic lifts too.
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Post by soup on Oct 15, 2013 15:34:21 GMT -8
Having known a few of these guys, I bet the trailer has hydraulic lifts too. OH MAN! Mobiltec!!!!!!!!! What an awesome idea!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by bigbill on Oct 15, 2013 19:25:01 GMT -8
Hey soup maybe they could make the trailer stand on one wheel like the car guys stand on three, or just bounce up and down doing the Mexican shuffle. I have a few young friends that are into hydraulics, my wife thought racing and rods was expensive but hydraulics top that.
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Post by soup on Oct 16, 2013 3:31:06 GMT -8
Everybody around here is using air now. The hydraulic systems were too messy!
It would be one way to not need different drop hitches for different tow rigs!
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Post by bigbill on Oct 16, 2013 6:56:29 GMT -8
Yes the air is also less expensive but it doesn't respond like the hydraulics so it won't dance as well. There seems to be two trains of thought by these guys.
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Post by soup on Oct 16, 2013 11:30:00 GMT -8
Well, with all the leaks usually with hydros the trunks of your car would never rust out! But don't put your stuff back there when you head out for vacation.
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Post by bigbill on Oct 16, 2013 16:00:12 GMT -8
One of the young men around here is rumored to have 20K + in his computer controlled hydraulics. I would hope they don't leak. I just can't get into them. I guess I am just getting old.
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Post by cowcharge on Oct 18, 2013 7:45:06 GMT -8
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Post by mobiltec on Oct 18, 2013 8:17:20 GMT -8
Those are built just like the other new crap that's been on the market for the last ten years. It won't last 5 years before it begins to separate and leak.
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Post by kathleenc on Oct 18, 2013 8:53:14 GMT -8
Nice solar flashlight on the dash - I have one of those but picked a bright color so I wouldn't lose it! My nephew loves to test the "waterproofness" of it.
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Post by cowcharge on Oct 19, 2013 7:46:17 GMT -8
Mine was in one of my sister's "bachelor baskets" she makes for Christmas for her unmarried siblings (usually full of socks and underwear). I've had it for five or six years now, it works great. It'll even charge from a regular lamp.
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Post by bigbill on Oct 31, 2013 15:56:48 GMT -8
The one in the bottom picture looks like it has a slide out. Wonder how either one would do in a fifty MPH cross wind.
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Post by soup on Oct 31, 2013 16:13:51 GMT -8
Wonder how either one would do in a fifty MPH cross wind. Something like this?
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