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Old 01-17-2011, 12:54 PM
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Very nice! Even the sag looks realistic! When you go over bumps, maybe the deck will bounce a little, just like the heavily loaded 1:1s!
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Very cool Travy were do I put my order in for one.. Not joking..
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Great looking trailers Travis. Nice design.
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Old 01-17-2011, 06:54 PM
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Followup on wheels - did you make them from PVC pipe fitting or turn from something else? Very good looking! I'd say your "experiment" with lathe and rotary table was a resounding success. Now, just find a CNC machine and run those babies out in mass!!

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Thanks Ken they are delrin they started as a 3 ft x 2in rod and I wish I had 100 more of the rims.

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Thanks Paul we will have to see how it turns out with the neck on it.

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Great looking trailers Travis. Nice design.
Thanks Scott I just wanted to try some thing different and the plastic is easy to work with.

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Travis good looking lowboy and I like the quad axle. How wide is it and are those plastic wheels or aluminum they look good to?
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Old 01-17-2011, 07:15 PM
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Travis good looking lowboy and I like the quad axle. How wide is it and are those plastic wheels or aluminum they look good to?
Thanks Jammer it is 7 7/8 in wide and it will have another 3/4 to an inch on each side when the outriggers are folded out. The rims are one piece delrin with bearings in the rims.

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That won't be wide enough for my machine it 12 niches wide at the outside of the cats. I guess after I get every thing else built I will have to build a beam trailer to haul it. You have done a nice job so far and the wheels look real good. Ed
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Old 01-17-2011, 09:20 PM
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would that be a hundred more duals or 50 in pairs or 100 tires or 200 i got lost somewhere ??????...............oh the head hurts already just thinkin about that many more lmao i think Izzy would have to stay a couple weeks to help on that one i wouldn't be able to walk outta my shop all the delron strips i wouldn't be seen i would be all covered up lol
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Old 01-17-2011, 09:42 PM
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That would be 100 rims to fit 200 tires and hay I can wish can't I?

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Old 01-17-2011, 10:00 PM
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lol you might get that many over a looooooooooooooong time frame lol yea wishin is all good too it wouldn't be so hard if i had more tooling
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would that be a hundred more duals or 50 in pairs or 100 tires or 200 i got lost somewhere ??????...............oh the head hurts already just thinkin about that many more lmao i think Izzy would have to stay a couple weeks to help on that one i wouldn't be able to walk outta my shop all the delron strips i wouldn't be seen i would be all covered up lol
henry after a 100 , I got to clean out my lathe just on the dish side . 200 wheels will fill a 55gal drum with chips/shavings packed
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Trailers look great! The wheels really set them apart. Isn't delrin fun to work with???

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lol man i had a big pile of delron strips this stuff shaves insted of chips and grindings lol
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That's one of the wonders of delrin. No matter how much you want to turn off of a part, you always get a ribbon/string. Just one word of warning- DO NOT TRY AND PULL THE RIBBONS/STRINGS OFF OF A PART WHILE IT IS TURNING!!!! Have seen one guy lose part of a finger trying to do this. Not a pretty sight!

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ooooooooooooooops lol Travis and Izzy and myself was doin this alot when they was hangin out
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Real nice work on the wheels guys. Trailer looking good Travis. Looking forward to the finish product.
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get enough orders and we could find a local screw machine company to run a batch. but man that's a lot of lug nut holes!!!
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Travis,this a great build and using delrin plastic nice.I would love to have a trailer where do we place the order...
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Nice job with the delrin rims, how has the fibre reinforced plastic worked so far? Easy to tool? How about joining pieces?
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Nice job with the delrin rims, how has the fibre reinforced plastic worked so far? Easy to tool? How about joining pieces?
Thanks I got more delrin today for the center caps. The trailer is made of c board not FRP and it works well it machines easier than delrin. Every thing has to be joined using mechanical fasteners glue is useless.

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