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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! :D

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Great looking trailers Travis. Nice design.

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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.

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

Thanks Scott I just wanted to try some thing different and the plastic is easy to work with.

Thanks everybody for looking.

Travis

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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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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.

Travis

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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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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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That would be 100 rims to fit 200 tires and hay I can wish can't I?

Travis

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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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henry after a 100 , I got to clean out my lathe :eek: 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???

Lynn

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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! :eek::eek:

Lynn

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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...:D

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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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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.

Travis

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Travis

Great looking trailer this is a must have for me down the road if you do sell any of them let me know..

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I set up my account with the plastic supplier today and ordered more stock including styrene so I guess I will put the trucks on hold for a while to get the lowboys up and running.

Travis

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travis i want one too if they go into production:D

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Travis - I told you they'd like em' .......

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Thanks for the complements guys I hope to have a working neck done this weekend.

Travis

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Well you might as well put my name on the list!:D

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Travis what does the goose neck going to look like? What I am thinking is put 3 of those beams close together and do away with the outer ones you have now then with a quad axle and if it will hold 70 or 80 lbs and is long enough in the center to carry my excavator I'd take one. That way I'd have a beam trailer just drop the goose neck drive the excavator on top of the beams block it up chain it down and when I pick the trailer up with the goose neck I will be off. Let me know wat you think. Ed

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Ed I am going to see how these are going to work before I decide to try and make one for someone else.

I made a little progress today and made the necks for the trailers and one is almost functional. Here are some pics.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/s...y/100_0533.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/s...y/100_0534.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/s...y/100_0535.jpg

Thanks for looking

Travis

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Looks good as always. Need a video next;);)

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looks good

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Travis,

looks awesome and do you have a potential waiting list my guess the next number in line is?:p

Merritt

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Nice work Travis! Looks really good!!!:D

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Thanks Lynn and here is your video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odL-rd15--U

Thanks Henry.

Thanks Merit the list is starting to get fairly long but my problem is what is one worth with a working neck.

Thanks trucker how is the daycab comming along.

Thanks for looking.

Travis

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looking good.

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travis how much do you think the powered lift neck will lift:D

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Thanks I appreciate the compliments.

It will lift more than the trailer will hold.:D

Travis

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ok good i want one

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dat der lowboy is looking really good!

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Thanks Paul it is takeing a lot longer to make than I thought it would.

Thanks Rob this is what I wanted when I built my first one.


Travis