Tamiya support legs fitted to a carson low loader
 

I saw on German EBay via the RCtrucking site, a Carson low loader fitted with a set of Tamiya motorised Support legs and decided to have a go at fitting a set to my Carson low loader trailer and here is the result, as you can see I had to move the king pin forwards to clear the motor of the support legs and shorten the rubbing plate and cut the frame rail nearest the legs motor. but it does not take any strength away from the trailer because most of the weight is supported by the sides of the trailer, the mounting brackets were made from a portion of a redundant Tamiya pole trailers frames and have been notched to get the legs as far back as possible and they are supporting part of the frame and not relying solely on the screws that hold the deck down to support the weight of the trailer, also they have been bolted thought the deck to hold them in place.

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Re: Tamiya support legs fitted to a carson low loader
 

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Thanks Tc
update
I decided to move the support leg's operating switch from the support leg location to the frame of the trailer; I also decided to add 5mm to the bottom of the legs because on a solid floor as opposed to carpet the Scania's fifth wheel was too high to go under the trailer properly
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Re: Tamiya support legs fitted to a carson low loader
 

what did you do with the old landing gear?i am looking for a set
nice job!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Tamiya support legs fitted to a carson low loader
 

the old legs are in the spares box

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if you want to sell them let me know
i know this isnt the proper place to post this but i just thought i would ask

Re: Tamiya support legs fitted to a carson low loader
 

Spudd you have a PM

Re: Tamiya support legs fitted to a carson low loader
 

very nice conversion!

Re: Tamiya support legs fitted to a carson low loader
 

Nice work. Having the electric legs on two trailers, I know how great an upgrade this is for your low loader.

Re: Tamiya support legs fitted to a carson low loader
 

thanks for your kind words

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there arent any pics....

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that is because Photo-bucket upgraded their site and destroyed the links

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here are some pictures

picture links destroyed by photobucket due to thier new pollicy

Re: Tamiya support legs fitted to a carson low loader
 

Thx for posting up the pics, very good bud, nice job