Don't knoiw about that. Was at the trailer place grand opening with my
trailer and chatting with Pace American folk: they now have a completely
aluminum enclosed trailer, including frame. (ala Featherlite)
mayf
Albaugh, Neil wrote:
>BJ;
>
>I suspect that there are two main reasons that aluminum isn't commonly
>used for car trailer construction-- higher cost and potential fatigue
>problems.
>
>Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
>[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
>Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
>Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:02 AM
>To: Landspeed
>Subject: Aluminum Trailers
>
>KT, like yourself, I was enamored by the idea of building a neat little
>aluminum car trailer. I was dissuaded from doing so by savvy fabricating
>guys that I see daily in my business. I can make a long list of reasons
>thay cited. In the end I made my deal out of 1/8" square/ rectangular
>steel tubing (sealed). It's strong and light, and yeah, a big project in
>the end (and probably not worth the effort). I'm not sure why commercial
>steel car trailers use heavy angle and channel and produce an assembly
>that's so heavy, maybe because it avoids stress issues at key points and
>the heat effects of welding. My 2 cents...BJ in the Bean, where it's
>still raining after 8 days or so
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