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Re: LBC trailer

To: "Larry Cogan" <woodrat@spacey.net>
Subject: Re: LBC trailer
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 16:56:41 -0500
Cc: "spridgets list" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
I had one built for me by a local welder about a year ago.  The cargo area
is 12' by 5', it has a single axle, no brakes, and has a manual winch.  I've
put about 15,000 miles on it, and it works beautifully!  I don't know the
weight, but it pulls very easily.  Total cost was $800.

Bob


>By now I have way too many lil cars, mostly Brit, and all at or less
>than 2000 lbs. (And many beyond my level of maintenance.)  I must have
>paid U Haul at least half the price of a trailer, by now.  Then there
>is the hassle of dealing with them, not to mention reserving one at a
>distant location and arriving on a tight schedule, to find no trailer
>available and they never heard of me.  You see where this is
>going......  I saw a purpose built LBC trailer, small and built of
>aluminum at a car meet.  Very cool, but the owner was loath to tell me
>how much it cost.  That means too much, I guess.  But what about a
>little steel one?  I visualize this with an electric "wench" up front,
>with a cargo box on the tongue.  Painted to match......  oh well.
>(More stuff in the back yard to terrorize the neighbors.)  Does this
>make sense?  Anyone got one just built for LBC's?  What does it weigh
>empty?  Are brakes necessary?  How cheap could this be?  (I already
>have the wench!)
>Larry

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