[Shop-talk] Fw: Trailer storage idea

[eric at megageek.com]

Jeff, thanks for the reply.  I do have one of the wheeled dollies.  The 
problem is with a dual axle trailer, (and mine is pretty heavy) there is 
no hope at all to turn it by hand.  I use a hitch ball mounted on the end 
of the forklift tine to push the trailer in place.

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Eric P
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From:   Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>
To:     eric at megageek.com
Cc:     "shop-talk at autox.team.net" <Shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Date:   10/20/2016 06:45 PM
Subject:        Re: [Shop-talk] Trailer storage idea



Eric,

I don't know the details of how the trailer is maneuvered with the
forklift, but we had a "walker" for our travel trailer to fit it into
a tight storage spot.  I can't find a picture, but it was like two
upside-down soup bowls connected on the top (bottom of the "bowl") by
square tubing.  In the middle of the square tubing was a hitch ball.
A long pole fit in one end of the tubing.  By manipulating the pole,
you could walk the two bowl "feet" and maneuver the trailer.

And then there's the two-wheel gadgets, like this:
http://www.etrailer.com/Hitch-Accessories/MaxxTow/MT70225.html

Still need to go to all that trouble?  Can you stick one corner where
it will end up, put a jack stand under it, and use a jack on the other
end to swing it in place?

Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.


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