[Shop-talk] New trailer decision (Need input)

Mike S phoenix722 at comcast.net
Fri Aug 31 16:56:19 MDT 2018


Good idea.  You might consider doing this with slightly oversize holes 
and carriage bolts/lock washers/wing nuts so they wouldn't have to be 
permanent.

Mike

On 8/31/2018 7:56 AM, John T. Blair wrote:
> At 11:00 AM 8/30/2018, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
>
>
> >The flatbed seems the most practical if you can load a car and get 
> out the door,
> >and if your widest piece of equipment will still fit on it.
>
> Jeff wasn't the only one to make this comment.  But I haven't seen 
> anyone address it.
>
> We have run into this may times with the 50s & 60s vintage cars, like 
> the T-birds
> and some of the British sports cars, like my 65 Morgan 4/4. What we 
> did was put
> a couple of 4x6" boards screwed to the floor.  In some cases we had to 
> put 2
> layers of the 4x6" to get enough clearence.
>
> You can either place some long boards all the most of the way down the 
> length of the trailer, or you can put 2 sets of shorter block on each 
> side.
>
> John
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Avast logo <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> 	
>
> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
> www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus>
>
>
> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
>
> John T. Blair  WA4OHZ     email: jblair1948 at cox.net
> Va. Beach, Va Phone:  (757) 495-8229
>
>           48 TR1800    48 #4 Midget    65 Morgan 4/4 Series V (B1106)
>      75 Bricklin SV1 (#0887) 77 Spitfire    71 Saab Sonett III
> 65 Rambler Classic
>
> Morgan: www.team.net/morgan <http://www.team.net/morgan>
> Bricklin: www.bricklin.org <http://www.bricklin.org/>
>
> If you can read this - Thank a teacher!
> If you are reading it in English - Thank a Vet!!
>
> From Dennis Prager - The American Trilogy:
>      e pluribus Unum, "from many, one."
>      In God We Trust
>      Liberty - the  power  of choosing,  thinking,  and  acting  for
> oneself; freedom  from  control  or restriction
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Shop-talk at autox.team.net
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation  $12.96
> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk
>
> Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/phoenix722@comcast.net
>

-- 


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk/attachments/20180831/da97c873/attachment.html>


More information about the Shop-talk mailing list