mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 08:10 AM |
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HOLY BEETLE BAILEY
Home made caravan linky
The idea is nice for making a covered car transporter
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balidey
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 08:31 AM |
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Love it.
I really like teardrop trailers and this is along the same sort of lines. And the hitch on the roof actually does make lots of sense.
Dutch bears have terrible skin due to their clogged paws
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clairetoo
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 08:34 AM |
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Thats really neat - I almost want one 
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 09:30 AM |
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You could take a standard teardrop trailer and bring the towing hitch up to the top of a roll cage, or roof.
How many people struggle to reverse a trailer? I have off days (actually, i have more off than on when reversing trailers). A 360 degree push / pull
system would be soo much of an advantage.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 10:24 AM |
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Good idea and decent styling. However it would never work here because there WILL be some thick t**t that thinks (sic) it's a good idea to go
down the motorway with the caravan at the front
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adithorp
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 10:52 AM |
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Cool... but if in an emergency you had to brake and swerve, wouldn't it try to roll the car?
Makeverything... My Grandad, who toured the world with his caravan, always had a tow-ball mounted on the front of his LandRovers and RangeRovers. He
rarely needed it but it did make manouvering in aukward spaces easier. It was mounted to the passenger side bumper mounts which meant he could see
down the side of the caravan.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 04:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
Cool... but if in an emergency you had to brake and swerve, wouldn't it try to roll the car?
Makeverything... My Grandad, who toured the world with his caravan, always had a tow-ball mounted on the front of his LandRovers and RangeRovers. He
rarely needed it but it did make manouvering in aukward spaces easier. It was mounted to the passenger side bumper mounts which meant he could see
down the side of the caravan.
Still quite common with the fishing boat and powerboat boys
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SPYDER
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| posted on 31/7/10 at 06:25 PM |
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This is similar to the French "Clip-Car" design from twenty years ago. I nearly bought one but they were expensive at the time and you
also had to have a bespoke roof bar made, unless they listed one for your particular car.
It differed in one major respect. The "Clip-Car" utilised the standard towbar as well as the one on the roof. The majority of all towing
and braking forces went through the standard bar but the turning pivot was on the roof. The lower hitch had a degree of sideways motion available.
I was still dubious about it though.
There was even a Twin Axle variant.
I dont know if they are still in production.
Geoff.
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adithorp
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| posted on 1/8/10 at 07:42 AM |
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Does coupling the trailer like that reduce snaking I wonder?
adrian
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 1/8/10 at 09:37 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
Does coupling the trailer like that reduce snaking I wonder?
adrian
I can see it reducing the potentially disastrous effect on the car
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