matt.c
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| posted on 24/10/09 at 07:24 PM |
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OT: Trailer help
I have bought one of these small tipping trailers but when it is tilted fully it doesnt have any type of locking devise to keep it up. Have looked and
have found the props for the rear of the trailers but nothing to hold the front up.  Any idea's guys and girls?
 
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dinosaurjuice
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| posted on 24/10/09 at 07:30 PM |
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a stick
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designer
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| posted on 24/10/09 at 07:31 PM |
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The weight of the contents is supposed to do it.
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RichardK
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| posted on 24/10/09 at 07:44 PM |
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Wonder if something like a small bottle jack could be modified in some way to jack up the back.
Seems strange that it doesn't have some method of tilting though as standard.
Cheers
Rich
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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jacko
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| posted on 24/10/09 at 07:53 PM |
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How about a post with a winch on the top welded to the towing part of the trailer then the cable attached to the body
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matt.c
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| posted on 24/10/09 at 08:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dinosaurjuice
a stick
Urm. Its going to have a kart mounted on it! 
Needs to hold the trailer up but i need to be able to control it dropping back down.
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 24/10/09 at 08:59 PM |
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Some kind of big ram like on engine cranes - got a similar thing here fitted to a lifting arm on a pivot - imagine the kind of thing they use for
lowering invalids into swimming pools, has remote jack with long length of hydraulic pipe so could be controlled from behind trailer etc
Bought it with the intention of fastening on to trailer draw bar to load engines in when there's no engine crane about but like many great
projects it is still sitting there.
Doesn't stand us at lots of cash but heavy to post and we are in Cumbria but could produce a substantial solution to your problem, I'd
send pics but it is blowing a gale out there tonight
atb
Mike
Edited to add- there are pics of it somewhere in the archives linked below if anyone is curious
[Edited on 24/10/09 by trextr7monkey]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14016102@N00/ (cut and paste this dodgey link)
Our most recent pics are here:
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/trextr7monkey/
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miikae
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| posted on 24/10/09 at 09:11 PM |
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How about a caravan type jockey wheel jack fitted to the trailer top bar, wheel removed and the y joke pinned to the draw bar, you could then wind the
trailer up and when done wind it down to lock it.
Just one of my KISS thoughts 
Mike
[Edited on 24-10-2009 by miikae]
If it can be done it i will be done .
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austin man
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| posted on 24/10/09 at 09:29 PM |
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just use the red arrow seems to be doing a good job LOL.
Mount a bottle jack or a scissor jack to the frame and body
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 08:03 AM |
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Are you just planning on tipping your kart off or are you trying to tilt it enough to drive it on 
Personally, I would avoid using the tilty function on that type of trailer. The pin not going back in properly or being forgotten altogether would be
too big a risk for me. Just get someone to give you a hand to lift the kart on and off without tilting
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Danozeman
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 09:33 AM |
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If you can tip it yourself id put one of the props for the rear on the front.
Or one of these
The you can tilt it with that thus saving your back!
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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owelly
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 09:38 PM |
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For a cheaper version of those 'Side Winder' jacks, go to an autojumble as most old cars used them as the standard change-a-wheel jack!
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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jacko
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| posted on 25/10/09 at 10:11 PM |
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Scissor jack just in front of the pivot point with a long Handel to the front
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