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DallanC Site Admin
Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3585 Location: Utah
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:37 pm Post subject: Redneck Trailer Fuel Saving idea |
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11429 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject: Re: Camping Fuel Saving idea |
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What?? You already did?
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DallanC Site Admin
Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3585 Location: Utah
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: Redneck Trailer Fuel Saving idea |
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Heh not me, but whoever it was is unforunately from my state.
-DallanC
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Duce Member
Joined: Mar 01, 2008 Posts: 124 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject: Re: Redneck Trailer Fuel Saving idea |
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Darn they got pictures of a Kentucky boy on vacation!
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OntheLasGallinas Super Member
Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Posts: 1042 Location: South Texas
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: Redneck Trailer Fuel Saving idea |
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It might work if you didn't have to go over 10 mph and didn't have to stop fast. Oh, yes, and, if your point of destination wasn't over a mile or two.
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Wicky Member
Joined: Apr 06, 2008 Posts: 76 Location: Alice Springs, Australia
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject: Re: Redneck Trailer Fuel Saving idea |
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And my spelling "crearly" - too much Bourbon at work!!
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PaulS Super Member
Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 4330 Location: South-Eastern Washington - the State
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject: Re: Redneck Trailer Fuel Saving idea |
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All he has to do to make it right is move a little weight behind the duals on that there trailer.
"If a woman can't find a man handsome, she should at least find him handy" quote from the Red Green show. The only thing missing is the duct tape (known in some places as duck or hamster tape)
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11429 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: Redneck Trailer Fuel Saving idea |
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If he gets too much weight behind the duels the trailer will wig-wag...
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PaulS Super Member
Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 4330 Location: South-Eastern Washington - the State
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:44 pm Post subject: Re: Redneck Trailer Fuel Saving idea |
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And that is worse than what he has now..........???
It makes me laugh to think that someone could be .....
could do something like that and believe it would work.
I am no engineer but I would have built a platform on the roof to hold that trailer BETWEEN the axles of that chevy. At least that way when it broke I could walk away clean.
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11429 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: Redneck Trailer Fuel Saving idea |
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No arguement here...Just saying.
_________________ I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...
DEMOCRACY Two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch...
LIBERTY A well armed sheep contesting the outcome of the vote... |
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15857 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: Redneck Trailer Fuel Saving idea |
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OH MY GOD !! I don't believe that setup. He had to have done it for a bet...surely. No man in his right mind would set up a towing hitch for a gooseneck on the tailgate of a 4WD.
That is a Ford Bronco isn't it? The earlier model Bronco doesn't have a real good name here in Oz. I know of one that literally broke in half on one of our outback roads in the Far North.
I gotta send a copy of these pics to a mate...he works in an area where they do legislation for tow hitches, goosenecks and fifth wheelers.
Cheers, Vince
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d_hoffman Super Member
Joined: Feb 13, 2007 Posts: 696 Location: Chillicothe, Ohio
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject: Re: Redneck Trailer Fuel Saving idea |
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No Vince, that's a Chevy S10 Blazer. Maybe he could try some overload springs. I think I would've tried using a 2 wheel car-hauler setup with the 5th wheel mount rigged up on it before trying something like that.
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11429 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:40 am Post subject: Re: Redneck Trailer Fuel Saving idea |
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Or maybe a HD pickup rigged for fith wheel...
_________________ I have one nerve left and yer standin' on it...
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