Man, those old Reos. My father-in-law who is 92 helped build a "school bus" out of an old Reo Speed Wagon in about 1925 or so... Long, long time past huh? Cy, the Ancient Okie...
-----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 7:13 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Building a trailer Well Cy, you won't get much fight out of me on this one. As I indicated, it's been a long time. One of the frames we used was a Reo. Hope that gives you an idea. The IH whad been in a fire. I don't know where the Studebaker came from, but since we had a '52' Studebaker ton and a half, it had probably been picked up for parts. I think the frame we used in Voc Ag was a Ford. It worked out really well as we used the original yard and a half dump body. The dump was activated by turning a shaft mounted just in front of the body with a crank that had to be 2 ft. long. I wonder why we didn't need to get out and exercise so much back then? Joe At 10:36 PM 8/2/06, you wrote: >Fellas, I am sorry but I disagree with this. >It is the distance from the rear whells of the towing vehicle to the >hitch and the distance from the hitch on the trailer to the wheels that >is important, not the distance between the front and rear wheels of the >towing vehicle. >If the trailer has a very long tongue and the towing behicle has a >short distance from the center of the rear wheels to the hitch then the >trailer will do exactly what you have said, it will not "follow" the >vehicle around corners. >Cy, the Ancient oKie.. > >-----Original Message----- >From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Joe >Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:09 PM >To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Building a trailer > >That's the rule of thumb. But obviously if the wheelbase is 8 feet, >and the vehicle overhang is 4 feet, something is going to give, and >I'll bet it is the rule of thumb. > >If the distance is twice the trailer will turn on a different radius >then the tow vehicle. This may mean the trailor comes much closer to >the curb then the tow vehicle when rounding a corner. (Sometimes >resulting in real surprises for pedestrians.) 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