BJ;
I suspect that there are two main reasons that aluminum isn't commonly
used for car trailer construction-- higher cost and potential fatigue
problems.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:02 AM
To: Landspeed
Subject: Aluminum Trailers
KT, like yourself, I was enamored by the idea of building a neat little
aluminum car trailer. I was dissuaded from doing so by savvy fabricating
guys that I see daily in my business. I can make a long list of reasons
thay cited. In the end I made my deal out of 1/8" square/ rectangular
steel tubing (sealed). It's strong and light, and yeah, a big project in
the end (and probably not worth the effort). I'm not sure why commercial
steel car trailers use heavy angle and channel and produce an assembly
that's so heavy, maybe because it avoids stress issues at key points and
the heat effects of welding. My 2 cents...BJ in the Bean, where it's
still raining after 8 days or so
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