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Re: Aluminum Trailers

To: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
Subject: Re: Aluminum Trailers
From: drmayf <drmayf@mayfco.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:32:31 -0700
Since it is a brand new offering from Pace, I doubt that many have been 
sold yet. I haven't seen one. But I bet it is nice to pull!

mayf
Albaugh, Neil wrote:

>Mayf;
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>There are a few but they aren't all that common.
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>Regards, Neil    Tucson, AZ
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: drmayf [mailto:drmayf@mayfco.com] 
>Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 11:56 AM
>To: Albaugh, Neil
>Cc: Bobbyhotrods@comcast.net; Landspeed
>Subject: Re: Aluminum Trailers
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>Don't knoiw about that. Was at the trailer place grand opening with my 
>trailer and chatting with Pace American folk: they now have a completely
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>aluminum enclosed trailer, including frame.   (ala Featherlite)
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>mayf
>Albaugh, Neil wrote:
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>>BJ;
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>>I suspect that there are two main reasons that aluminum isn't commonly
>>used for car trailer construction-- higher cost and potential fatigue
>>problems.
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>>Regards, Neil    Tucson, AZ
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>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
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>>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
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>fabricating
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>>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
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>in
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>>the end (and probably not worth the effort). I'm not sure why
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>commercial
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>>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
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>and
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>>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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