team-thicko
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: project cars

To: RBHouston@aol.com
Subject: Re: project cars
From: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 16:08:42 -0500
Here's an idea...how about taking 2 trips?


RBHouston@aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 10/4/2004 1:33:24 PM Mountain Daylight Time,  
>Willy@thompsoncarpentry.com writes:
>
>14'  trailers with Electric
>brakes, one is enclosed, and one is a dumping  trailer. Im thinking about
>having a welding buddy of mine make something on  the dumping trailer so
>they can be stacked. And I can pull them home in one  trip. I just talked
>to the trailer manufacturer and he said that the sides  would indeed hold
>the weight of a Spridget no problems.
>
>My only real  problem is getting the cap UP there :-)
>
>Has any one of you all ever  attempted this? Stacking 2 spridgets?
>
>Any one have any other Brilliant  ideas?
>
>
>
>
>.
> 
>I'm glad you asked that question, being brilliant and all..at least I've  
>never lost my balls in a carburetor...yet.
> 
>How about you go a few hours early, strip the 71 and stack the parts in the  
>dump trailer around the bugeye, then slide the tub of the 71 on the back of 
>the  trailer.  The Frogeye should only be about 9 feet something long, less if 
> 
>you pull the bonnet, and the tub may stick out a foot or two off the rear, but 
> chain everything up nicely and come on home.  You are pulling it with a  
>pick up, no?  The bonnets, and 71 front clip can go in the PU bed.
> 
>Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, take a bunch of old carpet scraps for padding  and 
>put them in the trailer on their sides.  I'd pull the wheels and  engines and 
>trans first, but they should fit this way.
> 
>Take lots of straps, ropes, chains and come alongs, and some bribery money  
>for help in loading.
> 
> 
>Robert Houston
>Texan in New Mexico
>
>
>I don't feel  we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There 
>were great  numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were 
>selfishly trying to  keep it for themselves._ John  Wayne_ 
>(http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/johnwayne104005.html) 

///  unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net  or try
///  http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo
///  Archives at http://www.team.net/archive/team-thicko


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>