It's called a beavertail, Dick ;-) And by the way, DON'T use
the jack to jack up the rear of your truck any more than you
have to. Why? OK Confession is good for the soul.... A few
years ago, I used to have a road racer that was pretty low. It
would high center when I drove it up the ramp door, with no
other means of narrowing the angle. So..... I would use the
trailer jack to raise the front of the trailer & make a nice
smooth angle into the trailer. 'Course this raised the truck
rear end up quite high also. Well, wasn't long before I
started blowing rear shocks (oil leaks). Since I had lifetime
shocks, the only inconvenience was changing them several times
a year. For two years I asked Everybody why this was occurring
- I just thought I was just overloading the truck/trailer.
Finally, a GM engineer friend thought to ask the right
question: Do you jack up the rear of the truck when you load
the car? Yes. Then that is your problem. Seems that shocks are
designed to be bottomed out without damage, BUT, they are not
designed to be extended repeatedly past their working limit of
extension. So, I was blowing the seals! I haven't done that in
3 years, and I haven't lost a shock yet. (I put an extension
on the ramp door)
Ed
---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 16:56:42 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: New Members
>To: James Tone <gmc6power@earthlink.net>, Keith Turk
<kturk@ala.net>, land-speed@autox.team.net
>
>Maybe I'm using the wrong terminology here. What I have is
where the back four feet of the trailer are angled down
towards the ground. The rear edge of the trailer is about ten
inches lower than the level part of the floor. I could
probably load my camaro on there without even using ramps - -
just jack the tongue up in the air until the back of the
trailer hits the ground - - but it does have ramps too.
>Dick J
> James Tone wrote:Dove-tail trailers are definately not for
low cars
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dick J"
>To: "Keith Turk" ;
>Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:09 AM
>Subject: Re: New Members
>
>
>> Right on Keith! List members have helped me pick out a new
welder, wire a
>three-way light switch in my dining room, and select a route
and motels for
>my summer vacation. With the help of the list members, I
bought a new
>trailer yesterday. Now the problem is, the damn trailer looks
so good it's
>gonna make the racecar look like junk! he hee heee The
trailer? Eighteen
>foot, red with white striping, tandem axle, electric brakes,
extra lights,
>steel diamond plate bed, foldup jack, fancy powder coated
wheels, extended
>dove-tail for loading "low" cars. All kinda good stuff.
>> Dick J in East Texas
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