Trailer Trash

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Has Mikey bought another one?! :lol:
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Back in the early 80s now with my 18GTS towing my grass track motor.

The trailer was Harvey Frost twin axle with a manual winch. Also when I got it, it was on 24v bulbs. Had to change over to 12v, but apart from that it was a good trailer. IIRC it cost me £100 to purchase from the garage I was working at.

On one occasion the tail started wagging the dog and it was brown trouser time. I did keep it together and when stopped, I moved the car forward on the trailer and we were off again.
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Got to say car transport trailers have got much lighter over the years.
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Yeah mine weighs a ton. Literally. I'm thinking of selling it and buying something newer.
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Scruffy Bodger wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 3:36 pm Has Mikey bought another one?! :lol:

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Haha no, it was the diesel auto I've had for several years. I got it off sixcylinder as a spares car but did it up and ran it for a while as it didn't need much doing really but then it ended up stood for a few years. It refused to start, back axle seized and it needed welding again. Now I'm having a few storage issues and something had to give. Shame really, I didn't want to do this but I've stripped all useful bits off it for the other two we own. One of which is a keeper, the other may or may not stay.
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A shame but you can't save them all!
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You wouldn't happen to have a decent glass sunroof frame for a zx would you? Mine has gone rusty underneath the glass at the front
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dean36014 wrote: Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:20 pm You wouldn't happen to have a decent glass sunroof frame for a zx would you? Mine has gone rusty underneath the glass at the front
No sorry
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Today I had a look over the trailer. I knew there were a few bits of rot on the bed that weren't structural so seeing that didn't bother me
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On closer inspection though I noticed this cracked collar on the suspension unit. Fresh too, the crack wasn't rusty. The rubber doesn't look too good either.
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Best change the indespension unit then, don't want to end up on the Crash Bang Wallop thread. If one has gone though, I'm sure the other three aren't far behind!
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What the fuck do I do with this
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