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  1. 08-08-2013, 10:06 AM #1
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    Novel trailer idea for guys with low-slung race cars...

    Enjoy!

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  2. 08-08-2013, 11:16 AM #2
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    Pretty cool idea.......
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    What an idea...wonder how long they would last?

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  4. 08-08-2013, 03:08 PM #4
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    Great idea!
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  5. 08-08-2013, 08:24 PM #5
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    Novel idea

    the issues of an air leak, compressor fail, or the system to come 'unglued' at a moment on the highway, leave me thinking the story may not have all been written.......

    yet.

    But will be someday, somewhere, far from a shop or help in the form of o-ring replacement. Until then, the sky looks sunny and blue, and ease of loading and unloading a snap.
    I want to see one in the flesh. With a load. And about 50,000 miles of road testing on it.
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    I wonder if you could use the truck/train brake principle to provide a fail safe. Have springs that would support the weight of the car and keep the bed in the high position, only using the compressed air to lower it. No air = no lowering but no crash on the freeway.
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  7. 08-08-2013, 09:30 PM #7
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    there is a Mercedes truck that lower the bed to the ground , the old VW museum has one ,

    also people that move safes and other heavy things use a trailer where the axle swivels and the bed sits close to the ground,

    I saw some using the same thing for his Harley
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  8. 08-08-2013, 10:06 PM #8
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    We have had a sim design here for about 7 years
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  9. 08-10-2013, 11:44 AM #9
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    Neat idea, but it doesn't look like it has much of a frame.
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