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09-02-2006, 06:35 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Suffolk
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Well, I asked for it so here goes. I've built myself a trailer to haul my tuber around behind my Hilux. The question posed is this, should I finish the dovetail section like the upper deck, or should I leave it open in the center, and add ramp storage in the hole left. I've seen both ways on full scale trailers, but I just can't make up my mind. It isn't finished yet, so please don't be too critical at this point, when it's done I'll put on my fire suit and prepare for the worst. Thanks in advance  [/IMG]
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09-02-2006, 06:44 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: USA
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I'd go ahead and finish the dovetail. looks real good.
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09-02-2006, 06:47 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: Aroostook county
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X2, that looks sweet!  |
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09-02-2006, 06:54 PM
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guess I should clarify what I meant.I plan to finish it, just need ideas on how. Should I make it solid like the deck, or should I leave a hole in the center of the dovetail to slide the ramps into? If I build it with the ramp slot I will have to figure out a way to secure them while they are not being used, no biggie, just more work...
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09-02-2006, 07:09 PM
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I'd just finish it solid like the deck. Looks nice so far.
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09-02-2006, 08:10 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Suffolk
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Well, the decking is finished, and it's solid all the way. I added a couple D rings for tie downs and dug up an old set of sedan wheels. Tell me what you all think.  [/IMG] [/IMG]
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09-02-2006, 10:14 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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Looks real good, but you mean beavertail, not dovetail  Around here we take any kind of tail we can get. |
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09-02-2006, 10:30 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Suffolk
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Beaver tail makes more sense, but I've always heard Dovetail? Never seen beaver tail in any heavy equipment traders, but it may be a regional thing. I'm with you though, any tails' fine with me
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09-02-2006, 10:59 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: One Legend.
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that thing is sweet! Nice job... And it's beaver tail here in Illinois, too... |
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09-02-2006, 11:06 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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We called them *** draggers in Cali! |
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09-03-2006, 03:00 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Fremont/Newark, California
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09-03-2006, 07:21 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: VICE PRESIDENT of clodtalk
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cool trailor, i can't believe nobody bought that beast of a car. two bb's in the back of a chevy nomad is just cool..... btw, my wife would like the boots in the background...lol.
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09-03-2006, 03:05 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Suffolk
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Fortunatly, the boots in the background are not mine, or they'd be up for sale too. Da*n things are always in the way! Thanks for the compliments too. I ran a search on ebay just for grins, got three responses for beavertail trailer and 42 for dovetail, but I still say beavertail makes more sense.
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09-06-2006, 02:35 AM
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| Nope..   Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Whiteland, Indiana
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The trailer looks REALLY good. Loadmaster called ours a 38' foot with a 4' dovetail. I thought beavertails were the things you ate at the fair....
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