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PostPosted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 6:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If I lived in Florida I wouldn't want a trailer. The number of toll roads that have sprung up there in the last couple of years is crazy. When I drove across last I didn't notice if they charged you extra for a trailer; most do. Last time I drove to RI with a trailer I think I dropped like $40 in tolls. Probable shouldn't have gone through Boston.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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If I lived in Florida I wouldn't want a trailer. The number of toll roads that have sprung up there in the last couple of years is crazy. When I drove across last I didn't notice if they charged you extra for a trailer; most do. Last time I drove to RI with a trailer I think I dropped like $40 in tolls. Probable shouldn't have gone through Boston.



Us'en Mericans hate dem unfar gasoline taxes, what cost us 2 cents per mile. Dem tolls hast to be better as we'uns only hast to pay em to use certain roads.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 9:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a solution to get all that weight completely off the bus and yet still in the exact same place. It's called a swivel wheel and you have it under the load and have the frame attach at two points to the frame of the bus so it can move up and down. It's the same as towing a single wheel trailer except you would be pushing it. Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Working on it.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adjusters should bring it up some,hope it don't overload the torsion bars.air springs might help.I admire your spirit.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 5:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks. I'm also re-doing the cage. I'm amazed about how much lift I got after moving the spare tire and the fire extinguishers.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

don't you want to run a bead down the vertical sides of those adjustersl, not just the top and bottom?? I have never installed that style of adjuster before but it seems like you don't want to leave to load to be handled only by one weld in tension and the other in compression, when you can distribute the total load to the sides in shear as well.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I only have two ideas: Install beam adjusters, or...


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I was wondering where you went.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I live in West Palm Beach and my brothers shop is up in Tampa Bay so is a very slow process.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would be careful to monitor the springs to see if they are going to sag and break some day. If you lift them off the bump stops, they will have room to come down even more because of the weight on the nose. Right now they can't bend because the bump stops are holding them. Surprised
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

inhabor wrote:
Thanks. I'm also re-doing the cage. I'm amazed about how much lift I got after moving the spare tire and the fire extinguishers.

Chalk up another win for SCIENCE! Razz
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jtauxe wrote:
Chalk up another win for SCIENCE! Razz


Science had nothing to do with it, he simply moved the ballast closer to the fulcrum Very Happy
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Greg in GA wrote:
jtauxe wrote:
Chalk up another win for SCIENCE! Razz


Science had nothing to do with it, he simply moved the ballast closer to the fulcrum Very Happy


Mm, physics is one of the sciences, so I think we're all winners. Plus, the people who are driving around that bus will benefit too, in an emergency maneuver! Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 12:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Heavy bus Reply with quote

sorry, it's difficult to convey sarcasm using a keyboard.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 12:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

asiab3 wrote:
emergency maneuver! Smile



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 8:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Heavy bus Reply with quote

Generator moved to the back of the bus
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Heavy bus Reply with quote

That is a nice generator holder.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Heavy bus Reply with quote

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Nice job. You have some serious welding/fabrication skills!
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