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New car trailer
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| Towmaster |
09-04-2016 05:43 AM |
New car trailer
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Just thought I would post some pics of a new (used) car trailer I bought in Darwin & drove back to the Sunny Coast over the weekend..... At 36 foot it's not short....
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| Towmaster |
09-04-2016 05:46 AM |
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At the three ways road house where you turn off to head east.....
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| leroy17 |
09-04-2016 12:50 PM |
Great size and I am sure will get to good use.
Enough room for car, parts, tools, bed, kitchenette, lounge and a stripper pole.
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| deano59 |
09-04-2016 05:15 PM |
thats awesome what kind of fuel mileage did you get towing it ? i used my new one for the first time last week had a friends race car in it and it towed like a dream sat on 110 ks up hill and down dale lol hardly and strain on the ranger at all.
kinda wished i had made it a 5 th wheeler now lol .do you have any inside pics ?
cheers dean
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I think you are compensating for a lack of size somewhere else.
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| spookypt |
09-04-2016 07:02 PM |
U think?
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| damage |
09-05-2016 12:03 AM |
Looks like its an MRT goose neck, do your self a favor and check all the bracing from the goose neck back to the trailer.
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| Towmaster |
09-05-2016 06:05 AM |
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Originally Posted by damage
(Post 1402485)
Looks like its an MRT goose neck, do your self a favor and check all the bracing from the goose neck back to the trailer.
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Yes it's a March 2001 MRT. It's bare inside so plenty to work with. It's got angled reinforcing from where the bed is to the floor about 600 back.
Did you have trouble with one? |
| Towmaster |
09-05-2016 06:08 AM |
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Originally Posted by deano59
(Post 1402462)
thats awesome what kind of fuel mileage did you get towing it ? i used my new one for the first time last week had a friends race car in it and it towed like a dream sat on 110 ks up hill and down dale lol hardly and strain on the ranger at all.
kinda wished i had made it a 5 th wheeler now lol .do you have any inside pics ?
cheers dean
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Dean I got about 25/100k with the petrol V8 F350 that came with the trailer... I'm selling it and gunna use my diesel F250 to tow it. My 6cyl gets 12/100k empty and 17/100k towing the other enclosed trailer. |
| damage |
09-05-2016 06:29 AM |
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Originally Posted by Towmaster
(Post 1402522)
Yes it's a March 2001 MRT. It's bare inside so plenty to work with. It's got angled reinforcing from where the bed is to the floor about 600 back.
Did you have trouble with one?
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Yes mine started flexing right at the front wall and we had to get all the bracing replaced, when they made the trailer all the bracing was all thin wall so it just started tearing apart. Last thing you want with all your good toys inside. The fix was cheap in comparison to letting it fall apart.
Mine was same sort of vintage so would pay you to check. |
| deano59 |
09-05-2016 05:27 PM |
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Originally Posted by Towmaster
(Post 1402523)
Dean I got about 25/100k with the petrol V8 F350 that came with the trailer... I'm selling it and gunna use my diesel F250 to tow it. My 6cyl gets 12/100k empty and 17/100k towing the other enclosed trailer.
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i would be swapping to the diesel as well lol i averaged 16 lt /100 with the ranger while towing .
but i reckon i can improve that as i was pretty hard on the throttle up the hills while still hitting 110 ks i reckon if i sat on a 100 ks the fuel usage would drop a fair bit .. this is the first diesel ive owned but gee these things have some pull so i can only imagine how good the f 250 would be like . |
| spookypt |
09-05-2016 05:38 PM |
Towing my loaded trailer at 4.5 tonne with my 3 1/2 tonne 7.3 over 600ks gets me 21L to the 100 with the boot in it!
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| boxhead |
09-05-2016 06:50 PM |
Ash, bring the SuperCar to RedCentre nats, cruise the streets in your race car.
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| Towmaster |
09-06-2016 01:29 AM |
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Originally Posted by boxhead
(Post 1402598)
Ash, bring the SuperCar to RedCentre nats, cruise the streets in your race car.
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Yes that would be awesome. Are you allowed out to the unrestricted zone on that permit? Max speed run yyeeeehhhaaaaaaaa!!!
Let's plan for next year... Will need thermos to if cruising. |
| Towmaster |
09-06-2016 01:42 AM |
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Did it have this bracing on the inside?
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| dave295 |
09-06-2016 02:40 AM |
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Originally Posted by Towmaster
(Post 1402620)
Yes that would be awesome. Are you allowed out to the unrestricted zone on that permit? Max speed run yyeeeehhhaaaaaaaa!!!
Let's plan for next year... Will need thermos to if cruising.
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Bubble bursting time.
We just had an election in the NT for our equivalent of a state government.
The side that was in is now out and the side that was out is now in.
The side that was out, but is now in, announced today that unrestricted speed limits on parts of the track between Darwin and the Alice will be removed.
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| damage |
09-06-2016 05:48 AM |
Yes I had that bracing, it wasn't the problem. Can you take a pic under the front.
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| boxhead |
09-06-2016 04:41 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Towmaster
(Post 1402620)
Yes that would be awesome. Are you allowed out to the unrestricted zone on that permit? Max speed run yyeeeehhhaaaaaaaa!!!
Let's plan for next year... Will need thermos to if cruising.
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It will depend what permit they give you, but I would say no.
Plus the open limit will be gone before next year, all thanks to our new Labor Gov.
No deaths related to speed, but they still say it needs to go. |
| boxhead |
09-06-2016 04:46 PM |
They will want you under 115dB
Working lights (mostly working) a horn
seat belt (race harness is fine)
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What? No side pipes Ash? **)
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Originally Posted by Towmaster
(Post 1402403)
Just thought I would post some pics of a new (used) car trailer I bought in Darwin & drove back to the Sunny Coast over the weekend..... At 36 foot it's not short....
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