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[clavender17]

Hi there im going to start making lowboy trailers for modelers and myself and was wanting to know if anyone would be intrested in one ? They are 98% styrene and the other 2% is balsa wood !! I will be posting pics of a NON detachable front end trailer i built today it takes me about 8 hours to turn out a trailer.... i can build a detachable trailer aswell but it is a little more complicated and a longer prosess .. any questions you have to ask you can pm me or text me at 573 776 0458

[txdieseldog]

Hey Chris, would you consider doing a step-by-step or presenting some plans for these lowboys? Maybe we could use your expertise to scratchbuild our own? I am interested, but, I believe my own labor rate is cheaper than yours.

[clavender17]

Lol I'm going to draw up some step by step plains on how to build one in the next few days

[txdieseldog]

Chris, that rocks. Thanks. Looking forward to seeing that.

[clavender17]

Here is the first trailer ! its not completely done  but here it is !!  007.jpg   150.77K   39 downloads

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[raildogg]

I've got a set of cad drawings I've made myself for a generic lowboy and have built one using parts from the AMT kit. The big issue for me is suspension and wheel, tire combinations. That's why I used the AMT kit with the electric transformers on the box top artwork. But I'm always interested in lowboys of all kinds.

Edited by raildogg, 27 January 2013 - 07:12 AM.

[clavender17]

thats my problem too ... i still have yet to figur suspension out !  other than that i can set a 10 lb weight on it and it wont break

[krazyglu]

That thing is wicked looking, I am working on a Pete that will need a trailer someday.  A detachable front end low boy sounds really cool.

[clavender17]

Just let me know when .