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MM Comfort Tractor Minneapolis Moline actually offered a similar concept from the factory as their UDLX "Comfort Tractor". It was not a success.

Great build??? this body style was one of gm's best looking.

Sweet! Reall nice build???

Great builds on the entire collection and the race track background???

Great concept, even better execution! ???

Thanks Dan!

This trailer could easily be made from the current AMT lowboy kit by removing the third axle and adding the folding outrigger brackets. sub 1/32 scale spoked wheels to replicate those shown on this rig

I think that it would be a fitting tribute as well!

Now there's something you don't see every day! Very Nice Work

Another great build, Thanks for sharing!

The powder blue photo is identical to our family's 66. With a big block and trailer towing package it hauled our big camping trailer with ease and also surprised many a teenager at stoplights. We next had a '71 CS set up the same. After that the old man had to resort to pick ups for towing the trailer as horsepower had dissapeared in the energy crisis. Put me down for one then get to mastering the '71! ?

Just received another order from Danny. Wheels, tires, Meng F-350 dually conversion, and more trailer hitches (both receiver and 5th wheel hitches). All parts are top notch and the service is outstanding! Great guy to deal with!

Nice clean build, thanks for sharing!

Loooong & Loooow....Love it! ???

That is one big beautiful green beast!

...ahh the things we must do in the intrest of authenticity?

Looks like fun to me!!!

See this thread for how I made torsion axles for an enclosed race trailer. There is a drawing of a torsion axle down the thread a ways. They are much simpler to model than leaf springs and multiple avles are no problem! http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/117706-ford-f-350-dually-wscratch-built-race-trailer/

Sharp build JC!

Common trailer axle capacities are: 3500 lbs - 5 bolt 15" wheels, 5200 lbs - 6 bolt 15" wheels, 6000 lbs - 6 bolt 16" wheels or 7200 lbs - 8 bolt 16" wheels. Even with the recommended 10-15% tongue weight, the car being carried and the trailer itself would need to be very light to be safely carried by a single axle. This leaves no load margin in hot weather/high speeds where tires usually fail due to heat buildup in the carcass of the tire. (Seen any single axle trailers stranded on the highway in the summer?) ? Also, a pair of automotive tires and wheels typically used on homebuilt trailers don't even come close to the capacities listed above. In the 50s and 60s homebuilt trailers were very common. For engineering and liability concerns, not so much now days. As modelers, we can get away with anything ? However, I have seen many examples in the real world where "if it fits I can haul it" has lead to spectacular failures. Tongue weight is critical to handling. That is why boat trailer axles are located further aft ( engine weight is at the rear). I once witnessed a really nice 69 Nova leave the drag strip loaded about 2 feet further aft than it should have been on a tandem avle trailer behind a 1 ton dually. When the rig hit 55 the trailer started to sway so bad that it went sideways down both shoulders before the driver was able to get it stopped. Thankfully no damage except to the driver's shorts!

Incredible work Charles!

Super clean build, thanks for sharing!

Now that's different! Very creative mash-up?

Very nice build sir! ??

Great idea and equally great build!???