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Well I decided to start one of these. I'm planning on keeping it pretty stock other than the wheels and tires. I swapped out the kit parts for a set of super single wheels. I got the box together this morning, now to add all the little details.

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I like it, looks like a REAL trailer. Nice touch with the wheel hubs

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Thanks! It actually needs brake lights as well, I haven't put any lights on it yet. I have to do that, glad hands, air hoses for the brakes, and a few more decals. I might add side skirts too, haven't decided yet.

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Yep...It looks great with those supers on it....Amazing how well these things go together.....I'll finish mine as soon as I get back, tonight.....Great job...I'm about to order another one of these things....What a great model....

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Kj,

Explain the skirts thing to me. Is this required in all states now? In Canada we don't have anything like this unless the trailer is going to CA.

I heard it was for fuel economy in CA?

Ken :unsure:

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Yeah, the skirts are supposed to help with fuel mileage. California became the first state to make it a law that all 53' reefers and box vans have to have skirts. Where I am about 1/2 of the 53' trailers running around have them, mostly because a lot of the large fleets have just decided to put them on all of their trailers so that they don't have to keep track of what trailers can go into Cali and what ones cannot.

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Nice job on the trailer KJ. The super singles look great too. Talking about those fairings under the trailer, me personaIy don't like them.

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KJ,

The trailer looks real good. I like the super's. I am also growing to like the idea of the fairings. An off shoot of the fuel economy is the idea that the fairing's make people more aware they are next to a trailer. And I think they look better than the underun bars I have seen here and in pictures of truck in Europe..

Be Well

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