Monogram's 1/16th trailer"........

[Mr mopar]

Now that I have one .I have one question is this trailer shorter then it should be? If anyone wants to chime

In please do so.

[kilrathy10]

I'm sure some of those trailers existed in that length, but I know that I'd have to lengthen it to 48' scale, if it were in my possession, but........I think they only made it that short thinking of shelf space for the average modeler....I'd Definitely lengthen it.....

Edited April 21, 2014 by kilrathy10

[Bennyg]

Too short for the trucks it's suppose to go with.

Ben

[chuckyr]

Without contributing to the prevarication so common on this board, it's a scale 35 feet in length. They do exist.

Edited April 21, 2014 by chuckyr

[Mr mopar]

OK thanks it dose look to be a 35Foot trailer............................. now just to lengthen it to 45 ft.

[Bennyg]

Without contributing to the prevarication so common on this board, it's a scale 35 feet in length. They do exist.

I like your big word. The point I was making is it looks really silly behind a peterbilt or kenworth. Cheers.

Ben

[cappy625]

out here in the eastern part of the states the 35ft flatbed was very common with steel haulers.

[chuckyr]

I like your big word. The point I was making is it looks really silly behind a peterbilt or kenworth. Cheers.

Ben

It is english. The trailer will look acceptble coupled to a a non sleeper tractor. The large home improvement chain store, Home Depot uses 35 foot flatbed trailers for local deliveies.

[chuckyr]

OK thanks it dose look to be a 35Foot trailer............................. now just to lengthen it to 45 ft.

It looks that way because it is.

Length of model according to the information on the front of the box: 66.8cm = 26.2992126 inches,

16 (the scale of the real trailer) x 26.2992126 inches = 420.78739 (the actual length of the real trailer in inches,

420.78739 inches ÷ 12 inches (1 foot) = 35.065615 feet (the length of the real trailer in feet).

Edited April 22, 2014 by chuckyr

[dad vader]

As a general rule you can tell the length of a flatbed trailer by counting the pockets on the side rub rail. They are always 24" apart. The first one should be 24" back from the front and the last pocket should be 24" from the rear. And yes that trailer would be a scale 35'. when I first started as a mechanic,the longest trailer built was 45',the fleet I started with,still had some 40 footers,that we converted to 45 footers By cutting up several junk 40 footers and and adding 5 foot to the better old trailers,I did alot of welding back in those days.... not something I would recommend today. They never seemed to run straight down the road,no matter what we tried they always seemed to dog track.

Edited May 12, 2014 by dad vader