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Forum: Trailers & towing

20 May 2007, 19:33

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How to Shorten Trailer?

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Posted By jwalker

Well, that's what I thought you meant too. But...

Well, that's what I thought you meant too. But you have very little or no clamping load onto the drawbar tube because the anti-crush tubes are taking the load. The anti crush-tube should be inside...

Forum: Trailers & towing

20 May 2007, 11:54

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How to Shorten Trailer?

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Posted By jwalker

Neil, I don't understand this, are you saying...

Neil, I don't understand this, are you saying that the ø16 tube is taking the crush load and this is only held to the square tube by the centrepunch dots?

Forum: Trailers & towing

18 May 2007, 20:34

Replies: 22

How to Shorten Trailer?

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Posted By jwalker

I'm referring to paint which is about 50% zinc....

I'm referring to paint which is about 50% zinc. As jky said, it was labelled as cold galvanising on the tin. There is a big difference in levels of zinc corrosion in fresh water and salt water....

Forum: Trailers & towing

18 May 2007, 16:54

Replies: 22

How to Shorten Trailer?

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Posted By jwalker

Well, not quite. If the galvanising is complete,...

Well, not quite. If the galvanising is complete, then there is no steel for it to sacrifice itself for. However, what I found with the galvanising paint was that the zinc quite quickly sacrificed...

Forum: Trailers & towing

18 May 2007, 11:26

Replies: 22

How to Shorten Trailer?

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Posted By jwalker

Neil R, it sounds as though you pretty much have...

Neil R, it sounds as though you pretty much have the measure of it. The anti-crush tubes are a good idea and you can make them by cutting a length of tube to the internal dimension of the drawbar...

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