Topic: An ultimate trailer?

[754]

My brother had a MGB with overdrive and he was constantly going upagainst TransAm, s on the highway...that little car had legs.. I never had anything like that, had to settle for a few MGD,s....

[Don R]

 Check out this trailer at 10:30

[bill440cars]

Check out this trailer at 10:30

      Whoa, this thread is pretty interesting, lots of cool ideas & such too.  And totally enjoyed this this video Don. Interesting what different sort of ways, that are used, to accomplish these builds. Truly a Talent.   

[RAFster122s]

Tow Smart Trailers makes a good ride on trailer

[bill440cars]

 

      Whoa, these style of trailers, are really Awesome!!! I can only imagine my Dad's  & my Granddad's reaction to these style of trailers. They had the skills, to have been able to build one, but back in those days, nobody had thought of those designs and the   
the welder my Dad & Granddad used, was Oxygen Acetylene type, but had an acetylene generator. I don't remember the exact term for this one. I just remember what it looked like and the raunchy spell, when it had to be cleaned out. When I saw these trailers, I thought they were something else.   

[Don R]

 Acetylene generator must have involved carbide and water. I gas welded a lot of stuff when that's all I had to work with.

[grcamna2]

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[WhyNot2]

Man,  really like that video.

Want to see what happens here.

I'm lazy, just went and bought a trailer.

[bill440cars]

Acetylene generator must have involved carbide and water. I gas welded a lot of stuff when that's all I had to work with.

           They had some very old equipment, have to consider that my Granddad started his shop, back in 1932. I remember asking my Dad why they had a grinder setup with a Cushman Scooter engine & my Dad told me, that it wasn't a Cushman Engine, it was actually a (are you ready for this?)  Maytag Washing Machine Engine! Yeah, at one time, my Grandmother had one of those Maytag Washing Machine that was powered by a 1 cylinder gas engine and I guess, then my Granddad was able to get her an actual electric washing machine, he took the engine off of the old Maytag Washer & put it to another use. They also had an old drill press, that was hand cranked and that one had a large (what they called an inertia wheel, that helped give the power to drill a hole, with that large hand cranked drill press. I wish I had a photo of it and that grinder, but didn't think about that, back in my youth. I DO, however, have the old Atlas Lathe (with a lot of accessories & an old Black & Decker 1/2" electric drill press, from my Granddad's shop though.

  Folks, my apologies, I wasn't trying to derail this thread, just adding some of the vintage equipment some folks use to use. Sorry, if I hijacked this thread.
   

[grcamna2]

Bill,is your Dad still alive,sorry I can't remember.

[bill440cars]

Bill,is your Dad still alive,sorry I can't remember.

   
                     No, my Dad passed away, March of 2014. I learned a lot from him, but there was so much more than I wish I could have also learned. He & my Granddad, were so experienced at doing so much & my Dad made sure I got some of that experience, but not near as much as I had hoped for. Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate what mechanical education that I dig get from my Dad.   

[scottly]

Hey Bill, I remember those pedal-start washing machine engines; the lady of the house should not have to yank on a rope!
My brother-in-law inherited an acetylene generator, which were used with calcium carbide and water to produce the gas at very low pressures. The same principle was used for miner lamps.

[bill440cars]

Hey Bill, I remember those pedal-start washing machine engines; the lady of the house should not have to yank on a rope!
My brother-in-law inherited an acetylene generator, which were used with calcium carbide and water to produce the gas at very low pressures. The same principle was used for miner lamps.

           When ever my Grandmother was getting ready to wash clothes, my Dad would start it for her. by the time I came along, in 1947, they had a newer, "plug in" model washer But, of course, the dryer, was a set ot clothesline poles, w/wire strung from pole to pole.    On that welder, I remember that there was a valve, I guess, at the top, with 2 handles sticking out, that were used, to adjust the amount of water needed with the carbide, to produce the gas. My Dad & Granddad, produce to really good welds with that one. Only, they had to clean it out, ever so often and as I said, it had a smell, that stunk to high heaven!