I overhauled this car trailer as my uncle used to transport his International Cub to antique engine shows all over the place along with his Sandwich 5hp engine, in later years it was dingy and had five or six different colors of paint so I painted it International Harvester red and swapped out all the wiring, new brakes and had decals made by a friend. The pvc decals left a faint impression in the steel from ofgassing of chlorides in the heat of the sun. It was enough for me to trace and photograph and get a few copies made. I could borrow it any time I needed, this was on the way to MFF when my little focus SVT broke the alternator bracket so had to go pick it up in the middle of PA after the event. Trailered the rental car down and my car back. Rental folks look nervous when you push their car off the trailer into their parking lot. My uncle left me the trailer when he passed and I still treat it like Im borrowing it.
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Yay for good wheels. You are the most car involved person I know offhand. I'm looking for a new vehicle. Something along the lines of a suburban or Tahoe. Basically something with a decent amount of cargo space in back, and the ability to tow a 3-5 thousand pound utility trailer. The intent is to buy a utility trailer in a year or so, and convert the thing into a tiny house/camper thing and live in that once I retire, so I can drive around the country and do the bucket list thing while I'm still able.
I'm currently driving a ford fusion, and it is in no way able to tow anything bigger than a little red wagon. So what would you reccomendation be. Prefer not to buy new, as those vehicles are pretty spendy new, and I'd like to get one that doesn't have so many computers between me and the actual controls.
Thanks.
I'm currently driving a ford fusion, and it is in no way able to tow anything bigger than a little red wagon. So what would you reccomendation be. Prefer not to buy new, as those vehicles are pretty spendy new, and I'd like to get one that doesn't have so many computers between me and the actual controls.
Thanks.
hah cool, little waste of gas, venting pressure rather than unloading but that's simplicity for you
I've got an old old compressor head with pneumatic unloader valves on the head, been meaning to figure out a way of hooking them up so I can run it off a snow blower motor.
The little unloader valve hanging on the side of a normal electric compressor pressure switch was my first thought, but it runs the wrong way, these need pressure to unload and that guy vents when the switch 'turns off'
I've got an old old compressor head with pneumatic unloader valves on the head, been meaning to figure out a way of hooking them up so I can run it off a snow blower motor.
The little unloader valve hanging on the side of a normal electric compressor pressure switch was my first thought, but it runs the wrong way, these need pressure to unload and that guy vents when the switch 'turns off'
well I have a quincy that uses oil pressure as the unloader, it won't compress until there is oil pressure. it can be converted to a 'constant run' configuration. Club has a Dayton compressor that's converted itself from on demand to constant run, have to pull it down off the wall to figure out what's amiss.
Heh, 'converted itself'.
Bet it welded the contacts together in the pressure switch.
Took me quite a while to realize that 'Dayton' doesn't make anything, they're just the grainger's house brand that gets applied to all their stuff. Might be a US manufacturer, might be straight outta Taiwan.
Bet it welded the contacts together in the pressure switch.
Took me quite a while to realize that 'Dayton' doesn't make anything, they're just the grainger's house brand that gets applied to all their stuff. Might be a US manufacturer, might be straight outta Taiwan.
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