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Postby cjm » Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:30 am

anyone out there know where I can get a side profile drawing or plans for the benroy trailer?
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Postby mikeschn » Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:46 am

Hi CJM, Welcome to the forum...

Will the generic benroy profile work for you?

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Postby cjm » Sun May 01, 2005 2:37 am

generic is fine. I cant seem to find it anywhere though. thanks.

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Postby mikeschn » Sun May 01, 2005 6:40 am

Is something like this what you had in mind?

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Postby mikeschn » Sun May 01, 2005 9:26 am

I've been tweaking things a little bit trying to get the tongue lighter... I'm still at 168, but that's considerably less than the 200+ something of the original design.

So here's what I am proposing...
1) move the wheel forward 2.5"
2) use a 13" wheel instead of the 12" wheel that comes with the trailer
3) use a northern round diamond plate aluminum fender for 13" wheels
4) move the door forward an inch
5) and of course, make the door longer...

What do you guys think?

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Postby toypusher » Sun May 01, 2005 9:29 am

Mike,

What's the tongue weight come out to on this version? Looks great!

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Postby mikeschn » Sun May 01, 2005 9:31 am

toypusher wrote:Mike,

What's the tongue weight come out to on this version? Looks great!

Kerry


168#

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Postby cjm » Sun May 01, 2005 2:32 pm

thanks mike.....a quick question. how do I measure the starting point where the radius changes on the back?....r48 to r19

thanks again!!!!!

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Postby mikeschn » Sun May 01, 2005 3:02 pm

That 19" radius is a simple fillet radius. The easiest way to do it, if you don't want to try to do that with a compass, is to cut out a 38" diameter disc out of some cardboard, and then fit that disc so that it touches the back edge and the 48" radius. Then trace the disc with a pencil!

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P.S. Let me see if there's an easy way to locate the arc center of the 19" radius...

Okay, here ya go... I've located the center for you... see the dimensions in red...

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Postby cjm » Sun May 01, 2005 7:37 pm

thanks again! youve been a HUGE help!!!


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