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I bought my 6x10 Pace American Journey (economy model) this Summer with skylight, spare tire and flow through vents for about $2100 drive out. I found that there is a several hundred dollar difference among several dealers in the DFW area for the same trailer. Stay away from Ft. Worth. Usually the torsion bar suspension adds about $600 to the trailer.
My trailer has conventional leaf springs. I pulled the trailer about 700 miles since I got it and found that the torsion bar suspension would have been a waste of money. The thing to do is to securely lock every thing down and don't over inflate the tires. After all you are carrying a pretty light load as trailer loads go.
If you live in a hot climate I highly recommend that you insulate the inside of the roof with the aluminum foil covered foam insulation available at Home Depot or Lowes.
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I just picked up a used 6x10 Aero Express airplane hauler. It was made by a guy in Constantine, Michigan that has now stopped making them.
Anyway, it's a low profile trailer, and I was hoping I could get ideas for outfitting it. The top is hinged on the right side and props up and locks into place at about a 45 degree angle. The problem is that it is hard to reach in and across 6 feet at waiste height to reach the usable space on the far side. I was thinking about making some sort of track that I could strap the fuselage down on and then push it across the trailer and lock it in place.
Any ideas? I'll take a few pictures tomorrow so you see the interior.
Great thread guys! Keep it up!
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Here's the pictures of my low profile 6x10. I need some way to set a 25% and bigger fuselage on the floor and then slide it towards the hinged side. Maybe some sort of dolly on rails that I can slide into postition and lock in place. I'm open to suggestions.
Thanks!
Chuck
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And the inside...
The previous owner stapled orange snow fence to the floor and he used little bungee cords to secure his planes. It's 6 feet across, so it's hard to reach that far...and I just had back surgery to repair a herniated L5 disk, and I really need to make this setup easy on my spine. (Back surgery isn't something I want to do again!)
Thanks for any ideas I can get.
Chuck
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Show us the inside, I've seen this trailer used by a guy in the houston area (I think), some of you may know him as he fly's some pretty fantastic airplanes. I've forgotten his name but he fly's a third scale CAP, an original third scale spacewalker and at the big bird event in austin he brought a P-51 and (I think it was a P-40) or some other type of warbird that had a purple and camo brown type coloring on it that flew incredibly fast as I recall. Anyhow, he brought the two warbirds in a trailer very similar to that one. Once I see the inside, I might be able to recall how he managed to pack those very large planes in there.
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We spent the Holidays out West with our families. I got to see my brothers new trailer he has been working on for a couple of months now. Looks sweet
All of the racks were built from scratch. The largest fuselage won't fit a rack so it will sit on the left side under the wings in it's own spot.
The conduit for internal wiring is the current project. When finished, all he'll have to do is pull in, park, and plug the trailer in from the outside adapter. This will start both trickle chargers (seen above Tx holder). All radios and planes will be charged at the same time.
Has lights, heater, and temp transmitter with alarm to the house
Fuel, field boxes, props all have there own spot when finished.
Hopefully I can snag another shot when complete and post.
Just thought you all might enjoy it as much as I did
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He cut everything from scratch. He may have a pattern though.
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