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Originally Posted by Braebyrn
I was thinking what Bam said and I bought some led lights to install in the boat tail. I was hoping to get away with what is there and to keep it cheap, but really it could be more expensive when I get a ticket or worse get rear ended........ I could just hear it now..... Officer, I couldn't see the brake lights!!!!!
I can't find any Coroplast at Home Depots or Lowes in the Kansas area. Does anyone know where to get some? I am headed to Georgia, then to Chicago. Maybe a alternative to it?
Also, I am trying to figure a way in my mind how to build the nosecone with the Pvc and Coroplast. I also saw some cool looking clear curved basement window covers. They look like they could work for a deflector.
Thanks.
Rick
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Sign shops sell Coroplast, so check Yellow Pages or Google online. Just out of the electoral primary season a few days ago, surely there are political signs to be had, although those are local scrounging endeavors more involved than a trip to any Home Depot or Lowes.
Why not do the front of your trailer just like the back, but orient the half-cylinder vertically? PVC pipe can be bent or bowed to semi-circular or elliptical shapes, is cheap and easy to cut and glue, etc.. I'd look into the plastic pool idea posted previously, for the upper and lower front intersections of wall to roof and floor.
Instead of PVC pipe, strips of wood lath from Lowe's would work for the frame. It should bend easily enough to the radius of the leading edge of your trailer, otherwise steaming the wood works great to make it bend to shape.
If/when I do a trailer, plan to try slicing wood strips into narrow enough pieces that will fit into the flutes of Coroplast, for protected internal stiffening where needed. A single 8' 2X4, sliced into thin strips, might suffice for most of your trailer fairing's forebody. Google for "geodesic canoe" or similar, and see how light and strong such structures can be.