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Originally Posted by botsapper
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Sears Roebuck & Co. offered a 1-wheeler long ago.It has a nice cast-metal bumper attachment setup.The box projects back about 4-feet ( 1,200 mm ).Neighbor Bob's father owned one when he was a kid.
*There's a nice one on GOOGLE IMAGES behind a VW Transporter.
*What I don't care for,with respect to this design is the rather small castored-wheel with suspension ( much like the tail-wheel on a tail-dragger aircraft ).
The small diameter means high revs per mile which gets into bearing temperature/lifetime issues.
*The second issue I have is that if you lower the floor of the trailer to respect diffuser angle projection from the tow vehicle bellypan the wheel mechanism intrudes inside the cargo area,spoiling the usable volume.
*The third thing,is that if I pull away from a stop,in a right turn lane to make a turn ( legal in Texas ),at over 8-feet in length ( 2,400mm ),if there is a car to my left waiting at the light,I will rip its right side out with the trailer simply because it does not articulate.
