Will L.
Well-Known Member
Alcoas are always cool.
If you install the other axle, here is a couple of stupid ideas i have done that in the past.
Friend had a camp trailer that used 12v everything, but had 24v truck towing it. He put in a rear axle from a pickup he had. I helped him mount and drive an alternator off a belt from the input shaft if the axle. When he would tow it, the tiny honda generator charged his camper batteries.
It gets worse... Another friend wanted a low slung trailer for low wind resistance on the hiway, but ground clearance off road. We made a dual swing arm set up to replace the leaf springs and installed air shocks to the axle. He already had a small compressor onboard for blowing up lake toys or innertubes for the snow. We just ran a line from it to the shocks with 2 individual ball valves on a tee to each one. He could raise or lower each side as he wanted in seconds.
Please get a spare on the trailer. When you do the change over, A lot of guys would like that axle you take out so they can tandum their trialers, that should pay for some alcoas to match.
If you install the other axle, here is a couple of stupid ideas i have done that in the past.
Friend had a camp trailer that used 12v everything, but had 24v truck towing it. He put in a rear axle from a pickup he had. I helped him mount and drive an alternator off a belt from the input shaft if the axle. When he would tow it, the tiny honda generator charged his camper batteries.
It gets worse... Another friend wanted a low slung trailer for low wind resistance on the hiway, but ground clearance off road. We made a dual swing arm set up to replace the leaf springs and installed air shocks to the axle. He already had a small compressor onboard for blowing up lake toys or innertubes for the snow. We just ran a line from it to the shocks with 2 individual ball valves on a tee to each one. He could raise or lower each side as he wanted in seconds.
Please get a spare on the trailer. When you do the change over, A lot of guys would like that axle you take out so they can tandum their trialers, that should pay for some alcoas to match.
