2007 September | Trucks and Trailers

Horse Trailers

September 21st, 2007 by Shenron

This trailer is commonly used for transporting horses from one place to another. It’s noticeable when you’re driving down the highway, a large trailer with an animal is inside - plus the unbearable stench which accompanies the horses in travel - and the driver seems to be carefully driving down the road as to not startle the horse. These trailers are another necessity for driving horses down to races, to sell to others, or any other reason these trailers could come in handy.

There are many different designs, ranging from the size of your horse, or the number of horses you want to transport. Some designs are capable of holding up to 6 or 8 horses, usually pulled with an SUV or pickup truck. The smaller unit designs are able to carry 2 or 3 horses, and are still a fine tool to have when you want to go on a road trip and deliver your horse around the country. The most fitting pickup truck to tow one of these trailers would be a 1 ton dually-style pickup truck; for delivering horses with an easy ride along with it.

Trailer’s confined on the bottom, and slats to improve the ventilation with the horses. These are called stock trailers, and are one of the least expensive trailers you could find, easily maneuverable and capable of trailing highways with easy care and comfort for you, and your steeds.

Competitions play an effect on the trailers. Usually a trailer that a horse rides in is fancy and has refined colors to depict a more care-free outlook on things. Safety and comfort are two notches on the “have to” list for all trailers. Horses that are expected to be in tip top shape are usually the ones with the most detailed trailers that are suitable on the inside for the, and suitable on the outside for good looks and charm.

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Fifth Wheel Coupling

September 20th, 2007 by Shenron

This provides a secure link between a semi-trailer and a towing truck, or any other form of towing vehicles that may supply secure travel along the road. Usually, if an RV is set in a Fifth Wheel configuration, the Fifth Wheel Coupling must be placed in the truck bed of the certain towing vehicle in order to be used to tow.

The fifth wheel coupling consists of a kingpin, also known as a coupling pin, that is installed to the front of the semi-trailer, and a U-shaped plate coupling gimmick called a fifth wheel on the rear of the towing vehicle. All parts must be firm and fit well to assure all things go well when you’re out towing the trailer on the road, while it has been installed with a fifth wheel coupling atop the truck bed.

Four-wheel horse drawn carriages and wagons were equipped with a coupling that was alike to the fifth wheel, in which the entire build of the fifth wheel coupling was partially based off of. The coupling can join a tractor and a trailer together. The fifth wheel consists of two metal plates, situated on the tractor, which is named the lower fifth wheel, and another on the trailer named the upper fifth wheel. With the upper and lower Fifth Wheel makes a resilient coupling which forms a rotational and vertical motion with both the tractor, and the trailer.

The upper fifth wheel is accommodated with a kingpin, the lower fifth wheel has a locking jaw mechanism that lock around the kingpin to join the trailer-tractor together. The locking jaws are operated by a hand lever that will extend to the side of the lower fifth wheel and can be released by either pulling the locking handle forward, or pulling the locking handle outward.

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Tow Hitch

September 18th, 2007 by Shenron

Set along the chassis of the vehicle, the Tow Hitch is mainly used for towing. The many forms may control the articulation of a trailer, featuring the tow-ball form, or the tow pin and jaw accompanied with a trailer hoop. The tow pin and jaw are usually used to pull large agricultural vehicles or any other over sized vehicles available for towing. With military vehicles, it’s a different thing. To tow military vehicles is using the towing pintail which hooks onto the military vehicle, pulling it down the road.

Different countries may refer to the Tow Hitch as something else, but in the United States it is keeps its’ name. Being the receiver used with other tools to tow, it is bolted to the chassis of the other vehicle. The SAE claims the Tow Hitch has four classes: I, II, III, and IV. With this, the tow hitch can be placed into separate categories and ordered on average. The different classes vary in weight, I being up to 1 ton, II 1 ½ tons, III 2 ½ tons, and IV up to 5 tons. These can suit up large trailers, campers, and particular types of motor vehicles that can be towed.

Vehicle manufactures define all mounting points upon advanced passenger vehicles. The tow-bracket manufacturer is responsible to use these mount points and prove the efficiency of their bracket. The efficacy for each bracket of the tow-ball is measured with a full rig-based fatigue test, to fit company standards and insure safety to all who have them with their tow hitches.

A trailer tongue may fasten over a tow-ball. There are many different forms of tow-balls and you must apply each point securely to guarantee safety for you, and other people on the road. The tow-ball is set to a ball-mount and must be applied with correct placing horizontally and vertically to prevent the chance of death or injury.

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Tin Can Tourists

September 18th, 2007 by Shenron

A classic oldies trailer, based in the early ’20s up to the ’30s and ’40s. This was used to clarify the people who drove in Travel Trailers, or Caravan Trailers. In the early 1920s, the Tin Can Tourists camps were being set up in all of Florida, and were a huge celebration. Their motto, “save and clean camping areas, wholesome entertainment, and high moral values”. There was even a national club for the Tin Can Tourists, in which was mostly Travel Trailers in large parks or other places, in which would stay there for a couple of days.

With the end of World War I, the moving to Florida made Tin Can Tourism rise. The simple setup with a car and a tent, in which would later turn into several different types of Travel Trailers that could be used to fit anyone’s needs. The Travel Trailers were nicknamed Tin Can Tourists, and have always remained the nickname since the earlier years.

Due to the uprising World War II, the trailer manufacturing fell, and people who used the travel trailers, or tin cans with wheels, had declined. With this, few remained who could maintain the Tin Can Tourists’ name, and they are still celebrated today. The newer group is based from the earliest ideas of the old one, and is trying to renew the Tin Can Tourists’ name by holding huge festivities.

Staged through all of North America, and celebrated all around the world, Tin Can Tourists still remain, there are many who are bringing it back and making it more popular than ever. They still reenact the old travel trailers, renaming them Tin Can Tourists to uphold the tradition, and they show how much the trailers had evolved during the time frame - how they had fit everyone who had one’s needs.

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Travel Trailers

September 18th, 2007 by Shenron

The North Americans call the “Caravan Trailer” travel trailers. They were around in the early 1920s, and have been around ever since. Tin Can Tourists was the proper name for them way back when, in that time in the ’20s. Yet, with the variations of the many different styles, the United States and Canada now call it Travel Trailers - not to be confused with the Caravan Trailers, in which the Europeans call it. At a certain time in the ’30s and ’40s, the former ‘Tin Can Tourists’ now was renamed after it was made suitable to live in; they started to develop more modernized Travel Trailers, and were created into mobile homes.

With the smaller Travel Trailers, they are still beneficial to the everyday camper, and are easily movable if you’re thinking of taking a cross country road trip. But, with the small Travel Trailers that are less than 18 ft long, it would be a hassle to try to even think about living in one for a long period of time. But, with the easy set up and its simple maneuvering, it’s an ideal place to rest if you’ve got nowhere else to turn. With a normal truck, the little trailer’s could be towed with no worries, since they only weigh around 3,000 lbs.

The medium trailers can hold more people due to its size, unlike the other trailer. This is a regular trailer and is used for all of your outdoors needs. The medium-sized trailers can weigh approximately 5,000 lbs, weighing about a ton more than the smaller trailers. The length can range from 18 ft to 25 ft, and may weigh over 5,000 lbs in some circumstances.

Larger Travel Trailers can seat plenty of more people then the other predecessors, and is basically a home for full-fledged outdoors men whose mind set is upon wildlife and all of its sights. It can weigh up to 12,000 lbs when pulled by a highway tractor, or a large truck. It’s more commonly used to house a family of travelers when they are out camping, making it more ideal and roomy.

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