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Location: Northern IN. | Have y'all seen this yet? What an awsome idea. Stidham is offering a trailer with painted slats or panels on it. They are removable so if one gets scratched or something you can pull it out and have it repainted. I think it's cool you can match your trailer to your rigs color, then if ya get a new truck, pull your panels, take them into your neighborhood body shop and BINGO with a little paint your trailer matches your new rig. Why wasn't this thought of a long time ago? I've got a custom paint job on my rig and you just don't find a trailer with the same color. (kind of a custom teal-green) Problem solved! |
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Location: Kansas | Another idea whose time has come-Sundowner putting bolt on fenders. We have a fire hydrant by the barn that just keeps jumping into my way when I back!  |
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| Originally written by terri s on 2006-03-03 9:19 AM
Another idea whose time has come-Sundowner putting bolt on fenders. We have a fire hydrant by the barn that just keeps jumping into my way when I back!
I agree, tearway or bounce back fenders could be good, but no substitute for careful manuvering.
Fire hydrants are SHORT !
I think the ones on private property, and ESPECIALLY on corners, need high (and highly visible) guard rails around them. A LOT of water comes out really FAST when one of those gets up rooted - a tractor/trailer clipped one at Springfield last year and the place was flooded in about 20 minutes.
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Location: Kansas | Only because I'm among friends will I admit this-my husband was fire chief at the time. Even HE admitted the hydrant was placed too close to the street and not readily visible. Careful maneuvering....hmmm...I'll have to try that!  |
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Location: Belle, MO | Not only do things like fire hydrants jump out at people, sometimes they hide and then after you hit them, they just look at you like "well, I was just sitting here the whole time" all innocent like.
Yeah, I know the type :-)
DH teases me about it on a regular basis.
Careful manuvering? what's that? |
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Stidham's colored panels
