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Subject:Fwd: The name of this kind of thing?
From:T Collins
Date:Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:08:54 -0400

I guess I should have replied all....so everyone would have gotten this...

Tony

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: T Collins <tonycollin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: The name of this kind of thing?
To: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@gmail.com>

Hi Mike,

I saw something like this on the harbor freight catalog last week. They call
it a trailer dolly:
http://www.harborfreight.com/automotive-motorcycle/trailer-trailer-accessories/heavy-duty-trailer-dolly-37510.html

I hope that helps,
Tony

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a little trailer I take camping.* It's a little too heavy to move
> by hand (titanium knee, etc., etc.) so when I get back from trips I have
> to back it up behind the Vanagon**, over a small curb, and down a little
> slope to park it. To do so, I have to block traffic on the busy street
> in front of our house. I am not a confident or skilled trailer
> backer-upper and trying to do that maneuver swiftly and well while cars
> are waiting just isn't going very well for me.
>
> So I wonder if there is some kind of dolly with a trailer ball on top, a
> wheel or two, and a handle? Something that would let me wrangle the
> thing into its parking place like a little red wagon? If so, what are
> such things called?
>
> ==============
> * Picture here:
> <
> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XFS952PUlmQ/TBA8o-v0viI/AAAAAAAACV8/gXos84XiSf8/s1600/IMG_1504.JPG
> >
>
> ** VC
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>

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