Aint no Tramper, but still very cool.

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Aint no Tramper, but still very cool.

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Wow! 2 sliders and 2 sets of barn doors... Confusing at first, I thought I was looking at some M.C Escher artwork for a minute....
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You're still confused. It only has one slider, both pics are looking at the left side.
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that tongue looks funny...almost like it has a ball on the bumper and the bar has a hitch on the end...maybe it's my monitor, i hope so anyways...
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No, I was confused too. I had to look at it twice, I think it's the taillights that throw you off.
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Wow, the imagination runs wild with that picture. The thnings you could do with it. Hmm...

It does look like the trailer tongue is a ball mount. Must be something on the bumper to make it look that way.
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that's pretty cool
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If you put a hitch on the back of it, you could hook up another one of these. Then another. Astrain!
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Tabernak! That's amazing. You guys have any idea how much work musta gone into grafting the 2nd rear doors to the front of that thing? Incredible!
I have a feeling this isn't finished up inside like mine is, but that couldn't be too hard to track down parts for and finish. I also wonder if the brakes work? I'm running surge brakes myself...
For $2500, it's a steal, far as I'm concerned. I must have put over $6,000 into mine, including solar panels & paint.
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Damn,his shop floor is even cleaner than Petey's, there are some truly sick people in this world,LOL

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Hurts my head to look at it. I'm still confused but that's nothing new. :rolleyes:

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peter wrote:For $2500, it's a steal, far as I'm concerned.
That's what I was thinking. If it was local, it would be mine!
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