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Thanks. Yeah I’m definitely only going to use it as a display piece. I’m just curious if it came off of an aircraft or just a fan.

Oh ok that makes sense too. I forgot about ultra lights. Do you know of any markings the propeller would have that I can look for to try to identify it? Thanks.

I found this propeller at the scrap yard today and thought it was from a large RC plane or something but it doesn’t have the bolt holes to mount to a hub like a regular propeller has. It just has a key way and some set screws. Can anyone help identify what this might have come off of? Maybe a...

Haha yeah the pictures are pretty terrible. I’ll try to get more pictures of the jaws and key to see if there is any date stamp.

Here’s some more pics. Jaws are 4” wide and overall length is 17”. Coming from the owner so I’m trying to get more details.

Yeah but the anvil looks weird to me. Like it’s too high or something. I didn’t strip the paint yet to see if the markings were ground off. Just something about it looks “off”.

Can anyone identify this vise? No markings at all on it, almost looks custom made.

Thanks for all the help guys! And of course you are all correct, the axle is supposed to have that negative angle according to Dexter, so thanks for that tip bctexas! It might be a little worn down but not as bad as I thought initially so thanks again all!

Thanks bctexas! Sweet car! One thing I keep reading is to test a torsion axle you should lift the trailer so the tire is off the ground and see how much the tire drops as you lift. Apparently the tire should drop at least an inch or two but mine only drops about 1/4”. Does this indicate the...

Awesome thanks BFBOB. I will have to play with it more once the BMV is back open and I can get it registered. So far I’ve only driven it empty a few miles to get it home after I bought it.

Thanks, I did see that AL-KO makes -20 degree arms but I have no way of knowing what these were originally. I guess I assumed they had sagged that far. Plus they don’t seem to move any further down when I bounce inside the trailer. I’m only 200 lbs so maybe it’s not enough weight to see...

Gotcha. Thanks for the tip!

I’m not sure I know what you mean by the mounting bolts being new. This trailer was apparently never taken on the road and only used for light duty stuff around a golf course. So by looking at it I’d be surprised if it ever saw rain. It’s definitely never seen salt from the roads haha. Too clean...

The arm sits outside the frame so it can swing unimpeded. The body of the trailer is cut out around the arm as well by design it appears. It just seems to be way higher than it should be and there’s no spring in it when I sit inside.

Hey guys, I just bought my first trailer the other day for hauling the camping gear on road trips, and I’m wondering if this torsion axle looks normal to you for a small trailer like this. It bounced quite a bit on the way home, but I attributed that to the fact that it was empty and the tires...