Trailers with drive guards
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If you can keep your drives down while towing and the bar is close enough to your drives, wouldn't it make someone think twice about stealing the drives and/or props if you were parked out in the open overnight? You could install a lock on the swing gate. Is anyone set up like this?
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I believe they're an asset...
As Gary Anderson said; the drive guard protects the drives if you're backing up and make the mistake of hitting a pole, tree, or hillside, etc. Or from someone else who may bump into you with their vehicle. I think they're intended more for minor stuff rather than the major, but as you can see with Hot Duck it happend to save them a lot of further damage....and looks like it may have even saved the woman's life or severe injury.
I have an Eagle trailer with the drive guard the swings open on a hinge....only takes about 20 seconds.
I have an Eagle trailer with the drive guard the swings open on a hinge....only takes about 20 seconds.
Last edited by KAAMA; 10-24-2002 at 08:19 AM.
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Catmando - Nope..it was hit on the right rear corner as we were making a right hand turn. This is what caused the trailer to bend to the left.
MnFastBoat - The person following the lady that hit us said that she was traveling approx 50mph and never hit the brakes!??!!
Aqua-Holic - I have asked myself that questions a few hundred times since the accident. I guess the fact that the lady who hit us is in her low 80's may have something to do with it. Crazy huh?
MnFastBoat - The person following the lady that hit us said that she was traveling approx 50mph and never hit the brakes!??!!
Aqua-Holic - I have asked myself that questions a few hundred times since the accident. I guess the fact that the lady who hit us is in her low 80's may have something to do with it. Crazy huh?