1981 Mint 400 Flareside Race Truck

mat in tn wrote

I keep building the toys and not the tow vehicles. no trailer queens here

But when you take the toys to the track or mud pit and it breaks it could be a long walk home.
When ever I took my toys to play it was on a trailer and a few times it came in handy
Dave ----

I always have that in the back of my mind when running one hard. I am going to do some changes soon. I want a trail rig and I have to build it. every time I see a muddy trail rig on a trailer late on a Sunday, I feel I'm missing out. gonna change that! I'm always building because it's what I love to do but I need to expand.  I really enjoyed travelling the country on a motorcycle.  I'm still writing the next chapter!

If you have a trailer you dont have to worry how hard you run it, run it harder!

I did off road racing, 10 trucks for 10 laps on a Moto-x track, and you will break stuff with out even trying when running hard.
Only been 1 time a truck needed to be loaded on the trailer as it could not by its self but that was 1 he11 of a crash!
Dave ----

mat in tn wrote

I keep building the toys and not the tow vehicles. no trailer queens here

Same here but my toys are never used off road they are all built for on road use.  Like my truck I am building it to be a highway driver capable of towing a boat trailer or a car trailer.  But aside that I dont have off road toys to play with really.  Would love to build a 4x4 off road truck which I would build it to be capable of driving on road but I wouldnt drive it to an off road event I would trailer in the off chance something broke.

Same with the kit car I wanted to build years ago for road course racing.  Sure it would be capable of driving to the track with how I had planned on building it but a trailer would be so much better in a worse case situation where you cant drive the vehicle back home.

FuzzFace2 wrote

If you have a trailer you dont have to worry how hard you run it, run it harder!

I did off road racing, 10 trucks for 10 laps on a Moto-x track, and you will break stuff with out even trying when running hard.
Only been 1 time a truck needed to be loaded on the trailer as it could not by its self but that was 1 he11 of a crash!
Dave ----

Yep, Ive seen 4x4 trucks break leaf springs, axles, and driveshafts just doing simple off road mudding.  Youd expect to break stuff like that doing jumps but with off road you can break components without even trying.