In a message dated 96-10-17 23:58:47 EDT, you write: << Anyone have any experience or knowledge with trailers that have some sort of height adjustment so that the top of the trailer can be lowered when empty or carrying a short piano, then raised to accomodate a tall one? Any prototypes or experiments? The purpose being to be able to drive with less wind resistance whenever possible and to be able to fit the trailer into a garage or under a carport when it is at the lower setting. >> Finding less wind resistance is a noble exercise, but I have to ask if the investment in the trailer is really worth the nickel's worth of gas you might save. About the time I got into pianos, my father bought a bent boat trailer, real cheap. He bent it back into shape by driving his car on top of it. He then built a box to sit on top, making it a utility trailer. The box is 7' X 4' and has bolt on rings in appropriate places for mover's straps to hold uprights and grands. The sides are about 2' high, and tarps take care of height adjustments quite easily. The longer tongue of the boat trailer gives much more stability, and has a tilt function which means you can load on a level trailer while parked on a steep hill. Without a tall top, it easily fits under cover. I keep debating about getting a pick-up truck with a tall canopy, which I think makes the most sense, but I don't really want to spend **THAT** much time moving pianos. Dave Stocker, RPT firtree@aol.com Tumwater, WA
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