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I have been working on my trailer.
It needed a bit more work than I originally thought but it is progressing.
I just finished rebuilding the suspension and fixing the wireing.
As I was looking at the results of my work I realized that I needed to add something else when Seve Jelf’s picture came to mind.

After a bit of thought I added a JELF bar to my trailer.
It servers two purposes.. one stop the T or A from pulling a Jelf if I screw up.
Two remind me to pay attention when I load the T or A.

Fred your a Gem

Darned! I saw the title of your post and thought you were going to tell us about a new great tasting candy!

Not sure if this is pertanate but before the invention of the crow bar crows had to drink at home.

Yeah, I was thinking it was happy hour !!

A Jelf bar would be made of equal parts denim, straw hat, and photograph. It is half baked and goes well with T!

For those who haven't seen it, I believe this is the picture.

Parking brakes may not be enough.

That photo was taken during testing. It never made it through human trials. So they had to change the flavor a bit.

My wife tells me that the JELF BAR needs to be painted.
At first I though that black would be best but now I am thinking denim.
In any case I need to write JELF BAR on both sides of it to make it official.

I wonder if people will think I am advertising for a Bar.

I almost forgot. —- Candy? I never thought of that!

Tim, I suggest you get a Ruckstell. It makes climbing hills and other inclines much easier. Just sayin....

Keith

Fred, a nice black color would look great. Dont forget to throw a little grit in it. Steve has pleanty of grit to get things done.

I plan on adding a couple sheets of plywood with gritty stuff to the ramps.

Hill = if you are going up it is a Model T speed reducer.
If you are going down it is a Model T speed enhancer.

I have something similar in my enclosed trailer. It's a 2" X 6" with the side facing the t having about a 30 degree angle towards the top It lies flat). It's purpose is so that I position the T precisely where it needs to be. I didn't paint my modified Jelf bar, but in it's natural color it shows up beautifully against the gray floor. In the case of the bar on a black trailer, I'd probably paint it yellow for visibility, but that's just me.

Most likely Steve is hoping that this thread dies but I want to show you the results of my last few weekends

I rebuilt the suspension, painted the Jelf bar, added covers to the ramps, made sure the lights worked, checked out the brakes, adjusted the hitch height, and did a test drive. Then I put the T on the trailer to see how it looks.

Sorry about the upside down picture - I can’t figure out what Apple does.

Was it a long drive from Newfields to Melbourne?

Thanks Steve for posting your experiences, It has helped more than you may ever know. I have one trailer that has a rail and one that does not. I prefer the one that has the rail and need to install similar on the other one. Good job Fred.

The bar is a good idea, but I hope to do no trailering. I like Dean's approach: Drive to the tour, drive on the tour, drive home from the tour. Being elderly and retired I have time for that.

I prefer the trailer for some tours. Our next tour is north of Santa Barbara and we live near San Diego. No way am I going to drive the T through Los Angeles to get there. In order to bypass L.A. I would need to cross several mountain ranges and drive about 3 times as far.
Norm