looking at buying a 15' hi-lo from a guy. the pictures show it has tandem axle, is this rare for a 15 footer? where can i get info on this thing?.....I'm hoping he has an owner's manual. my wife has seen hi-lo's in campground at the beach while in our '75 Airstream and now we're looking at a second to use in the mountains of nc. figured an older hi-lo would be neat, if done right. what kind of inherent problems does the 1971 model have?

That's interesting. The recent HiLo's use a single axle for everything up to and including 19 feet lengths. I imagine the tandem axle version of a 15 footer would have fairly small wheels and tires. They may tend to run hot due to the higher rotation speeds, and they'd probably be Load Range B rated.

Other than that, I cannot think of any problems that would be specific to a 15 foot model. There are a couple of posts in this forum though that give a checklist of things to look for when buying a used trailer. The biggie is water damage.

- Jack

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Hi Vintagervr,

Looks like we are int he same boat, I picked up a 1971, 14 footer on Sunday, and now I am trying to figure out what I might have gotten myself into.

Anyways, I do have the owners manual for my unit, I can scan it and send it along to you if you'd like. My is a single axle model, but otherwise they have to be pretty similar.

MrC

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Please scan the manual and convert it to PDF and post it in the Reference Library for others that may need it.

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Will do, ment to bring it with me to work to scan it in, but forgot (hey, I was decaffeinated at 4:30am, what can I say?)

Will do so tomorrow, and post it up

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Manual Posted in the correct forum

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Some people are like Slinky's: Not good for anything, but the thought of pushing them down the stairs brings a smile to your face.

1971 14' HiLo restore project
Call Sign KB1PMW