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Old 05-18-04, 04:10 PM
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Renegade Trailer Failure

If you use a Renegade trailer, you better go to www.improvedtouring.com ahd read what one racer has been through after his Renegade trailer BROKE INTO while he was towing it. fixrim the writer is the owner of the wheel repair chain, Wheel America.
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OMG! Man thats always the scariest part of any race weekend for me. Now Ill probably have nightmares too.
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Only if you have a Renegade Trailer, right? Lawyers are going to have a field day on this one. fixrim has deep pockets.


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OMG! Man thats always the scariest part of any race weekend for me. Now Ill probably have nightmares too.
Old 05-19-04, 07:18 AM
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Terrible news. Too often we all overlook our trailers and tow vehicles but that kind of failure could only be decribed as "massive" and "catastrophic"; there's no user blame IMO. I'm sure fixrim can appreciate that at this point he is only out $40,000 in uncovered losses and not worrying about himself or a family of four on the highway that the trailer struck. It had to be a terrible mess; it's disheartening.

This will be a lawyer battle and I can only hope fixrim comes out on top. Sometimes you never know what the hell is going on inside a court room.
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Is there a direct link to the story? I can't find it on that website.
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http://forum.improvedtouring.com/it/...ML/001317.html

I guess they don't understand just how small the race community is and how fast word of something like this will spread. Scene at a racetrack near you...

"Hi Bob, hows the weekend going?"

"Good for me so far Joe, how about you?"

"Pretty good, the rain on the way to the event really makes me sick of dealing the the tarps on my open trailer. I'm thinking about getting a covered one."

"Before you do Bob let me tell you this story about what happened to another fellow racer named Bob that got a Renegade trailer..."


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Look under todays active forums in the it forum section.


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Is there a direct link to the story? I can't find it on that website.
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I got it, thanks. I hope it works out for that guy, that sucks he's out $40K and they admit it was a manufacturing defect but won't pay him.
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Re: Scariest moment

Originally posted by Dick Elliott
Only if you have a Renegade Trailer, right? Lawyers are going to have a field day on this one. fixrim has deep pockets.
No I meant in general. All the damn Semi's and unsafe drivers. This is just something else to grow that ulcer.
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