A fairly simple conversion; cut off the original axle assembly and weld on a semi-truck style 5th wheel; presto-chango, you now have a truck body that can be hauled around with a conventional semi-tractor, instead of an elephant or team of horses.
Interesting that they left the foot board for the now non-existent "driver". I wonder what they did to add "truck style" brakes?!?
I performed from 1973 to 1995 with a couple years off in between. I did an aerial cradle act for three years, low wire as a clown, trained llamas, ponies, then lions and tigers for 15 years. I am now a firefighter, a member of the Circus Historical Society and an author of several circus and carnival related subjects.
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A fairly simple conversion; cut off the original axle assembly and weld on a semi-truck style 5th wheel; presto-chango, you now have a truck body that can be hauled around with a conventional semi-tractor, instead of an elephant or team of horses.
Interesting that they left the foot board for the now non-existent "driver". I wonder what they did to add "truck style" brakes?!?
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