A trailer with parts of a honey extractor and hand mincer among other things, with a well-dressed sheep in tow, has been turning heads when it has been on the road with one Highlander.
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The man behind the quirky wheels is RFS Colo Vale volunteer and former bricklayer Bruce Shaw, who was searching for a project when he began constructing his eye-catching trailer in 2016.
The Colo Vale resident said he could not afford to restore a car and decided to put a trailer together with the help of one of his friends.
"Everything I've done here is a lot of work, it's not a five-minute wonder," he said.
Details include handmade nuts and bolts, water-bags, kerosene lamps, a journeyman's trunk on the back and wheels from a 1927 Chevrolet.
The "self-taught" handyman got someone to create spokes he glued on the wheels, and tasked a sign writer to the ornate details on the covers and trunk.
Mud guards from a 1926 Chrysler can also be spotted up close, as well as Mr Shaw's work with a sea sponge on metal, which resembles wood grains that match the timber trailer.
"There's a lot of ideas people can do," he said.
"It'd be good to see various trailers on the road with different ideas."
Another distinct feature on Mr Shaw's trailer is Dolly - the smiling sheep statue who stands proudly on the grass lining the trailer.
The Colo Vale resident's daughter purchased the loveable mammal, who sports a hat and jacket made from a World War Two jacket, along with fashionable shoes.
His friend constructed Dolly's ensemble and even cut out eye holes with goggles.
"Dolly never complains," Mr Shaw said.
"She gets people excited and they smile."
Dolly, Mr Shaw and the trailer have travelled around town and have been spotted to the Bowral Holden Day and the Cooma Fest.
The former bricklayer's creation has placed first at every Cooma Fest he has entered.
"It feels pretty good," he said.
"When people say they can't build a winning trailer, I say 'you don't know until you try'."
This will not be the only trailer the self-taught handyman plans to construct - he has plans to create two more.
"When I built this trailer, a bloke said I could not beat it, so I've got to," he said.
He encouraged others to get creative and make their own "oddball" trailers and estimated his cost $2000 to put together.
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Briannah Devlin
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I like to write about arts, entertainment, any local reality tv leads, and property for the Southern Highland News and Goulburn Post, but also report on everything in between. If you have any tips, please send them to Briannah.Devlin@austcommunitymedia.com.au, or call 0439142204.
