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What are the wheels and hubs from or are they trailer specific?
I didn't realise to legally use a single axle 3500kg trailer you have to go up to lorry tyres. Wheels were custom built £165 each plus vat. No wonder Ivor Williams use twin or triple axle.
The axle and drawbar are the biggest in the Knott/Avonride range.
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6 of everything on a triple axle has to be very expensive though, wheels, tyres, suspension, brakes....
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Just wondering what you're going to carry on that size trailer that needs 3500kg axle?, difficult to tell from the pics but the bed doesn't look very big.
8x5 bed. 4 foot high. I will be able to load it to the top with wood no problem. Also lathes and milling machines. Weighs 1 ton unladen so can legally carry 2.5.
Nope. The axle and drawbar alone cost £3500 plus vat new.
Tyres are £350 each.
Good grief ,,, that got expensive very quickly , but it certainly will be handy.
I bought the axle and drawbar new for only £500. The company had taken a genny off it for truck mounting.
Then I found out wheels and tyres needed replacing. Got 3 part worn tyres for £90
Mind you replacement cost of all this would probably be around £10k
lol ,,, suddenly its a total bargain ,,, win winI bought the axle and drawbar new for only £500. The company had taken a genny off it for truck mounting.
Then I found out wheels and tyres needed replacing. Got 3 part worn tyres for £90
Mind you replacement cost of all this would probably be around £10k
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Thats the big advantage of 4 and 6 wheel trailers. Balance and not overloading the back end of the motor.
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Wow I’d no idea that to buy all of those components new would cost so much, a new twin axle rated to 2.7 tonnes would cost a lot less and have a bigger bed, good job you didn’t have to buy new, I guess your particular specifics make it necessary, you’ve a relatively lightweight trailer which can carry a very large payload, obviously quite specific for your needs.
What are you towing it with though? Can’t think of anything other than a discovery which can go to 3.5K other than a commercial vehicle.
Ahh but I had a cunning plan!
The front clamp on the trailer slides and there are multiple bolt holes in the side rails so I can move it back and fore to get the balance right.
I will either tow with a land rover 110 or a Ford Ranger. Both of which have generous tow ball weights. 250kg I think.
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I’m sure you already know this but the further the distance from the axle of the trailer and the towball of the towing vehicle makes for the best stability, and with 250 KG load, that’s bloody good, my X5 is rated to 75 kgs I think. With 250 you’ve got a good margin.
The best towing car trailer I ever had - single axle, 2/3rds back on the bed, so a long way from the ball. Used to load my mini pickup, or the 2l metro backwards (engine last). You could lift the trailer off the ball, it never snaked, reversed easily, it weighed nothing. Absolutely perfect. It had to have a jockey wheel though, since if empty most of the trailer weight was on the hitch.
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Your a bit out of touch with current new trailer prices I think. Last week, before I did the brakes and cables on my Nugent trailer I spoke to two of our local trailer dealers regarding a new replacment. Nugent guy had same trailer in stock as mine 14 ft with vat, sides, ladder rack etc it was just shy of 6k including vat. Ifor was about 100 cheaper like for like but they said it could be a 6 month wait.
new brakes and cables, bit of time and bad langauge! 330 quid.
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Yeh you’re correct just last year when I looked I could get a new twin axle trailer with sides which was the length of a car transporter for £3500, definitely getting less for the same money now
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The aluminium sheets alone for my trailer are almost £1000!
The plan is to turn it into an expedition trailer - Ulan Bataar here we come
I will have a demountable tent for the top - watching @brewdexta trailer build with interest.
Although most of it's time will be spent lugging wood and lathes/milling machines of course.
The plan is to turn it into an expedition trailer - Ulan Bataar here we come
I will have a demountable tent for the top - watching @brewdexta trailer build with interest.
Although most of it's time will be spent lugging wood and lathes/milling machines of course.
