More trailer stuff supplier of Stand offs?

[winchman]

Bought a tidy twin axel trailer, upon doing my home work it looks like the hitch should be on 4 steel stand offs to raise the height from the chassis, so any idea of a cheap supplier 14 MM clearance hole 1.5 " high about 2" diameter?

 

[winchman]

Should be like this one

 

[dan.taylor.1]

Does it need them? Check the hitch height when it's level, there's a standard height. Also check your towbar when the vehicle is level.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Looks like a 10 minute job for someone with a lathe

 

[grim_d]

Yeah if you need them give me a shout and I'll knock them out on the lathe.

 

[ukracer]

Yeah if you need them give me a shout and I'll knock them out on the lathe.

Saved me offering. I was just about to when I read your reply.

 

[winchman]

The Dual Purpose exemption for O licence stops at 2040kg unladen weight.
Most twin cab pickups & 4x4's will be over that.
Tacho exemption ends at 100km radius or if carrying other peoples goods ect.

The two lists of exemptions are long & full of conditions.

Does it need them? Check the hitch height when it's level, there's a standard height. Also check your towbar when the vehicle is level.

Yes it does the hitch is a bit high on the P38 but even with a dropper plate its still too high for the trailer once we found a few images on line we recognised the issue, spoke to the maker who doesnt sell them but told us its common for people to remove them to lower the hitch height.

 

[winchman]

Yeah if you need them give me a shout and I'll knock them out on the lathe.

Thanks thats very kind of you I will keep you posted, I was wondering about two bits of 40 x 40 box with two holes drilled in parallel to the chassis hitch bolted on top as I could soon knock that up?

 

[Agroshield]

...I was wondering about two bits of 40 x 40 box with two holes drilled in...

You would have to be sure the box would not try to rack on you.

It would work vertically, with one light endplate welded in. The force would be on the box wall and the endplate with hole would keep it centralised.

I was thinking of suggesting (galvanised) scaffold tube with a reduced-diameter penny washer inside it to keep everything central.

Dare I say, bung up a scaffold tube with wood and drill a 14mm clearance hole through it.

 

[pedrobedro]

A bag of repair washers and stack them up as high as you need. Why does the hitch need raising, what are you towing it with ?

 

[Munkul]

I'd go solid steel, or properly sleeved box section (so it can't crush)
or not at all... the hitch takes a bit of battering, it needs to be tight with bolt tension, if it comes slack you'll break something fairly rapidly.

 

[Migmac]

I’d get an adjustable tow hitch

 

[winchman]

A bag of repair washers and stack them up as high as you need. Why does the hitch need raising, what are you towing it with ?

Towing with a P38 that's a slightly bit higher than stock, the trailer is a low floor model and has the spacers to lift the hitch to normal height

 

[winchman]

I'd go solid steel, or properly sleeved box section (so it can't crush)
or not at all... the hitch takes a bit of battering, it needs to be tight with bolt tension, if it comes slack you'll break something fairly rapidly.

Going to have a look at the weekend, I think a section of box with holes in it and sleeve the holes so it cant crush would be the easiest route

 

[winchman]

I’d get an adjustable tow hitch

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Too expensive and often just cant get the right height, fully adjustable ones are a fortune

 

[ukracer]

Going to have a look at the weekend, I think a section of box with holes in it and sleeve the holes so it cant crush would be the easiest route

Nope the easiest route is measure the length and ID of spaces needed.

 

[winchman]

I wonder what the standard tow ball height is?

 

[Migmac]

I wonder what the standard tow ball height is?

Between 350mm and 420mm