Thread: A trailer

Originally Posted by dsgfh

On the question of a tandem, just remember that they're a lot heavier (500kg's on their own potentially). If your car will only tow 750kg, that's not a lot left for load. Okay if you're carrying bales of hay, but not if you're carrying aussie hardwoods in quantity.
We've got a tandem for collecting firewood (essential if you don't want to make twice the number of trips into the forest each year), but it's bulky & hence harder to stow & manoeuvre by yourself (I don't have space in the drive for it, so it goes into the front yard).
If I wasn't collecting firewood, a 7x5 single axis would be a good compromise I reckon.

Yes that's exactly the issue for me. A tandem would've been great with my old 4L car but I've down sized to a 2.4L which is far lighter. Fortunately its heavy for its class which makes towing safer than it might be for some. So single axle it is.
For sheets of plywood etc should I have an 8x5 or 7x5?



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Some full Ply sheets I've bought have been 2440 x 1220. This equates to 8.0052 ft x 4.0002 ft so a rack system would be needed to carry these sheets. A 8 x 5 ft would be my choice.

Originally Posted by Lappa

Some full Ply sheets I've bought have been 2440 x 1220. This equates to 8.0052 ft x 4.0002 ft so a rack system would be needed to carry these sheets. A 8 x 5 ft would be my choice.

So why do they make trailers in imperial? Just so that they will be a two millimeters too short when you need them most?

Or is it called a "7 x 5" but really it is in metric and the real dimensions are a mystery just to be make everyone's life difficult?

Trailer builders aren't necessarily that accurate, they will fold according to their own templates and designs, so a 6' x 4' may not actually be exactly that, they will be the same usually across their own range but other builders may well be slightly different. In which case a 6' long trailer could be 6' or 1800mm or neither just close to either measurement. If buying off the shelf it doesn't hurt to take along a tape measure to make sure the inside dimensions of the trailer are actually what you are looking for.

I have run into trailers where the quoted size referred to the outside dimensions - a tape measure is a must if you have a particular load in mind.

OK that seems to be the only way.

My understanding is that a lot of panel products are advertised as 2400 x 1200 but are really 2440mm x 1220mm?

2440 x 1220 is pretty much the standard, I figure you need the width but it isn't the end of the world if a bit sits out the back. It is also why our current trailer exceeds that size as we can drop sheet goods or a queen size mattress in without any issues. Makes moving a lot easier.