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  1. #1
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    Default Do you own a trailer....

    or if not what is your dream trailer?

    We re in the market for a trailer, we would use it mainly for the purpose of house renos. So we would need it to store tools, taking crap to the dump, gardening stuff, loading stuff on eg doors etc.

    We are after something bigger than the 6x4, with higer sides than normal, but you can get about a hundred million other things for trailers too! eg toolmans trailer, tilt, brakes, etc etc.

    What do you like about your trailer or what do you want in a trailer?

    sandra
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    Basic geometry ok for a trip to the tip. Mine is a 7 x 5 and all I need do to empty it at the recycling pit is undo it, push it to the edge and lift. Everything slides out nice. Has a drop down wheel at the front. Can't remember what they are called. Worth it's weight in Huon pine lol.

    Jockey wheel!

  4. #3
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    I've just built one for near enough the same reasons you have stated. The details are via this link.

    http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...hlight=trailer

  5. #4
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    My dream trailer, hey its beat backing the thing and easy to unload.

  6. #5
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    I actually have the best trailer. It's my next door neighbours and I can borrow it anytime I want.
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  7. #6
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    Swing up jockey wheel with spring release is the go, quick & easy.

    Decent lights, not festoon globed rubbish.

    Couple of thoughts.


    Cheers................Sean


    The beatings will continue until morale improves.

  8. #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by scooter
    Swing up jockey wheel with spring release is the go, quick & easy.
    Yep, agree that they are a must....... sooooo much easier

    IMO I would go for a 7x5 or similar, they are a good medium size and pretty useful for most jobs. 6x4 is too small, cant even fit a cubic metre of mulch etc in them...
    I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car.

  9. #8
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    I am getting one made at the moment, my main criteria is that the internal dimensions take a full 8x4 sheet of plasterboard, ply, melamine etc. Most of the 8x4's are 8x4 external, not internal dimensions. I dont want an 8x5 as my driveway is too narrow and it looks far too wide behind my VW Golf. I would have liked a tandem but settled on a single axle with brakes so I can tow to 1300KG rather than the unbraked 750KG. I just have to be careful how I load it to keep weight off the towball. I would also not consider one without a jockey wheel.

    I saw a nice one on ebay (still current I think) that tilted from near the axle and could touch the ground, would make unloading mulch etc easy but may not be as strong.

    Cheers
    Ben
    I reject your reality and substitute my own.

  10. #9
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    Thanks for the tips,

    So far we have decided on the single axle with brakes. Just the size is the question. Seems the 4 or 5 foot is the way to go.... will tell hubby re the size of plareboard etc. And how to modify/make a box thingy for the tools.

    I can't believe that you can buy a trailer without a jockey wheel.... how bizzaar!

    Sandra

  11. #10
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    Having recently rebuilt a crappy 2nd hand trailer I could fill many pages.

    My ideal trailer would be
    7*5
    have hydraulic tipper ability
    with electric brakes
    single axle,
    15 inch [or match car tyres],
    8 leaf springs,
    electric brakes,
    rubber block [treg hitch],
    Removeable cage.
    light globes [not festoons]
    plenty of tie down areas.
    2mm floor flat sheet

    Approx cost $5000.

    Go for cable brakes over hydraulic if not electric.

    Not that I own the above trailer but would like to.

    Good luck with your purchase.

    Quality pays, I have had parts made by very well known trailer manufacturers that were dreadful, that were too well priced.

    Pulpo

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    I bought an 8x5 2 yrs ago . Bloody great . Brand new wasnt much more than second hand , spare wheel ,jockey wheel ,extra depth, heavy duty springs, single axle as i need to move it by hand often , 12 months lic . All up cost $1350

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    Go at least 1260mm internal width.
    Having drop down front & rear gates is great. less than eight foot then isn't a problem. drop your sheets of ply or whatever & then two ratchet tiedowns over the ends. great.
    I have one trailer with electric brakes & they are a beautifull thing as long as you get a good dynamic controller, energex specify the tenconcha, but I've heard good reports about the hayman reece.
    Be carefull about weight, particularly if you have a smaller car.
    A heavy floor or a heavy canopy can rob you of masses of payload.
    Welded sheet steel canopies are easy to manufacture but heavy as hell.
    A small light trailer is a beautifull thing. I have a 4'6" x 5'6" that weighs about 150kg and I use it all the time carting stacked sheets of ply and big speaker boxes.
    Get a long draw bar, much better to pull and reverse.
    Make sure the builder gets his geometry right.

    A good tralier will outlast may towing vehicles. I've had my small trailer for over 20 years & I wont part with it. A bloke needs a trailer.

    Make sure the wiring is good & heavy not the spindly stuff they usualy use.
    Lots of people have commented on how bright my trailer lights are. It's a long way to the back of your trailer.

    Don't be stingy on the tyres.

    cheers
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    G'Day All,

    I have a 6 x 4 TUZA trailer, unbraked, (they make horse floats), jockey,( wheel spare on drawbar(over), toolbox (under, old viet war ammo box) heavy steel, bullet proof even...Ha!Ha!...Made deep box sides and double doors, with a vinyl roof held on with bungie cord, as for tyres I opted for light truck this with the torsion suspension of the horse float axle is a neat and tidy solid unit has carried 1 1/4 tonne no problem but on the road I stay near the legal limits.
    savage(Eric)
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    Hi

    My thoughts are 7 x 4. Very light guage material for the box section, 450mm sides (normally 300mm I think).

    Stud pattern to match the car you drive so you dont have to carry a spare.

    New tyres and rims to suit. Most you get are from the wreckers and god knows whats up with them.

    Build a ply 8'1" x 4'1" flat top that sits on the trailer for carrying sheet goods.

    Slipper leaf springs.

    I always laugh at the camping shows where they have camper trailers made of tread (chequer) plate. you really need tread plate mudguards ( )Not!.

    I have had two Resort Trailers from Queanbeyan NSW. Both 7 x 4 lightweight and did up two houses and heaps of firewood with no probs whatsoever.

    L I G H T W E I G H T


    cheers


    dazzler

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    Mine is 11'9" long (interior), covered, 8' high inside, weighs 920kg, electric brakes with a Tekonsha Prodigy proportioning controller in the car, tandem axle, LED lights and clearance lights, big window at front, Huge drop down tailgate, takes anything I want to pick.
    Forgot to add, the horses ride in it too
    Cost=about the same as a new Hyundai.
    Stupidity kills. Absolute stupidity kills absolutely.

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