Twin axle versus tri axle trailers - pros and cons?

[josharb87]

15 minutes ago, Big J said:

I know. It's daft that I've gone full circle, but the lead time was only 4 weeks and it was a bit cheaper than an Ifor too. Needed something very heavily built.

 

Tilt bed or flat bed? 

 

Ive seen kranman operator here is repairing his very flash lightweight lightly built tiltbed. In "our" line of work it needs to be relatively heavily built imo

[Big J]

No tilt bed. Just wanted a solid chassis. It weighs 1085kg with the sides on!  

 

Day to day, I'll leave the sides at home and use it as a flat bed. The treadplate deck will add a bit of weight too, but it's so robust.

[Matthew Storrs]

What did you end up getting to pull all this with BigJ?

 

nice looking trailer BTW

[Big J]

7 hours ago, Matthew Storrs said:

What did you end up getting to pull all this with BigJ?

 

nice looking trailer BTW

 

313CDI 4x4 Sprinter. Had it about 3 weeks now and love it. Had it remapped to about 160bhp with a lot more torque, though I have yet to tow with it. Since I've had it, I've fitted a tow bar (it's never towed), replaced the brake pipes, undersealed it, fitted all terrain tyres and had it remapped. At the weekend it's going in for the fitting of a nudge bar with twin spotlights, reversing camera and rear work lights, snorkel (only thing I cannot justify at all, but my three year old daughter insisted on it) and it's getting the bonnet resprayed (stone chips with early stage corrosion) and a few other minor rust spots fixed. 

 

It's a really clean van, which was owned by a wind turbine engineer from new. 106k on the clock and it's 2012. 

[Alycidon]

On 25/03/2018 at 23:57, agrimog said:

how about something totaly different, tows everything I put on it, tracks the mog perfectly, rated at 10t and 50mph

But a problem to reverse anywhere until you have not the knack.

 

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[Alycidon]

On 23/05/2018 at 07:19, Big J said:

 

313CDI 4x4 Sprinter. Had it about 3 weeks now and love it. Had it remapped to about 160bhp with a lot more torque, though I have yet to tow with it. Since I've had it, I've fitted a tow bar (it's never towed), replaced the brake pipes, undersealed it, fitted all terrain tyres and had it remapped. At the weekend it's going in for the fitting of a nudge bar with twin spotlights, reversing camera and rear work lights, snorkel (only thing I cannot justify at all, but my three year old daughter insisted on it) and it's getting the bonnet resprayed (stone chips with early stage corrosion) and a few other minor rust spots fixed. 

 

It's a really clean van, which was owned by a wind turbine engineer from new. 106k on the clock and it's 2012. 

Put a trailer behind it and you may need a tacho inside it depending on what you are doing with it.

 

Looking at the size of the trailer I would be very worried.   Whats the max tow capacity  of the van ?,  if I am reading the MB site correctly its only 2000kg,   hook a 3500kg trailer behind it and you are automatically overloaded even when empty.    2 tons of cargo on my IFWs is all I want with Discovery or Defender on the front.   The van is light on the rear end,  I have been in situations with a 10 ton trailer with a 65hp MF165 on the front,  when loaded in the damp it was not funny at all.

 

Hope I am wrong on all counts,

 

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Edited May 24, 2018 by Alycidon

[Big J]

3 minutes ago, Alycidon said:

Put a trailer behind it and you may need a tacho inside it depending on what you are doing with it.

 

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Only if I'm outside of a 100km of my base. It's a grim day's work if I have to travel 62 miles as the crow flies for a day's graft! 

 

We're going to be really well located within Devon with excellent road links, so I doubt I'll have to go too far to fill my week

[Alycidon]

With an optional kit you can tow 3500 OK,  but its 2000 as standard,

 

https://www.vansdirect.co.uk/large-vans-guide-towing-capacities

 

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[Alycidon]

1 hour ago, Big J said:

Only if I'm outside of a 100km of my base. It's a grim day's work if I have to travel 62 miles as the crow flies for a day's graft! 

 

We're going to be really well located within Devon with excellent road links, so I doubt I'll have to go too far to fill my week

Used to be 35 miles,  sounds like thats changed.

 

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[Big J]

A few years ago now. It was 50km, now it's 100km.