Ifor Wiliams timber trailer

[madmatt]

if I had 10k and a shed load of time to waste I'd have a fastow skeleton trailer with hiab and that meets C&U regs designed and made that would hopefully be lighter to start with, to give more payload. but I wouldn't buy that ifor!

[stoxs]

Does the dwarf come with it ?

 

that trailer and crane would be at least 1500kgs only sensiblly carry 1000kgs on most modern 4x4`s 110 landy you might get 2000kg on it.

[madmatt]

Does the dwarf come with it ?

 

that trailer and crane would be at least 1500kgs only sensiblly carry 1000kgs on most modern 4x4`s 110 landy you might get 2000kg on it.

 

A land Rover can legally tow 3500kgs but as said earlier it depends on trailer nose weight as well. worst case scenario is you can get a 100kg payload on that trailer behind a landy best case 2000kg to show it behind a pickup is slightly mis leading.

[ecolojim]

nose weight is a valid point. im not sure how much those cranes weigh but id rather have it on an ifor than anything else if it were going on a trailer I already had. If not, then as matt says, as minimal a construction of trailer as possible. not sure what the official figures are but ifors seem to have unladen an almost negligable noseweight on a twin axle. for example we very very rarely even put the jockey wheel down as the nose just hovers. I would imagine the tri-axled variants are even better at this.

 

I did wonder about the 3.5tonne trailer on that vehicle. It seems to be something nobody realises, that its the max gross on the plate that matters, but if that's a navara then I 'think' some navaras had 3.5tonne, although that looks like a new one, in which case according to this lil brochure i have here, 3tonne.

 

regardless... the amount of timber you could actually carry on it vs the cost in the first place makes it a bit useless in my opinion. just like the 3.5tonne tipper truck scenarios. add a bit more steel, take off a bit more payload.

[treequip]

these are great ideas, and even though they seem expensive, looked after it will last you 10years, but it is the whole weight issue as Steve said. Am i right in thinking that American pickups are allowed to tow a serious amount more.

 

Not on UK roads. 3.500kg max

[Stephen Blair]

Not on UK roads. 3.500kg max

 

What if you sat an hgv?only reason i am asking, did you guys see the huge band saw at the apf that was towed by a dually with a generator on the back.

It must have been easy 50 feet long all together and what kind of weight would be in the genny alone. Beautiful piece of kit:001_smile:

[Mr Ed]

Not on UK roads. 3.500kg max

 

Some US trucks are registered as HGV over here. They are fitted with the euro compliant air braking systems. Over in the US, I have towed 7 tonnes behind a diesel F250 ford pickup without much bother.

[ecolojim]

What if you sat an hgv?only reason i am asking, did you guys see the huge band saw at the apf that was towed by a dually with a generator on the back.

It must have been easy 50 feet long all together and what kind of weight would be in the genny alone. Beautiful piece of kit:001_smile:

 

was it a serra one?

 

heaviest tow behind they list in the book is 29ft cut i think and its only 3.3tonne so assuming the genny on the back of the pickup kept the pickup within its own individual max gross weight, it would probably be fine. 40kva genny is only 800kg.

 

essentially, the above could be on a landrover 130 and be within specs

[Mr Ed]

My opinion on the Ifor williams trailer - it would be much better without the stupid little crane.

For the price, you would buy the trailer and a mini skid steer to load it with timber.

[Stephen Blair]

was it a serra one?

 

heaviest tow behind they list in the book is 29ft cut i think and its only 3.3tonne so assuming the genny on the back of the pickup kept the pickup within its own individual max gross weight, it would probably be fine. 40kva genny is only 800kg.

 

essentially, the above could be on a landrover 130 and be within specs

 

wow, it must of been the shear size of it that blew me away.