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[swinny]

7 hours ago, JonnyRFT said:

7 pin fitted instead of 13 hook up and they forgot to fit the 1000mm hinged roof return

And here's me that cuts the shitty 13 pin off as the 13-7 pin adapters are crap. 7 pin is and was fine. 

[5 shires]

Not so much a work truck but time I changed my 2007 Wildtrak for a more up to date model,been looking for a while and wanted manual/canopy so finally found this 3.2TDi 2015 picked it up today I also  have a 2008 Wildtrak tipper won’t buy any other truck.

 

 

[richy_B]

I wondered if it was a European thing to cover vehicles like this? 3t tow vehicle and a 9t trailer/load combo.  These 'mini artics' would be great in urban environments. Not sure if they are legal in the UK though. 

 

[JonnyRFT]

1 hour ago, swinny said:

And here's me that cuts the shitty 13 pin off as the 13-7 pin adapters are crap. 7 pin is and was fine. 

All my trailers and chippers are 13 pin.

[swinny]

10 minutes ago, JonnyRFT said:

All my trailers and chippers are 13 pin.

So was my 2016 tw230 and my 2019 ifor. Cut the plugs off and put 7 pin on to match my trucks. There's only one extra wire in there that's not needed.

[JonnyRFT]

Just now, swinny said:

So was my 2016 tw230 and my 2019 ifor. Cut the plugs off and put 7 pin on to match my trucks. There's only one extra wire in there that's not needed.

Ah I see. I’ve changed the fleet except one transit we abuse which is running a 7 pin hook up otherwise everything else is running 13 pin now. The only problem I’ve had with a 13 pin was on  the Hilux as it seems to have a bad connection. Other than that, all been fine.

[eggsarascal]

27 minutes ago, richy_B said:

I wondered if it was a European thing to cover vehicles like this? 3t tow vehicle and a 9t trailer/load combo.  These 'mini artics' would be great in urban environments. Not sure if they are legal in the UK though. 

 

I'm sure they are legal, although I don't know weight limits. There are plenty of 'fifth wheel' American Motor homes towed in this country by 'standard' pick-ups.

Edited December 18, 2019 by eggsarascal

[AHPP]

Aspen Bob has posted on here about the legality of fifth wheel towing before.

[richy_B]

4 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Aspen Bob has posted on here about the legality of fifth wheel towing before.

Do you have a link back?  I have searched but cant seem to find it.  

 

I have seen fifth wheel set ups on pickups (for motorhomes) but these are usually 4t ish trailers with 500-1000kg of the weight on the nose (taking the pickups payload).  I wonder if you can run a 7.5t, using its 3t payload and its 4.5t towing capacity? Basically being able to tow a 5t excavator to site with that combo.

Edited December 18, 2019 by richy_B

[AHPP]

I'm not even clever enough to tag him.