Hiab Trailer

[madbopper]

The bloke selling the one on e bay says he is having one made with the crane on the back, what are you thoughts on this with having the engine on the front would the two distribute the weight better this way. He must think so or he wouldn't be selling it. The downside would be that you couldn't drive anything up ramps and onto the back.

[Daniël Bos]

Crane at the back would also limit load length.

[scraggs]

Is that OK as in "legal" or "we manage"

 

Decided to check it today, 120kg with trailer empty and the crane out over the bed.

Loaded isn't a problem as we can load where we want to even it out.

I was told when I was looking into buying it that it was legal, but the ideal tow motor was a landy, got to admit i'm a bit surprised it isn't heavier than that, it doesn't like going behind my Ranger.

[scraggs]

Crane at the back would probably be too light on the front I would have thought, and if it's up front you may be able to unload the truck as well provided it isn't too heavy a load for it.

I was told that fitting cranes to them will only work properly with a tri axle trailer.

[Suffolk-Matt]

And it was horrific to tow!

 

 

Dont even go there....

[Suffolk-Matt]

Yes it's the one in my pic

From memory I think it's around 1450kg empty

 

 

Still a lot lighter than i would of imagined

[Joel77]

Ill be making one at some point it's such a handy bit of kit