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Time has come for me to replace my trailer. It's a 12ft Ifor Williams, and only a year old, but it's too short for 16ft timber.

 

I've trawled through the UK trailer manufacturers and there seems to be some sort of cartel going on where they all charge about the same for a 16ft trailer, which is just shy of £3000 plus VAT.

 

I'm quite keen to get something that is a bit more versatile and recalled that when in Germany I'd see curtainside 3.5t trailers. For kiln dried stock (and firewood deliveries - I load crates to my trailer and hand unload) this would be very useful. Additionally, compared to a van, you have much more load space (16x6.5x6.5ft) and more weight capacity (up to 2.7t).

 

So, anyone want to cast their eye on this and feed back?

 

http://www.lehwald-marl.de/anhaenger-verkauf/zweiachser-hochlader-m-plane/eduard-506-x-20m-27t-19550r13.html

 

I would be aiming to go over second half of September to collect, if I were to get one, and could very easily fit a 10x5 tipper within my trailer should anyone want one. They are much cheaper than Ifor Williams and the 3 way tipping could be useful.

 

Jonathan

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For the record, I'd pimp it up a bit with the Rollfix sides, 100km axles, spare wheel, height increased to 2.2m (I'm 2.03m tall myself) and increase to 3.5t gvw. Total for all of that is about £4370 including VAT (£3640 plus VAT).

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You should come and have a look at my brother's one, german import, 6m bed twin rear and front bogey axles, no weight on drawbar tows a dream...

 

I remember you mentioning that, and you can get them from this manufacturer (drehschemelanhaenger is the German word for them) but surely they must be impossible to reverse with the double articulation? :001_huh:

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Time has come for me to replace my trailer. It's a 12ft Ifor Williams, and only a year old, but it's too short for 16ft timber.

 

I've trawled through the UK trailer manufacturers and there seems to be some sort of cartel going on where they all charge about the same for a 16ft trailer, which is just shy of £3000 plus VAT.

 

I'm quite keen to get something that is a bit more versatile and recalled that when in Germany I'd see curtainside 3.5t trailers. For kiln dried stock (and firewood deliveries - I load crates to my trailer and hand unload) this would be very useful. Additionally, compared to a van, you have much more load space (16x6.5x6.5ft) and more weight capacity (up to 2.7t).

 

So, anyone want to cast their eye on this and feed back?

 

Lehwald Anhaenger -Anhänger Verkauf

 

I would be aiming to go over second half of September to collect, if I were to get one, and could very easily fit a 10x5 tipper within my trailer should anyone want one. They are much cheaper than Ifor Williams and the 3 way tipping could be useful.

 

Jonathan

 

Great looking product, my only concern would be service and spares . You are never far from IW spares or backup here in the UK.

 

Bob

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Great looking product, my only concern would be service and spares . You are never far from IW spares or backup here in the UK.

 

Bob

 

Servicing should be as straight forward as any other trailer and spares could be quite quickly ordered online or over the phone? I speak reasonable German.

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I used to have one very similar, and found it very heavy to tow when windy.... Probably fine behind a van of similar size but behind my vehicle or the landrover it doubled the amount of "sail". :thumbdown:

 

I now have a turntable trailer, and I can reverse it too :biggrin:(in ways quite impossible with a fixed drawbar trailer)

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Can you not leave curtainside open when towing empty

Should sort crosswind problem

 

Quite hard actually, as the sides don't slide like a "proper" cutainsider but just open at the bottom and sides. There is no facility for keeping the sides rolled up (it would need straps both inside and outside)

I have done it once when I had a long empty drive by folding the sides on top then putting straps all the way around the roof. Quite a lot of hassle.

On mine the headboard was solid but it looks like on the one in the link it's all tarp? if so driving with the sides open would give a high chance of the tarp getting ripped off as it's main fixing points are the same that keep the sides on.

 

But for me the main "sail" issue was more the fact it used much more fuel than after I took it off, making the Landy struggle with a headwind in the flat whilst empty...

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