Trailers

[Goaty]

My summary

 

Modern pickups are numb,cumbersome either designed for crash impact or ego fillers especially in 4 door form.

 

The small vans carry as much volume wise. 20 yr ago I used to carry a small ride on inside my escort van. Pick ups in 2 door form in the 80s were much smaller than now and would carry a decent ride on.

 

I am aiming to gets pick up at some point. For two reasons. 4x4 to get to the job to save time. Rather than carry gear on foot. And more importantly to tow that heavier trailer.

Currently I have a

 

MAM 2550kg

 

Van weighs 1250kg

 

Indespension 2600kg maximum weight plant trailer weighs 550kg

 

Which means my towing payload on trailer is 2550-(550+1250)=750kg on a trailer that can carry 2050kg

 

I have the licence to drive Hgvs but am hindered by my vehicle to actually use my licence to fuller capacity.

 

I as others suggest if you really want to make progress get the test done. That comes from someone who hates Tests it's one of the few things in life that stresses me.

 

Your pickups potential from a business point of view is currently not fulfilling half it's potential!

[muttley9050]

I did the test a couple of years ago cost me about £450 to get through it. One day training and test that afternoon. It was relatively easy to be honest. It's like a long driving test but there not liking at things like hand position and minor stuff.

Just do it.

[richy_B]

I did the test a couple of years ago cost me about £450 to get through it. One day training and test that afternoon. It was relatively easy to be honest. It's like a long driving test but there not liking at things like hand position and minor stuff.

Just do it.

 

Agreed. Just spend the money now and you have the entitlement on your license for life (ish...). A 750kg trailer is so limited.

[Justme]

Currently I have a

 

MAM 2550kg

 

Van weighs 1250kg

 

Indespension 2600kg maximum weight plant trailer weighs 550kg

 

Which means my towing payload on trailer is 2550-(550+1250)=750kg on a trailer that can carry 2050kg

 

I have the licence to drive Hgvs but am hindered by my vehicle to actually use my licence to fuller capacity.

 

 

Er your numbers dont add up.

 

vehicle MAM is the weight it can be inc its load.

vehicle GTW is the vehicle & trailers MAM's added together.

 

you vans pay load is 1300kg

 

Your trailers pay load is 2050kg

 

Non of that helps work out what you can tow as you have not specified your GTW. If your vehicle does not have a GTW on the weight plate then it cant tow at all.

[aspenarb]

[quote name=Justme

 

Non of that helps work out what you can tow as you have not specified your GTW. If your vehicle does not have a GTW on the weight plate then it cant tow at all.[/quote]

 

While on this subject I thought there was a scale of tow weights depending on vehicle type. It used to be that a 2wd vehicle could tow 60% of its unladen weight and a 4wd 100% of its unladen weight. Or is this well out of date?

 

Bob

[Barney]

And can you overload them... As in logs all way up mesh sides??

 

I had a level load (up to the top of the mesh) of conifer chip once, tipped at a place with a weigh bridge and it was 7560kg of chip so about 200kg overloaded.

 

Got a tipper now though!

[Barney]

Sorry 760kg! Haha

[Bird]

I had a level load (up to the top of the mesh) of conifer chip once, tipped at a place with a weigh bridge and it was 7560kg of chip so about 200kg overloaded.

 

Got a tipper now though!

 

 

7.56 tons of chip is a lot !!! 😀

[Barney]

Yeeerrr pile it up!

[william127]

Had one weigh bridge ticket for my p6 once at 1300kg oops!

To be fair we genuinely had no idea it was that high as it was only 4 large pieces of rock which 2 of us levered and man handled on with ease and it was still not noticeable behind our ford ranger.