Trailers

[william127]

I still stand by my original post that they are a very useful tool and if you only ever want to cut grass or deliver logs it will do you fine but if you want to do tree work, fencing, building, collect timber for logging or not dependent on others to deliver for you you need bigger as well.

And when you do go bigger 1 is not enough- I traded my 14 by 6 flatbed for a 10 by 5 tipper last year and love the tipper, but you cannot get a car or tractor on it and when the digger is on it there is a 1000kg of capacity left but no room.

So I am in the process of buying another(much newer) 14 by 6.

And when that is paid for I will probably start looking for a dedicated digger trailer with a low(2000)kg gross weight so it can be pulled by an older pick up or my mates van.

It's all good fun though:)

[Bird]

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.

 

 

And that wouldn't ruin trailer ??

[Bird]

I still stand by my original post that they are a very useful tool and if you only ever want to cut grass or deliver logs it will do you fine but if you want to do tree work, fencing, building, collect timber for logging or not dependent on others to deliver for you you need bigger as well.

And when you do go bigger 1 is not enough- I traded my 14 by 6 flatbed for a 10 by 5 tipper last year and love the tipper, but you cannot get a car or tractor on it and when the digger is on it there is a 1000kg of capacity left but no room.

So I am in the process of buying another(much newer) 14 by 6.

And when that is paid for I will probably start looking for a dedicated digger trailer with a low(2000)kg gross weight so it can be pulled by an older pick up or my mates van.

It's all good fun though:)

 

 

P6e or p7 or p8 then for me will be good until I pass test then!

[william127]

And that wouldn't ruin trailer ??

 

Day in day out it would destroy it, but it can take it occasionally. I would not plan on putting that much weight on it but sometimes it happens.

We had 1 pair of wheel bearings and 1 set of hubs in 12 years and after a bit of body repairs it is still going strong and does still get used despite having a newer p6 and the other bigger trailers.

[Goaty]

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.

 

 

Yes my bad it's GTW . Rushed to finish reply.

 

Payload is an incredible 650kg

 

Trying to demonstrate how inconveniently useless it is to not have trailer licence and a legal heavy towing vehicle.

Edited March 1, 2016 by Goaty

[Justme]

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

 

Not that I know about.

 

GTW is up to the manufacturer to spec.

 

There is a recommended 80% real car weight to trailer weight that caravaners use but its not law.