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  1. #16
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    May 2004
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    Pakenham, outer Melb SE suburb, Vic
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    If you go with the aforementioned spring loaded swing down jockey wheel, consider getting it mounted inside the draw bar, I have done this with mine, haven't found a disadvantage (yet) and it lets you not worry when jacknifing the trailer either side.

    If you end up going for an 8 x 4, ensure it will fit 2440 x 1220 mm inside, some sheets are still actually 8' x 4', not 2400 x 1200 mm.

    HTH..........cheers..............Sean


    The beatings will continue until morale improves.

  2. #17
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    May 2003
    Location
    Kuranda, paradise, North Qld
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    After having owned inumerable trailers, some of which were bought 2nd hand and the rest were freebies and having spent a lot of valuable time patching and repairing them my most important consideration would be rust resistance.

    I finally built a trailer from scratch in 2000. All from galvanised stock. All the welds were painted liberally (after wire buffing) with a heavy cold Gal primer.. The floor is a full sheet of hardwood exterior ply which was liberally coated with epoxy on the underside and then glued into place with sikaflex. It gets a floodcoat of decking oil about twice a year. The trailer is still as good as the day I built it. Idecided against a gal steel floor as eventually the gal gets scratched enough for it to rust.

    Mick
    "If you need a machine today and don't buy it,

    tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."

    - Henry Ford 1938

  3. #18
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    Jan 2005
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    Newcastle/Tamworth
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    The point about tyres and wheels is a good one. I overtook 2 semis and the blew a tyre (retread) while carrying a load of tiles. Lucky to get off the road safely. Bent the crap out of the mudguard when it delaminated and the whole trailer wobbles a bit now. Luckily the stud pattern was the same as the car! and luckily I had my socket set on the trailer also since the nuts were a different size than the car spanner.

    Luck everywhere really

    Pulse

  4. #19
    Join Date
    Apr 2002
    Location
    Brisbane
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    Take a drive on any of our major highways on any weekend you are sure to see a trailer stranded with some sort of wheel/tyre problem.
    cheers
    Any thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
    Most powertools have sharp teeth.
    People are made of meat.
    Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.

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