Thread: TIME FOR A NEW TRAILER

Nice work, hodgo - I can come over and drink beer and admire it for you, if that helps.

PS - I'll bring the white ant treatment.

the price and quality of today's trailers doesn't seem to be too good - are they bringing them in cheaply from SE Asia?

It's better to do it yourself - at least you know what you are getting - well done

(your work bench looks just the kind I use)

Good work Cliff. Springs are fairly short though and I am not a fan of slippers. What were your reasons behind the choice?

i was camping on the beach just north of leeman here in wa one time and a guy rocked up in his cub camper with those type of springs and the track in was fairly rough and both of his springs had poped out of the keeper at the rear , dont know how he got on going home

Always envious of you guys who can make your own trailers.

Hope that's not the final resting place for the hitch.

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

Always envious of you guys who can make your own trailers.

Hope that's not the final resting place for the hitch.

It is a northern hemisphere trailer for his european trip

Originally Posted by numpty

Good work Cliff. Springs are fairly short though and I am not a fan of slippers. What were your reasons behind the choice?

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When I made my first trailer back in 1973 it was a case of buy what I could afford, and back in those days I did not have a lot of tools and equipment and the slippers were a lot cheaper and easer to fit and these old springs are of a good quality with a lot of life left in then even if they are short. If the new trailer does not ride or tow right I will then go for a longer springs.
I have never had a problem with slippers and the old trailer did many long distane trips between Melbourne and Townsville and places in between. The idea is to put a wear pad where they are going to slide and put a bit of grease on it now and then.

Hodgo

Originally Posted by hodgo

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When I made my first trailer back in 1973 it was a case of buy what I could afford, and back in those days I did not have a lot of tools and equipment and the slippers were a lot cheaper and easer to fit and these old springs are of a good quality with a lot of life left in then even if they are short. If the new trailer does not ride or tow right I will then go for a longer springs.
I have never had a problem with slippers and the old trailer did many long distane trips between Melbourne and Townsville and places in between. The idea is to put a wear pad where they are going to slide and put a bit of grease on it now and then.

Hodgo

We do the wear pads also. The slippers will be fine. Admittedly they are not a patch on the shackle design, but the slippers come in the lighter load capacities and they keep on keeping on. Mind you, for 4WD trailers I encourage shackles, but the springs are soooooooo stiff that you need to weigh it down by a lot to make them work - slippers will work with any load out of the box.