Thread: Sitec's Trailer.

The journey over was great. Works ute performed well, and the new swag worked a treat! So, I eventually get there, and meet a nice guy who's obviously an I.T guru, and dabbles with EBay and s/h cars on the side. He'd bought an unseen lot of 4 trailers late in 2013.. He thought he'd bought 3 1/2 tonne trailers and 1 3/4 tonne trailer... What actually turned up were 3 x 1 tonners and an even bigger single axle trailer to suit a Unimog or Bus! His family went nuts at the arrivals, and he sold them slowly at a loss.. Mine was the last to go, and $150 under the purchase price he paid! Win for me!
Once hooked up to the specially made drawbar adapter we were on our way.. on up to Mudgee for work via the Blue Mountains. Here's where I had a prob. I stopped to take some pics of the views and checked the hub temps while I was at it. RHS was a little warmer than it should b. not smoking hot, but warm. Off with the wheel, drum and have a look. All new shoes, drum like new, adjusters backed off, and nothing looking bad so I pulled a link so the shoes were right back, and locked the overrun out. Wheel back on and off we go!!

Mudgee or bust! Off we go again, and at a happy 100 kmh. The trailer has a steel chassis, decent length springs, and an alli body, so is very light for its size. Its running new 750 R16 tyres, and really tows well. I spent the next night in the hills just outside Mudgee, having dropped one machine off for work at Penrith, and dropped an old Honda bike off that I collected in Adelaide for another forum member. Here's a shot of the camp spot. Having unloaded the first bike, I now had my return load.. Another bike. A well travelled one to... An old BMW Airhead I believe...

They are a great trailer. So many people have wanted to buy mine.
What it the ARN of yours, those little white numbers written on the back?

I picked up a set of hood bows for mine yesterday.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

They are a great trailer. So many people have wanted to buy mine.
What it the ARN of yours, those little white numbers written on the back?

I picked up a set of hood bows for mine yesterday.

Hi Mick. ARN 34 675. What's the ARN then? Australian Release Number?... Just getting to mine this morning. The RH brake will need a minor adjustment, and I'm repositioning the ring hitch in front of the drawbar so it'll sit level behind the 101. (Don't cringe, Im doing it in such a way that it can be easily reversed if needed). Like the sound of hood bows... Was thinking of getting the neighbour to make up a canvas top for mine!

Here's how I'm altering the drawbar. Rather than cutting the original A frame about, I'm relocating the coupling in front of it, which will make t 110mm lower, and make the tow point 400mm further forward. By doing this it will be easier to reverse, make it tow even better than it already does, and allow it to sit level behind a 101 with the nato hitch bolted directly to the rear x member in its original position. By adding to the drawbar rather than cutting it, it can easily be reversed.

That is a very good idea. You might want to gusset that tongue though.
With the sellers comment that he's made a loss, that's what happens when you bid against your market. In his case, because his family disapproved, he had to "fire sale" the things.
They are very saleable at the right price. I'm amazed at the number of people (particularly tradies with trucks) that have said "Nice trailer mate. Do you want to sell it?" and I have had to reply "No".

Yeah, there a well built rig.. Gussets r in, here's a shot of it primed and the ring back in place. Just need to lengthen the brake pipe tomorrow! As for the seller, yeah, the bigger trailer he had was sold to a guy with a very smart Unimog that was set up for a big trip. The trailer suited it perfectly as it was on 22.5" rims! What's the ARN all about then?

Nice.
The other trailer probably would have been one of these:
MGB 3t trailer

I should have bought a trailer last week. The Horndraulic.
Bugger.