Moving my 86 inch

[BigJon]

Opinions / knowledge please.

Will an 86 inch fit into an 8x5 trailer? I can drop the front tailgate down for a touch more length, the rear tailgate will have to be up as the number plate is on it.

Thanks.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Ideally you need a 10 x 5 or could get away with an 8 x 5 if it has front opening gate as well as the rear tailgate open.

The problem is that the front spring mounts usually hit the front loading board, meaning that the rear wheel will be off the back deck of an 8' trailer. Having the tailgate up causes similar problems to a fixed loading board, although you could have sleepers or something under the wheels to lift the springs above the tailgate. An 86" with one closed end on a trailer needs at least 8' 3" of deck.

Remember that you need at the entire footprint of both tyres to be on the deck of the trailer and that will probably still mean that the trailer is tail heavy.

You could always remove the numberplate and wire it onto the trailer for the trip!

[jamesnedtaylor]

ImageUploadedByAULRO1427258976.037035.jpg hope this helps


1969 109" 2a named loti

[BigJon]

It sounds like width would be OK, just length is a potential issue.
When the front tailgate is dropped it is still fixed to the trailer, and lays on the draw bar, effectively giving a longer bed to the trailer. I could load either forwards or backwards, depending on what gives the best weight distribution, which also depends on how much other stuff I load in with the car.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

That summary doesn't take into account the "footprint" of the tyres on the road/trailer, nor the wheel/tyre in front/behind the wheelbase. i.e. the footprint of an 86" is about 90" (7'6") when considering the tyres.

As I said above this minimum length also ignores the presence of suspension components that may foul on the trailer.

We also have to consider if the trailer is a metric 5' which is only 1500mm wide (instead of 1524mm of a true 5' trailer). The metric 5' will likely be too narrow for the Landy track.

[jamesnedtaylor]

yeah I just saw it after trying to find out how long mine was and thought it might help


1969 109" 2a named loti

[BigJon]

We also have to consider if the trailer is a metric 5' which is only 1500mm wide (instead of 1524mm of a true 5' trailer). The metric 5' will likely be too narrow for the Landy track.

I will be measuring it when I get home.

[BigJon]

Inside measurement of width is 1520mm.

[digger]

Jon, is it possible to temp attach the rear number plate to the trailer without the tailboard? wire it on or something just for the journey? May make life easier?

[BigJon]

Anything is possible. I could probably attach the entire tailgate from the trailer to the back of the Land Rover if needs be. Then my only concern would be a number plate light.