Ben_Copeland
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 posted on 11/9/03 at 05:00 PM |
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Trailors
Question for everyone....
Do you know if you can buy trailor kits ???
Make your own chassis from metal tubes, etc. But buy the axle's, lights, connections to the car, etc etc etc
Cheers
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 11/9/03 at 07:05 PM |
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Your building a car from scratch - how hard can a trailer be? surely an axle off anything suitable down the scrappie and the rest is simple - only
part you may need to shell out for is the towing eye.
I have seen some plans somewhere - I'll see if I can dig them out
[Edited on 11/9/03 by protofj]
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 11/9/03 at 09:50 PM |
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yes please.... plans would be brilliant.
Just wondering if anyone had got plans. or suggestions on axles, etc.
Have to see these plans mate... and do some measuring round the scrappies 
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ChrisW
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| posted on 11/9/03 at 10:41 PM |
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Old caravan + chain saw = instant flat bed
Worked for me! Grand total £0.00.
Chris
My gaff my rules
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thekafer
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 12:42 AM |
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trailor for your locost
quote:
Originally posted by Ben_Copeland
Question for everyone....
Do you know if you can buy trailor kits ???
Make your own chassis from metal tubes, etc. But buy the axle's, lights, connections to the car, etc etc etc
Cheers
Do you mean a trailor to pull with your locost or haul it?
I have seen a trailor somewhere that was just a seven from the trunk(boot?) on back being pulled by a seven.
 Fletch
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Rorty
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 03:48 AM |
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Fiat Pandas had a tube rear axle, which was handy for light trailers.
Any left over there, or have they all disentigrated?
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 07:06 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by thekafer
Do you mean a trailor to pull with your locost or haul it?
I have seen a trailor somewhere that was just a seven from the trunk(boot?) on back being pulled by a seven.
Fletch
Trailor to put my locost on, take to shows that are a fair distance !
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 07:09 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Rorty
Fiat Pandas had a tube rear axle, which was handy for light trailers.
Any left over there, or have they all disentigrated?
Hmmm idea.... 2 fiat panda rear axles = try axle trailor, build the handbrake into it, and have a braked trailor
Chris:
Would an old caravan base be strong enough ? or did you strengthen it tooooooo
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timf
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 07:44 AM |
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pug 205 use torsion beam suspension at rear make up some mountings and then make chassis of trailer to fit else do a google on indispension for
trailer parts but they are expensive
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 08:06 AM |
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or alternatively try HERE
Under classifieds there is a single axle car trailer with winch going for £100.. you can't say fairer than that!
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 09:41 AM |
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or:
http://www.towsure.co.uk/
they do all the individual bits. Using a caravan is a good idea though, thats where my trailer came from i think.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 10:25 AM |
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Pug 205 sounds like a plan !!!
Was thinking the fiat axle would be too narrow anyway. Want to find something suitable to start, rather than extending one.
Have to keep an eye out for abandoned 205's
Cheers for the links chaps !
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Peteff
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 10:31 AM |
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Escort vans mk3 mk4 etc. have a rear beam axle and single leaf cart spring, got to be cheaper than pug and wider than panda. Also more plentiful in
scrapyards.
yours, Pete.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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James
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 04:40 PM |
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I looked at a news group on this about a year ago.
There was some talk about making sure you've 'balanced' it properly during construction.
As a consequence I started looking at the converted caravan idea as it strikes me as being a bit safer! Would be a pity to dump ones' pride and
joy along the motorway at 60mph!
Cheers,
James
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eddie
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 06:33 PM |
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dont want to be the bearer of bad tidings, but arent there construction regs for trailors????
and some form of inspection???
plus if the designed weight of trailer and load is too large, then it must be a braked trailor by law
ie you cant just drag anything betind your car, tho a chopped up caravan should be ok
one of the problems in construction is that balance thing, position of the axles etc. get it wrong, and it will swing side to side as you go along the
road, get it badly wrong, and you can end up with somthing that will tip your pride and joy on its side.
finally i believe that if your car you intend to tow with, is newer than a certain date, then it must be designed to take a towbar, and you must use
an approved tow bar and hitch (the ford KA isnt designed to tow and it would be illegal to tow with it)
[Edited on 12/9/03 by eddie]
Please feel free in advance to: correct, update, ridicule or laugh and point at any comments made by myself in this post....
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 12/9/03 at 06:52 PM |
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SVA for a bleedin' trailor!! 
There will be mot tests for wheel barrows next
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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JoelP
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| posted on 13/9/03 at 04:52 PM |
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I'd go with the caravan idea, cos looking at new parts on my link they are way too expensive for a budget idea.
Caravans are a tried and tested theory, so maybe look around for one. dunno where though.
Piece of wee to smash or cut one off its mount.
Alternativly buy my trailer for 400 bucks!
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flyingkiwi
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| posted on 13/9/03 at 10:36 PM |
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try those nutters who race caravans for a laugh, they will definately have a couple of spare one's loafing around, and on the plus side its
already been hacked up for you.
chris
It Runs!!!!! Bring on the SVA!
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kingr
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 08:03 PM |
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Kiwi,
I think you've been spending too much time up at Charter House, that sounds like the sort of thing they get up to!
Kingr
[Edited on 14/9/03 by kingr]
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 09:19 PM |
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Plenty of caravans on ebay at the mo, search caravan and put in order of price, scroll to sub100 and theres a selection of lengths to choose from.
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Viper
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 09:47 PM |
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caravan is not such a good idea, if you want to be legal, though most car carrying trailors on the road are either ilegal or ilegaly towed.
The trailor has to be braked to carry a car and also has to have the carrying capacity clearly stamped on a proper plate, there are a lot of laws
relating to what you can tow.
If you are towing an unladen trailor that has a maximum laden weight of more than your car can tow, you can be nicked because the trailor is capable
of carrying more than you are allowed to tow.
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 10:04 PM |
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Does it have to be braked below 750kgs? I thought this was the limit and assumed that a locost would be less even including the trailer.
dunno about plates though, wouldn't be suprised...
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Viper
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| posted on 14/9/03 at 10:12 PM |
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can't remember what the min weight is but i would be very surprised if a loccost and trailor came up under 750kg
only takes one jobsworth copper to pull you.
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eddie
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| posted on 15/9/03 at 12:03 AM |
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here is a link to a site about trailor design....
http://www.synthx.com/articles/trailer-design.html
its from america, but quite neatly explains all you may need to considder, if you are wanting to build your own.....
Please feel free in advance to: correct, update, ridicule or laugh and point at any comments made by myself in this post....
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chrisg
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| posted on 15/9/03 at 06:53 PM |
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Viper is spot on with this, we went to a race meet at Cadwell Park a couple of years ago and the coppers were handing tickets out like confetti to
almost all the guys dragging racecars into the circuit
Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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