Im currently building both a small single axle trailer (1300kg gross,1000kg payload) and a larger twin axle trailer (2000kg gross, 1600 payload)

I need to order the steel pressings to form the beds for the wheels to run in and Im not sure what thickness to go for. Since weight is paramount on both, My nearest guess is 3mm thich for the smaller trailer (possible 300kg on a single tyre) and 4mm on the larger trailer (500kg on a single tyre)

Can anyone confirm what thickness the manufacturers of these things use as I dont have one handy to measure!

Cheers!

I dont have either to measure, but my gut instinct is that they would be less thick than you are suggesting.
- Have you calculated how much the above would wiegh?


Daniel

For my lightweight car trailer, I made these bits out of 2mm


And the drawbar A frame out of 3mm


It looked like this...


And then like this.....


And by knowing what the sheets of steel weighed, I could tell how heavy the trailer was for galv dipping.

i wouldnt think ud need thicker than 2.5mm. 4mm will be heavy as hell

When I made my copy of a Brian James twin axel trailer for my saloon stox the thickness of the beds on the one I copied were 4mm. HTH

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Originally posted by alistairolsen
Im currently building both a small single axle trailer (1300kg gross,1000kg payload) and a larger twin axle trailer (2000kg gross, 1600 payload)

I need to order the steel pressings to form the beds for the wheels to run in and Im not sure what thickness to go for. Since weight is paramount on both, My nearest guess is 3mm thich for the smaller trailer (possible 300kg on a single tyre) and 4mm on the larger trailer (500kg on a single tyre)

Can anyone confirm what thickness the manufacturers of these things use as I dont have one handy to measure!

Cheers!

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Humbug, The weight on a single wheel was ref the point load on the beds. I was thinking of the mass on one front wheel of a car of the max load.

owelly, how has it held up? no denting from wheels etc? what car weight do you carry?

delboy, cheers!

My feeling is 3mm for the single axle and 4mm for the twin axle will be fine.

a pair of 3.35metre long 3mm thick beds is about 79kg i reckon.

[Edited on 19/4/09 by alistairolsen]

[Edited on 19/4/09 by alistairolsen]