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Originally posted by Bob C.
Thanks Nigel.....
what might I ask happened ...??? soft ground..... Just love that picture....
Back to trailer business... did you use the leaf spring from the Land Rover...... I love the drop centers as opposed to a high platform..... everyone I talk to advises on a wooden floor for the trailer as oppose to the steel deck plates..... I am just afraid that the leaf springs will raise the center of gravity too high... if I used the srings and spring tower from a CMP they would be mounted outside the frame making it somewhat lower....
Do you have other pictures of the trailer from different angle????
Thanks for your help.
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I hadn't had the carrier out on the trailer for about a year and had taken it to our National Show in September. At the show the starter had jammed and I had taken it out starting on the starting handle which incidently was wonderful. I knew I couldn't do that when I got home so in my wisedom I had a plan to park up the slope with the trailer, put out the ramps, unchain and unstrap the carrier and let her roll off the trailer and down the slope where I would bump start her in reverse. Reasonable plan as she is a really good starter. As I eased the carrier onto the top of the ramps we started to move, I mean everything except the carrier! The trailer was moving with the truck being pulled down slope as well and we were heading for the wall and a ditch into our wee river. Anyway thank goodness we stopped with one of the ramps slicing the top row of coping stones off the wall.
In my rustiness and planning I had forgotten to lower the trailer rear jacks which I had installed to prevent such an accident. So when the weight in the trailer shifted it pushed the tow hitch up, weight came off the rear of the truck and although it was in low ratio gear, four wheel drive with hand brake on, it started to come down the slope. Scary and a real lesson for me. From now on its a pilots checklist. So there you go.
As far as the springs were concerned we used heavier duty springs than the landrover which don't even level out when loaded and tow really well. Trailer also is air braked with a lock breakaway in the event of separation!
The one thing I did want on the trailer, which did complicate the construction was a storage box at the front and walk on mudguards. These are a must. If you try and cover the carrier once loaded you now can almost walkround it instead of having to hold on with one hand whilst trying to secure cover with other.
Will try and take more precise photos when I'm better and more mobile.
Nigel