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Topic: is this trailer good value?

sadexpunk

14/1/2008 at 2:28pm
Location: lincoln
Outfit: vermont XL

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ive been offered a second hand Erde 121 with extra height sides. its 4ft X 3ft with apparently 2ft 5 height.

its £230. worth it do you think? or can i buy more for that sort of money.

we've got a 4 X 3 trailer at the mo, but just with 16" high sides, and we've outgrown it now (as you always do as you buy more and more gear :-)

on our last holiday, i saw a chap who'd built his own trailer, with proper car wheels which i really liked. but trawling ebay etc, ive not come across any others like it, so im thinking this may be the best way to go now. plus the high sides mean i can see it out of the rear window which helps when reversing :-)

its either an estate car, or bigger trailer now, and the car would cost us thousands to go down that route i think. so would you agree this trailer seems a good option?

or do you know of any bigger ones for the same sort of money?

thanks a lot

2plus1

14/1/2008 at 2:42pm
Location: Milton Keynes
Outfit: Ford C Max Zetec

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If you think it suits you and its affordable the go for it.

You will be surprised what can be fitted into an estate car tho.

brianc

14/1/2008 at 3:18pm
Location: Midlands
Outfit: Vango Diablo 900 & Outwell Oregon Twin

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I like having a trailer as I leave ours packed and ready to go. All we have to do is load up the fridge and put some clothes/sleeping bags in the back of the car and we are off. I don't like sticking to towing limits, seems so sllllooowww, but you do save a bundle on petrol when you are used to travelling at 80 mph on the motorways.

Whatever trailer you buy it will be too small for you, you expand to fit the room you have, rather than the other way round.

steveandkirsty

14/1/2008 at 7:55pm
Location: South Birmingham
Outfit: Quechua 6.2 Xl Air & Apapaho 9 DLX

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Given what new trailers cost, it sounds like good value to me. Especially with the extended sides.

Cheers

Steve

sadexpunk

14/1/2008 at 8:41pm
Location: lincoln
Outfit: vermont XL

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thanks for your input :-)

ive now seen another couple of trailers for a bit less money, and wonder what youd advise.

as i said, this first one is 4X3 with 2ft5 high sides. galvanised with 8" wheels

the other 2 are car size wheels, one 5X3 with 2ft sides.

the next 7X4 with braking system. ive heard these are a pain when reversing, as they put the brakes on, thinking the cars slowing down.

anyone got any advice on that? and at around £50 less than the original trailer, what would you tend to go for?

do the car size wheels make much difference?

cheers

brianc

15/1/2008 at 6:47am
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Bigger wheels make it safer to tow at speed. I'd go for the trailer that is larger by default, you can always expand it later on but you won't be able to expand the other one any more.

sadexpunk

15/1/2008 at 1:09pm
Location: lincoln
Outfit: vermont XL

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thanks for that. another little minus point for the little erde, is ive been told they dont have proper axles, the wheels just fit onto some sort of spindle thats fixed to the trailer. which would be a bit scary if you had a fair bit of weight in wouldnt it?

i can just picture both wheels splaying out under the weight of all our gear :-)

can anyone cofirm that this is the case with erde trailers?

cheers

G#Winger

17/1/2008 at 9:15pm
Location: south yorkshire
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most ready made camping trailers usr the indespension units here

they're perfectly safe if loaded under the maximum weight , smallest ones are about 200kg or 4cwt. in old money

stu

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