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Subject Topic: Erde load bars on Caddy 530 trailer Post Reply Post New Topic
Personsmudgebiscuit
26/6/2010 at 6:03pm
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Hi,

Has anyone fitted Erde universal load bars to a Caddy trailer? Instructions are next to useless & my boyfriend is ready to chuck them over the fence!  We have high side extensions to our trailer and are beginning to wonder if they will fit at all??

 

Help please :-)

  



PersonDaveW1972
08/6/2016 at 9:57pm
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Does anyone have an answer to this? According to Erde the minimum width of the bars is 90cm, but that's just customer services talking, and not someone with a tape measure!

I have exactly the same trailer and need load bars for it - I want the Erde ones and will resort to a hacksaw and welding if I have to, but wondered if anyone who actually owns a set could tell me exactly how small they can be squeezed (ie could they be made to fit an 85cm gap?)


Personcjuk
30/7/2016 at 12:45am
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Hi, did you ever get these to fit? I have the same trailer and wondered if that was possible.


PersonDaveW1972
30/7/2016 at 6:42am
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Yes I did. You need a hacksaw to cut one inch off of each of the 4 slider bars, and you have to drill 4 holes in the trailer to secure the bars - but it's not difficult to do at all and the result is a really good fit!


VangoMan02
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I have the Caddy 535 with factory extended sides which double the height on the load area.
I did the same as DaveW1972 with my old set of Ford Mondeo roof bars.
I used heavier version of wings nuts which lets me put on / take off quickly without much fuss.

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Personcjuk
15/1/2017 at 1:12pm
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So presumably you need to chop that inch off either end to bring them in a bit in order to fit


VangoMan02
15/1/2017 at 2:41pm
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Been so long ago but yes I just cut around 2" off the one side and that meant they did not stick out past the side of the trailer.

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Personcjuk
15/1/2017 at 4:26pm
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Ah right. Would that be an issue as the trailer is only 3 foot wide. Or do they hve to sit flush with the sides


VangoMan02
15/1/2017 at 5:14pm
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My Caddy 535 is 110cm or just over 43" wide , so a bit wider than your model.
I made some metal plates to fit roofbar fitting kit and the trailer. I think the roofbars are not meant to stick out past the sides of the trailer but I could be wrong?
I suppose it depends what you will use the bars for i.e. roof box or cycle racks?

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Personcjuk
15/1/2017 at 5:38pm
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Yea ours is 3 foot wide so I may need some other bars. I was more just curious really to see how it was done. I guess I'd use it for bikes maybe and keep the roof box on the car


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PersonWildsi
01/8/2017 at 9:49pm
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Hi davew1972. I've just bought a Caddy 640 trailer (4 foot wide) and was hoping to fit Erde universal load bars to put bikes on. Please can you upload a picture showing how you managed to fit them? Cheers Si



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