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04/9/2011 at 10:08pm
Location: Cambridgeshire Outfit: Icarus 500XL & Swift Baronette
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Hello
Me and the hubby are coming to the realisation that we will need to add a trailer to our camping kit pile as we'd like to take 4 bikes next year and there is no way the car can take any more!!
So me being the cheap skate that I am start looking on e-bay for a bargain we can do up ourselves. Meanwhile my hubby who has nooooo concept of spending within a budget has decided we need a twin axle as big as we can get trailer
My thinking is that the bigger the trailer we get the more stuff we'll take and have to pack and unpack for no good reason. I want one big enough to clear some of the stuff out of the boot so we can see out of the back window and I'd like a lid on it so we can put the bikes on top.
Hubby (says he) is worried about a tyre bursting and making the trailer tip over, hence the wish for a twin axle. Of course twin axle ones are bigger which he loves, much more expensive and harder to find.
Can anyone who has a trailer tell me if my need to feed the kids for the next 6 months is getting in the way of a safer trailer or if he's just trying to have the biggest trailer on the camp site
Thanks in advance for any replies
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05/9/2011 at 9:20am
Location: North Yorkshire Outfit: Sterling Europa 460 NT
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Last year when we went to buy our trailer we had gone with the plan to buy an Erde 142, however when we got there we saw an Erder 153 and could see the size difference between the two. We knew the size of our biggest bif of kit (our Outwell kitchen) so needed to make sure it would fit. Unfortuately the kitchen unit wouldn't fit the 142 so started looking seriouusly at the 153, the biggest difference being that the wheels were a lot bigger which we liked. So we got the 153, got the spare wheel and carrier, jockey wheel, coupling lock, wheel clamp, lockable abs lid (as our kit stays in trailer all the time) and load bars. Cost us a lot of money but it's been worth it and it's so easy to tow. This year due to my spending and buying more gear we had to buy the extending sides and it all just about fits in. I think if we'd had the money we'd have got a twin axle but then we're more than happy than this. I think it all depends on your budget, size of your kit etc
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May 13 - Cala Gogo, St Cyprien (didn't go, hubby too ill to travel)
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05/9/2011 at 10:30am
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You don't see many twin axle camping trailers, twin axle is more to do with carrying load weight capacity than anything else. camping gear is relitivley lightweight but bulky.
Even the huge Army Sankey trailers, and African expidition trailers are only mostly single axle, albiet with huge truck type wheels.
For us a 5ft x 3ft7" trailer with ABS lid which takes the internal height to just under 3ft is more than adequate, it can take upto 500kg payload which is about double the weight of my kit, the all up weight of the trailer when loaded with my kit is half a ton (500kg).
Just for info unbraked trailers in France are rated upto a maximum of 500kg when loaded, unlike 750kg here in the UK, although you can tow in France at upto 81mph so long as your car is not rated to tow 3500kg or more!.
TT's Anssems trailer is probably as good as it gets in trailers for camping, although if buying new they don't come cheap, on my wish list is a Anssems GTB-750-211 VT2 altough at £2,300 new I won't be buying one anytime soon lol.
Getting your trailer weighed is a good idea, I went down to my local weighbridge twice to get the before and after weights, they print it out all official like, handy info to have, should the need arise.
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