Tell me about trailers and towing

[Mitch]

Avoid the Treg hitch. Better ones out there

[on_one_wheel]

Avoid the Treg hitch. Better ones out there

Have you seen the Treg hitch fail ?
Witch hitch do you prefer?

[Die Judicii]

If you're welding it all up stay away from high tensile materials, they ain't high tensile where they're welded.


Chronos

Shouldn't be a problem if done with the correct grade wire (although I generally prefer stick electrodes for the greater heat input) or stick electrodes.
If done in conjunction with correct and accurate pre heat and post heat in a draft free workshop.
By correct and accurate I mean careful use of the proper crayons.

[Mitch]

Avoid the Treg hitch. Better ones out there

Have you seen the Treg hitch fail ?
Witch hitch do you prefer?

Had a Treg. Now use McHitch. Never going back to Treg. Have also converted the old boy as well.

[Wes]

Sorry for the late reply guys.

As for the points mentioned.

Primary reason for looking at dual axles is safety. Basically more rubber on the road to reduce sway, and a bit of redudancy in the event of a tire blow out. I imagine having a tyre blow out on a 2-wheel roller can be pretty dramatic and I'd be lieing if I said it didn't worry me a bit.

Perhaps I'm giving that more worry that it deserves?

As much as I'd love to have a quality/custom job built, due the nature of what I want the trailer for it's firmly placed in the 'fun' column of the household books, held by SWMBO, so cost is a factor. I'm don't want to go cheap ass, but an affordable off the shelf option is going to have to be the way at this point.

It has proven to be a bit tougher than I thought to find a recommended brand for trailers, as there seem to be lots of makers plying their trade in local areas which limits how much feedback is out there.

[scrolllock]

Is anyone familiar with Carac trailers in Melbourne and the quality of their stuff?

Or the Galvanized Trailer Co. They seem to do pretty good stuff, galvanised obviously, $1200 for a 7x4 box with spare wheel in med duty.

And what they call heavy duty is $1500.

$195 extra on either for a 800mm cage.

Cheers.