Has anyone ever stopped a Ifor Williams trailer rattling?

[JerryRtilt]

I’ve been towing Ifor Williams trailers about for years and starting to get tired of the rattling, has anyone ever managed to reduce it, the springs moving in the spring hangers is the main source.
Nugent have there Dual drive system, I don’t know if that works, looks as if it could?

 

[Monkeybusiness]

I’ve been towing Ifor Williams trailers about for years and starting to get tired of the rattling, has anyone ever managed to reduce it, the springs moving in the spring hangers is the main source.
Nugent have there Dual drive system, I don’t know if that works, looks as if it could?

Stop towing it empty.

 

[JD450A]

No.

 

[JerryRtilt]

Stop towing it empty.

I hadn’t thought of that, sometimes the answer to a problem is so obvious you can’t see it

 

[JerryRtilt]

No.

Thanks

 

[Lancs Lad]

I prefer to think of it as GBAEWS Ground based area early warning system....or GTF out of my way for the lane I'llsometime aim for a specific manhole cover depending on the state of the school mums ambling along ...

 

[Smiffy]

I prefer to think of it as GBAEWS Ground based area early warning system....or GTF out of my way for the lane I'llsometime aim for a specific manhole cover depending on the state of the school mums ambling along ...

Doesn't work very well. I love the look of shock from drivers on narrow lanes that think they will dart round you like a twat only to find a trailer in their way and have to slam the brakes on

 

[Lancs Lad]

Doesn't work very well. I love the look of shock from drivers on narrow lanes that think they will dart round you like a twat only to find a trailer in their way and have to slam the brakes on

One thing my trailer instructor taught me stuck...."command the road lad" ever since I've followed that mantra ..

 

[CPS]

I stopped it once, I Bought a Brian james trailer

 

[V8Druid]

One thing my trailer instructor taught me stuck...."command the road lad" ever since I've followed that mantra ..

yep ... make the bas*rds brake and get over ... do it all the time on our road here .... come at you 3 ft from the hedge, going like hell ... soon get over and slow down when I assume the centre of the road position their 'god given right to the road' suddenly vanishes when self preservation kicks in

"Command the road, but be prepared to give up 50% or more of your side - if you have to." .. my old man ... once had to take to the scenery on a sweeping right hander, when we met an on-comer, who'd overcooked it, on our side of the road...
he turned to me after and said "See what I mean?" .... a lesser reaction would've resulted in a 100-ish mph head on ..... good job there was a decent verge - and he'd already assessed it -- in case..... lesson never forgotten - always know where your escape route is, in case you need it -- I was probably 18-ish

 

[JerryRtilt]

I stopped it once, I Bought a Brian james trailer

I’d try something else but I don’t think there’s anything else with the same payload as the gh1054

 

[Vinpetrol]

One thing my trailer instructor taught me stuck...."command the road lad" ever since I've followed that mantra ..

I’m lucky enough to be old enough to not have needed to do trailer test but fair play to your instructor as that what mine said to me when I did hgv and I’ve never forgotten it . Don’t sneak by keeping left as that only tells oncoming traffic they might sneak by , take the whole road and leave them in no doubt they need to stop and give you the road

 

[Smiffy]

I’d try something else but I don’t think there’s anything else with the same payload as the gh1054

Buy a noisier truck then. I can't think that I ever here the plant trailers between my tires and have to rev the hell out the truck to get it to go anywhere with a trailer on. It's the tippers that are noisy especially when all the rubber washers are missing.

 

[Monkeybusiness]

I stopped it once, I Bought a Brian james trailer

I tried that and it worked for a couple of months, but then kept snapping in half!!

 

[diggerjones]

I’m lucky enough to be old enough to not have needed to do trailer test but fair play to your instructor as that what mine said to me when I did hgv and I’ve never forgotten it . Don’t sneak by keeping left as that only tells oncoming traffic they might sneak by , take the whole road and leave them in no doubt they need to stop and give you the road

Yeah my instructor for wagan class 1 all ways push on. Same thing realy. Try not to give in to much as you would never get anywhere

 

[JerryRtilt]

I tried that and it worked for a couple of months, but then kept snapping in half!!

That's not the solution then ?

 

[JerryRtilt]

I'm surprised nobody's suggested turning up the radio, would that work ?

 

[hiluxman]

That's not the solution then ?

Mine hasn't snapped yet

 

[hiluxman]

I'm surprised nobody's suggested turning up the radio, would that work ?

That's the universal answer....I thought we was looking for a dedicated answer to the question

 

[JerryRtilt]

That's the universal answer....I thought we was looking for a dedicated answer to the question

I'm open to any suggestions, sensible or otherwise