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Cal919
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The tak 225 is expanding a lil lighter though.
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6feetdown
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Wonder if these are any good
Lancs Lad
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Interesting...like to see that on scales when full of wet mot.
Looks a bit top heavy?
pettsy
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Having tapered sides probably makes it easier to get sticky material out, but you lose useable flat floor space and with no dropsides can’t load from the side so can’t see the benefit personally 
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Monkeybusiness
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Purely for shifting aggregates - in reality could do with being lighter as a 10 foot Ifor tipper is only 60kg heavier but is a much better multi-purpose trailer.Having tapered sides probably makes it easier to get sticky material out, but you lose useable flat floor space and with no dropsides can’t load from the side so can’t see the benefit personally
Storrsy
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For a few years I used a stripped down ifor 10x6 flatbed for carrying my 2.8tonner. it sat well enough with the boom out the back- probably the closest I've ever been to legal. Can get a 10x5 3500kg which would have a payload of 3 ton with ramps in tow vehicle but felt that was pretty top heavy without the extra width
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Stroppymonkey
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GD1054BT is what you need surely ?
LM105heavy is only 40kg lighter and much less nice to load and use and tow , plus you’ll need steel ramps which are horrible
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Lancs Lad
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I had a 10x6 as well for years...towed all sorts of stuff ..🫣🫣.
Often dragged a kx027 with tilty and gaggle of buckets at weekends . Beauty of amaroks was they don't go down hard on the rear so you could look legit quite easily
Go to now is LM146...pretty much does everything and gets most places , reckon it's biggest you can get in a single gateway on a single track lanes we have... easily.
I've a indie flat 10x6 as spare as the 146 often has the mill on but it's not a patch on my old Ifor
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Smiffy
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Don't really need any ramps putting a 2.7t machine on a flat bed. You can even happily climb one into a tipper. Far easier than getting the ramps out.
Also putting one on a 5ft flatbed would is fine. If you are going fast enough to have it over then you will have jack knifed it anyway.
Storrsy
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Although either legs or a block under the chassis is advisable
.I once loaded a trailer on a slope without ramps . It lifted the rear of the tow vehicle enough off the ground to send the whole lot off down the hill and crashed through the customers gate
I dug the bucket in the ground to stop it- felt like James Bond at the start of Skyfall when he's on the Cat on the train
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
one trick pony
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Smiffy
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Although either legs or a block under the chassis is advisable
I once loaded a trailer on a slope without ramps . It lifted the rear of the tow vehicle enough off the ground to send the whole lot off down the hill and crashed through the customers gate
I dug the bucket in the ground to stop it- felt like James Bond at the start of Skyfall when he's on the Cat on the train
Yes definitely, not had it go far but had the back of the pickup high enough that when tracking the digger with the bucket on the floor the trailer and truck moved not the digger
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6feetdown
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Probably be ok for a 1.5t on the bed
Lancs Lad
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Random memory flashback.Although either legs or a block under the chassis is advisable
I once loaded a trailer on a slope without ramps . It lifted the rear of the tow vehicle enough off the ground to send the whole lot off down the hill and crashed through the customers gate
I dug the bucket in the ground to stop it- felt like James Bond at the start of Skyfall when he's on the Cat on the train
Fred Dibnah loaded his steam roller up with flagstones at last drop village...on way down the law of physics took over...steel drums on tarmac dont grip well...he ended up nigh on vertical against one of the gateposts...thank f they were substantial or words to that effect . If only they'd had videos on them days
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Stroppymonkey
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There's a local Brian James 16ft flat bed up for sale for not silly money. Do you know do they compare to LM166?
CPS
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They dont compare .... there 10 times better in my opinion
CPS
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Super quiet is my first reason. You literally wouldn't hear the trailer behind you.
I had my brian james trailer loaded one day and need to move something else. I put my father's ifor williams trailer and headed off... i got the the end of the road and turned around
a noisy rattley thing.You also have tie down points inside the trailer which helps.
Im on my second one and very happy
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6feetdown
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Mine tows sweet too only gripe I have is a few more tie down points are needed
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