Lancs Lad
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I can sort that
for a small fee
for a small fee
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Steve
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I totally agree with everything you have said here. The only thing that stopped me from buying a Brian James was that it had diddy little wheels with indespension units & I am sure it rides better with the lower centre of gravity but it has to have leaf springs for me.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 arounda noisy rattley thing.
You also have tie down points inside the trailer which helps.
Im on my second one and very happy
CPS
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To be fair i didn’t like the smaller wheels, i have the higher option.
i did have a tri axle out for a bit with the smaller wheels but i thought they where to low and harder to pull.
I nearly went for the tri alxe put you have to be 5 m or 5.5m to get the higher wheels which is just to long for me
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
pretty sure they use Rubery Owen beam axles .... Indespension were the poor man's suspension units -- 'til they jacked their prices to match everyone else - quality didn't follow though - were forever replacing them in work for ppl.
CPS
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Its for the IDIG gnss (gps) receiver. It has to be 1m from the centre of the machine.
We tried to mount it on the front bracket but we just couldn't make it work as it was just to close to the centre on the small machine.
The wee machine is pretty much only used to demo the dig. On a bigger machine it wouldn't be a problem mounted on the cab or the hand rail.
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Storrsy
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Tie down points are better on a brian James over an ifor. I honestly don't know what I'd go for in a flatbed now. I thought bateson but then a mate told me something quite disturbing about the prop stands on them the other day so back to square one. There's no denying ifor put up with abuse wellGetting back to the subject in hand
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Smiffy
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If you want flat out build quality then those Irish mcn trailers look pretty hard to beat. I just don't think you ask how much they weigh.
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Storrsy
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Yeah they look good but as you say.... Always a balance between build quality and keeping things legalIf you want flat out build quality then those Irish mcn trailers look pretty hard to beat. I just don't think you ask how much they weigh.
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Big Jordy
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I think I’ve put up before about dale kane trailers nearly all the utility crowds round here use their plant trailers and I’ve saw a fair few of the flat bed and tippers about here too..
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Smiffy
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I do find it slightly amusing that the Irish manufacturers don't even bother listing the weights of them.
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Stroppymonkey
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3.5ton yeah? Load capacity .
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Smiffy
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Per axle ??
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Stroppymonkey
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Per Wheel isn't it?
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6feetdown
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Only on Irish roads
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Smiffy
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I thought it was anywhere with Irish plates ??
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Steve
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Are they supplied with tyres filled with helium as standard to assist tare weights?
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Smiffy
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I thought where solids to take the weight.
V8Druid
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