V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
I like that ''dual-drive'' idea ... new one on me
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Monkeybusiness
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Ifor Williams GH trailers are very good - get the 185 13 inch heavy duty wheel and tyre option if you go down this route. I’m really pleased with our most recent ones (I don’t think they look as good when brand new - the galvanising/finishing looks shoddy but in reality holds up well and they look fine once the newness has worn off!).
My experience of Brian James isn’t good - we bought a DiggerPlant when we had a quality issue with Ifor a few years ago (subsequently resolved) and it is a load of crap. Looks good/well thought out but is not at all strong and needs constant welding. And the jockey wheel setup is rubbish.
There is a guy called Andrew Liverseed who I’m probably going to buy my next trailer off if I move from Ifor - currently contemplating a 16 foot triaxle flatbed for general carrying stuff and he is talking me into a Bateson (also sells Meredith and Eyre, which is another option). He seems a really decent fella - I’ll ping you his number if you want it.
My experience of Brian James isn’t good - we bought a DiggerPlant when we had a quality issue with Ifor a few years ago (subsequently resolved) and it is a load of crap. Looks good/well thought out but is not at all strong and needs constant welding. And the jockey wheel setup is rubbish.
There is a guy called Andrew Liverseed who I’m probably going to buy my next trailer off if I move from Ifor - currently contemplating a 16 foot triaxle flatbed for general carrying stuff and he is talking me into a Bateson (also sells Meredith and Eyre, which is another option). He seems a really decent fella - I’ll ping you his number if you want it.
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Russell
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I like the look of those Nugent trailers, proper adjustable latched sides,leaf springs, a steel floor and lockable ramp cabinet. I might give one a try when it's time to get a new trailer.
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craig
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Price wise, I found them to be all about the same, they asked if I had a part ex, which I did but I said I think it was old for them getting one 30yrs old, the sales guy said bring it along and they would give us a price in part ex, which turned out to be a couple of 100 more than we expected.
I do some work in the factories quite regular for an other contractor, all the new trailers have a sticker on the front with the dealer and location, interesting to see where they are heading to in the world.
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fred
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ive got the indespension alumax for our 3 tonner and its great bit of kit, well made. Only trailer that can take a 3 ton load and be legal as far as I know.
Quattromike
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I bought an ifor tt105 with the mesh sides approx 8 year ago, used it for moving my tb016 at the time amongst other things, I sold that digger about 6 years ago and I’m another 2 diggers in but still got the same Ifor Williams trailer. Tbf I don’t move the DX80 in it but still get occasional use out of it and still in good nick. Really good for bulky stuff like brash with the high sides.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
how're all the rivet-ed joints holding up @fred ? Ali to steel joints have a very annoying habit of working loose very quickly, as the ali wears so fast in comparison .... what sort of mileage has it done .... daily/weekly/monthly use ? The design is great ... it's the jointing that'd concern me most, TBH, if i had one
Left hooker
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There's these guys down my way that make a nice towing trailer's
www.tyronesnelltrailers.co.uk
Tyrone Snell Trailers | Sales, hire, towbars and repairs in Cornwall.
Tyrone Snell Trailers are the premier supplier of trailers in the South West.
Furniss
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I have had a Ifor TT126 for 10 years plus and its been a great trailer - used daily up until last year - heavy/rattly but solid.
Dont use it much now I have 7.5T hookloader but interested in hearing how them allimax hold up
Dont use it much now I have 7.5T hookloader but interested in hearing how them allimax hold up
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fred
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probably 100 miles in the last 2 years. To be honest i hate moving plant and did think about selling the trailer and carrying the digger to site with the duck a la ducking.
Would ~I be breaking the law if I did so ?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Oh yeh
... only thing you can carry is yer buckets and/or a drum of fuel ... don't think you'd even be allowed to tow a bowser technically as it's not engineering plant ... certainly can't tow a trailer full of buckets ... sadly .. as the law currently stands can't see as you've had time to take the shine off the rivet-ed joints yet, let alone wear 'em at all on that trailer
How's the 'Drema Boyo .... got DVLA sorted on it yet ??
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Smiffy
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Seeing as the blade carriers on ducks are acceptable would it be acceptable to have a large carrier either bolted to the blade or on a quick hitch like the Scandinavians have with a large set of casters fitted
As long as you pushed it it would only stick out as far as the boom so won't hit anything unintentionally but wouldn't really be a trailer
As long as you pushed it it would only stick out as far as the boom so won't hit anything unintentionally but wouldn't really be a trailer
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
can only carry related equipment ... like buckets, breaker. etc. a (special types) vehicle of any type, running on rebated fuel (gas oil/cherry) cannot carry a load of any description ... not even a bucketful of spoil/sub-base/whatever or tow another vehicle or trailer (not even empty) as the reg.s currently stand.
TiltyShaun
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Looks like I will be looking at the options with much interest and haste after someone decided they could fit between the hedge and my trailer at speed!
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
didn't fit then ..... had a customer come into the shop one day .... could we straighten out his muddy on one of our trailers he'd got ... pigscot 205 had modified it in a lane, when they'd met and 'tweren't wide enough for 'em both ....... half hour straightening it out and job done .... wrote the pigscot off apparently ...... took the entire side out of it 
... used to make muddies you could stand on without 'em bending ... Probably seen 'em in pix of my trailers .... 2.5 or 3mm formed and solidly welded on 
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Smiffy
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can only carry related equipment ... like buckets, breaker. etc. a (special types) vehicle of any type, running on rebated fuel (gas oil/cherry) cannot carry a load of any description ... not even a bucketful of spoil/sub-base/whatever or tow another vehicle or trailer (not even empty) as the reg.s currently stand.
I just meant for carrying more attachments
Seeing some of your collections you must need an arctic just for gadgets
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Komatsu
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He’s got a nice blue trailer for them now
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
think he's talking about your collection too Mr KHe’s got a nice blue trailer for them now
... the man with the much bigger trailer and even more toys with wheels fitted it would become a trailer, even though it wouldn't have an articulating attachment point it would still be sharing its load with the wheels
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Komatsu
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Hopefully be another one on the way after the spare tilty is off loaded
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DaveDCB
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Just got a new GX126, added full mesh side kit along side the ramp it does everything for me now and is spot on, my 3rd ifor trailer in 15yrs and quality is still up there! They have upgraded many little bits that in reality they didn’t really need to do, but it’s nice to see. Whoever says they are no good is talking s**t! 
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