Thread: Imported trailers, yay or nay ?

Originally Posted by uk_exile

Brought Elite 8x4 heavy duty with sides 7 years ago. Very pleased I got the HD version as the tiedown bars and full steps along each side are great. Would happily buy another one.
Only 4 small issues with it.
1) The white spare wheel that's horizontal on drawbar started to rust around rim/tyre lip where rainwater sat. Solved that with a $30 tyre cover.
2) The galv on the deck is showing signs of wear but given the many loads of gravel its carried and that it sits outside I'm fine with that.
3) The steel of the front and rear tail gates are folded in such a way that there's an internal lip that gravel, bark chips etc all sit in so it's a pain to sweep out.
4) When loaded (overloaded....) the tyres touch the guards before the springs hit chassis. Never a problem at landscaping places where they'll only sell 1 or 2 tiny scoops but at big quarry with huge loader generous loading happens :-) I'm thinking spring on frame better than tyre on guard, but maybe for longivity it's better the way it is.

I had this happen with the trailer that I built/over engineered. I was picking up loads of topsoil and the operator wanted to leave early that day so he doubled the load so I wouldn't come back before he left. My springs and tyres didn't bottom out but the axle bent so much that the inside sidewalls of both tyres rubbed on the frame, I had to drive home (3km) like that so there was a massive cloud of burnt rubber everywhere.
The scary thing is I once had 2.6T on the scale at the tip and didn't have that issue so I have no idea how much he loaded me with.

EDIT, I saw the Elite trailers and they're very nice