Thread: Imported trailers, yay or nay ?

Originally Posted by No good names left

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

Similar thing here, but you might be able to get wider offset wheels to increase the clearance. Its when the axle takes more weight on one tyre that you run into issues - the tyre on the high side with the weight on it gets ground onto the tub of the trailer and possibly goes POP... Converted a mates work trailer to having brakes - custom built caliper brakets etc and found out that the calipers and tyres had this issue (insufficient clearance to the sides of the trailer tub). Had to scallop into the tub to get the calipers into position, bloody mongrel of a design. Trailer was built to absolute maximum dimensions and minimum clearance to do it. Having brakes on it totally changed the behaviour of the trailer on the road though, stopped all surging and shoving and turned it into an absolute kitten to tow. Was a real bitch before the mod.