Turboman
Mab An Gov
You probably wont, but if the rears are too soft they may heat up with the bulge going round. The trailer puts a lot of extra weight on them.
Handling problems are mainly caused by wrong noseweight or badly loaded trailer.
You probably wont, but if the rears are too soft they may heat up with the bulge going round. The trailer puts a lot of extra weight on them.
Handling problems are mainly caused by wrong noseweight or badly loaded trailer.
Turboman
Mab An Gov
Turboman
Mab An Gov
Turboman
Mab An Gov
Just call by the Angus lines, and ask for the heller with the old landies!
We all know each other!
vilguy
Do'er of stuff and the like
rice... lightweight?
My rice is the heaviest bloody horse trailer ive ever pulled. Mind its indestructable though.
Doesnt put much extra weight on the rear tyres though as the noseweight shouldnt be that high. I never bother to change my rear pressures from 35 when im towing it.
My rice is the heaviest bloody horse trailer ive ever pulled. Mind its indestructable though.
Doesnt put much extra weight on the rear tyres though as the noseweight shouldnt be that high. I never bother to change my rear pressures from 35 when im towing it.
Turboman
Mab An Gov
A horse trailer is light. Cattle are much heavier, my bulls weigh about a ton.
And if you towed long distance, like here to Carlisle (900 miles return), or East Anglia(800 miles return), you would want to blow up your rear tyres, or suffer excess tyre wear, possibly a blowout.
OP is now towing from Devon to Gloucester. Trust me, long distance fully laden is nothing like moving a horse round a few fields locally, or to the odd local show.
You want everything 100%, all our worst nightmares are to do with being stranded with animals a long way from home.
I have been towing heavy loads regularly for thirty years, 30 front, 40 rears is the way to go.
vilguy
Do'er of stuff and the like
i moved house from Hereford to Thurso using our rice tri horse. Its an old un and weighs about 1.5 tonnes in itself. It didnt appreciate having a good couple o' tonne shoved in it. Tyre machine, compressors, large generators etc all went in, in one hit. It was rammed to the gills. Jesus it was heavy. (especially the steep bit just after helmsdale where I was in low range 2nd to get up the hill!)
Im getting rid of our rice though, bastid thing just makes the tow vehicle absolutely drink. Not helped by having mud terrain tyres on the thing.
Excellent trailers though, much studier than any modern crap in my opinion
Turboman
Mab An Gov
i moved house from Hereford to Thurso using our rice tri horse. Its an old un and weighs about 1.5 tonnes in itself. It didnt appreciate having a good couple o' tonne shoved in it. Tyre machine, compressors, large generators etc all went in, in one hit. It was rammed to the gills. Jesus it was heavy. (especially the steep bit just after helmsdale where I was in low range 2nd to get up the hill!)
Im getting rid of our rice though, bastid thing just makes the tow vehicle absolutely drink. Not helped by having mud terrain tyres on the thing.
Excellent trailers though, much studier than any modern crap in my opinion
Sounds like a solid old thing, The build quality of the older trailers was better, I feel.
Right on the max, by the sounds of it, uphills can be a nightmare if you get stopped or slowed right down at the bottom
Main roads are better, but not much option when you are delivering cattle and so on, you have to use the tiny lanes.Wouldn't like the mud tyres for towing, I always have a set of wheels with standard size ATs for towing.
vilguy
Do'er of stuff and the like
Sounds like a solid old thing, The build quality of the older trailers was better, I feel.
Right on the max, by the sounds of it, uphills can be a nightmare if you get stopped or slowed right down at the bottom
Wouldn't like the mud tyres for towing, I always have a set of wheels with standard size ATs for towing.
yeah the mud tyres were on it though and i am super toit
Turboman
Mab An Gov
Is that for the vehicle alone, or for towing, Mike?
My handbook gives those pressures for normal use, but also pressures for towing, I think they are actually 28 front, 40 rear, but I thought 30 felt better with a heavily laden vehicle.
