Thread: Trailer recommendations

TME in Murchison... wrong island but good gear... ON TM, Motors Search "Murchison".. you will find many.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/s...ring=murchison

Dont buy a titan trailer
Crap product never said made in china and wont take its weight capacity

I make trailers. Im just going through the process of bulding a 3.6 x 2 m flat deck. The price of steel and galv, running gear etc almost makes it not worth doing.

Some things to note. Always use 14" tyres. Much better carrying capacity and run cooler than 13's.

Use quality bearings. Timken, Saeco, NTN etc . Chinese bearings are cheap shit and wont last the distance.

I always put an electrical junction box under the front deck where the draw bar enters the deck. Then if you have to change the forward wiring loom and plug its only a short length to replace. ( if you have mates drag the plug, back into it and cut the wiring off etc etc) all been done before.

easy to do when you're building them. oh and weld a serial number into the chassis. stops them being re registered without a trace by these thieving shitbags .

Orion trailers in Pahiatua are the best
I have a 8x5 and have lots of comments about it (including from engineers)
Super good to deal with

Originally Posted by Vizsla

Orion trailers in Pahiatua are the best
I have a 8x5 and have lots of comments about it (including from engineers)
Super good to deal with

Just had a look at the website. Good looking trailers alright. Well built and finished.

I just had a 8x4”6 tandem braked tipper made by Trayla. Came out bloody nice and they were happy to take cash as well, for a bit of a discount. I’m an engineer by trade and was happy to see the correct size and thickness steel used. Definitely heavy duty.

Good to know. I planning on having a custom digger trailer made which will take my auger bits and drive unit as well, and have been hunting around a bit to see who to get to make it.
maybe something similar to this one https://reidtrailers.co.nz/product/d...scaper-trailer

Worth mentioning that if going with the typical 8' x 4' size, then it's helpful to have the trailer dimensioned to accept an imperial 8ft x 4ft (2440mm x 1220mm) floor sheet. That way all the metric sheets you'll be buying can lie down flat!

Originally Posted by Puffin

Worth mentioning that if going with the typical 8' x 4' size, then it's helpful to have the trailer dimensioned to accept an imperial 8ft x 4ft (2440mm x 1220mm) floor sheet. That way all the metric sheets you'll be buying can lie down flat!

Most good builders know this, that’s why they normally offer 4 foot 6 inches wide model.