[AndoTheMando]

Ok...originally my 8x5 boxy was rated for 750 kgs...  I blew that out pretty easy....I then changed springs to 1,150 kgs (7 leaf)....and was blowing that out too ....putting some big scoops of topsoil on !!

 

Sooo...I just installed new springs again rated at 1,400 kgs...(9 leaf)  farkers are huge !!! 

 

I reckon I'm at my limit for the single axle set up...LMAO

[Keeper75]

How are the brakes on the trailer?

[Smokey]

Careful ando the springs will be up to the task of taking the added weight.

But that might be a lot of strss on the rest of the trailer and could cause strss and fatigue cracks in the welds.

In the event of an accident the insurance company might not cover you if they think the trailer is over loaded.

Cheers

[AndoTheMando]

How are the brakes on the trailer?

 

no brakes....its single Axel.. 

Careful ando the springs will be up to the task of taking the added weight.

But that might be a lot of strss on the rest of the trailer and could cause strss and fatigue cracks in the welds.

In the event of an accident the insurance company might not cover you if they think the trailer is over loaded.

Cheers

yes...I agree..  I am keeping eye on things..Its a very solid trailer with a heavy draw bar ...  So far so good..

I wayyy overload this thing

[john22]

Just remember legally if the combined weight of the trailer and load exceeds 750kg it must be braked. An average trailer weighs around 250kg leaving a margin of half a tonne. Your D shackles on the safety chain must be stamped and rated too.

[Bunya Nut]

Also, if you still have the original 750kg axle on it, it will have to be upgraded.

To register a trailer more than 750kg ATM, it will need to be inspected,weighed & measured at an authorised inspection centre.

[AndoTheMando]

..I know I'm a dare devil ..  yes my bad

I really only carry a heavy load maybe once or twice a month..  and when i say heavy, its only just over a ton..  soo i'm maybe carting 400 kgs more than what the trailer is rated at ..    This is a heavy duty 8x5 Boxy with a huge square channel draw bar..not some flip flop trailer..  and its being pulled by a Holden Rodeo V6.

All I want is the trailer to handle the 1 ton weight comfortably...and it is

 

 

I'm guessing none of your guys have ever put a heavy load on your trailer....  LMAO

[drewebb]

..I know I'm a dare devil ..  yes my bad

I really only carry a heavy load maybe once or twice a month..  and when i say heavy, its only just over a ton..  soo i'm maybe carting 400 kgs more than what the trailer is rated at ..    This is a heavy duty 8x5 Boxy with a huge square channel draw bar..not some flip flop trailer..  and its being pulled by a Holden Rodeo V6.

All I want is the trailer to handle the 1 ton weight comfortably...and it is

 

 

I'm guessing none of your guys have ever put a heavy load on your trailer....  LMAO

Get a better axle prob solved

[AndoTheMando]

I have my honesty hat on here and I'll be make some assumptions

 

• 1 - You have never carefully guided a heavy trailer down an FNQ range road in the wet

• 2 - Millions of frogs on the road significantly reduce friction

I have a heavy Vehicle License (class HC)  *Heavy combination* and drove semi Trailers for 20 years .also a dangerous goods permit , Forklift , bobcat, Boat and Excavator.. ...  But never in far Nth QLD ..

I have driven over 6 frogs at most ...lol

 

[AndoTheMando]

Get a better axle prob solved

yes...I agree...I'm doing this during the week.. 

 

Edit :  ...new H/D axle rated at 1 ton next Monday    

[drewebb]

I read every post, thread,

deej

DJ

Do you mean read or edit 

[Grae]

Most post edits are grumpy vocalising NO, I meant "blah blah'

It's not an easy job

DeeJ (DJ)

[drewebb]

Must be easier being a new mother 

[Grae]

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sorry

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[drewebb]

^^ Like.

He looks content but where,s the kids sock savers? 

[crocster]

Congratulations to you DJ, Grae and family!

[Keeper75]

..I know I'm a dare devil ..  yes my bad

I really only carry a heavy load maybe once or twice a month..  and when i say heavy, its only just over a ton..  soo i'm maybe carting 400 kgs more than what the trailer is rated at ..    This is a heavy duty 8x5 Boxy with a huge square channel draw bar..not some flip flop trailer..  and its being pulled by a Holden Rodeo V6.

All I want is the trailer to handle the 1 ton weight comfortably...and it is

 

 

I'm guessing none of your guys have ever put a heavy load on your trailer....  LMAO

 

Are you saying once or twice a month you carry approximately twice the rated load for the trailer?

 

You may feel comfortable doing it but your insurance company and/or local law enforcement may not see it the same way.

[AndoTheMando]

Are you saying once or twice a month you carry approximately twice the rated load for the trailer?

 

You may feel comfortable doing it but your insurance company and/or local law enforcement may not see it the same way.

its Ok Mother Teresa...its getting done properly Monday 

[spongy buffalo]

Bloody internet police, second only to maintenance zealots

This country was built by convicts but don’t break a little law occasionally so you can pay more tax and make it even better

[CGAHS]

off topic

sorry

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