3500kg trailer, 2 axles or 3?

smcapstick · Nov 29, 2016

S J H said:
Glad someone else finds they scrub, they're bound to. as you say especially laden, and there's a lot more pressure on the side walls IMO.

A saw a 12' trailer with four axles, once. I don't know what it was like to tow but you could be certain if one thing - the owner had a very small 'unit'.

S J H · Nov 29, 2016

smcapstick said:
A saw a 12' trailer with four axles, once. I don't know what it was like to tow but you could be certain if one thing - the owner had a very small 'unit'.

Yes, an axle adds an inch

Dave W · Nov 29, 2016

S J H said:
Glad someone else finds they scrub, they're bound to. as you say especially laden, and there's a lot more pressure on the side walls IMO.

Mine doesn't scrub at all.
My theory (which I'm sure no one will agree with) is that the weight is spread over 6 wheels not 4 so there is less weight on each wheel.
My GE is 3 yrs old. Must have done 30k miles and the tyres still look new

Hilly · Nov 29, 2016

They dont scrub they dont push they dont anything but good things like keep stability and extra braking and less tyre wear and if you get a puncture you can keep going, forums are amazing for making a dogs dinner out of something.

Poorbuthappy · Nov 29, 2016

Hilly said:
They dont scrub they dont push they dont anything but good things like keep stability and extra braking and less tyre wear and if you get a puncture you can keep going, forums are amazing for making a dogs dinner out of something.

Is yours GE or ifor Hilly?
It seems to me the nay sayers are running IW and the pro triple axle are on GE?

roscoe erf · Nov 29, 2016

Mines iw triple it doesn't Boss the defender or scrub even if it did scrub those f**king useless maxi milers wouldn't last long enough to notice

ollandroverman · Nov 29, 2016

Twin axle ifor livestock trailers have the axles spread nearly as far apart as the tri axle models so in use there is only really benefits from having three and not many downsides. Where as the ifor twin axle drop-side trailers are much closer set and do tow differently to their tri bretheren.
The GE tri trailers have a very close together axle set up, Certainly less than the Ifor tri axles

ollandroverman · Nov 29, 2016

My current tri axle Ifor is good to tow loaded, and is certainly more forgiving of being poorly loaded than the close spaced twin axle i had before, but when empty and running faster it bounces and bangs the heck out of me when i use my short landrover in my avatar.

General-Lee · Nov 29, 2016

multi power said:
What about pushing on corners? @Dave W what's your experience

We've a tri axle box and flat bed not frequent users of both most of the time parked up, but tend find if they're loaded up well,it'll catch you out on 1st corner after that you never notice it again. That's towed on a 90.

ollandroverman · Nov 29, 2016

Dave W said:
Mine doesn't scrub at all.
My theory (which I'm sure no one will agree with) is that the weight is spread over 6 wheels not 4 so there is less weight on each wheel.
My GE is 3 yrs old. Must have done 30k miles and the tyres still look new

That is bloody amazing. With my duty cycle on my Ifor tri axle i would guess in that mileage to wearing out two complete sets of tyres (as long as they aren't the original fit Maximilers, cos they bust before you can wear them down!) and i think i am going through a complete set of brakes every 5 or 6 thousand miles at the very best.

smcapstick · Nov 29, 2016

ollandroverman said:
That is bloody amazing. With my duty cycle on my Ifor tri axle i would guess in that mileage to wearing out two complete sets of tyres (as long as they aren't the original fit Maximilers, cos they bust before you can wear them down!) and i think i am going through a complete set of brakes every 5 or 6 thousand miles at the very best.

It must be a magic trailer

davedb · Nov 29, 2016

From what I've seen of these triple axles is they don't have balance beams just have normal spring hangers, imo they would handle and ride a lot better with balance beams

ollandroverman · Nov 29, 2016

The only 3.5 ton trailer i have ever seen with spring compensator links (balance beams) is the lovely Parkhouse all aluminium trailer.
Different price level altogether though

roscoe erf · Nov 29, 2016

davedb said:
From what I've seen of these triple axles is they don't have balance beams just have normal spring hangers, imo they would handle and ride a lot better with balance beams

Air suspension

Cowabunga · Nov 29, 2016

davedb said:
From what I've seen of these triple axles is they don't have balance beams just have normal spring hangers, imo they would handle and ride a lot better with balance beams

Couldn't run it on five wheels then.

smcapstick · Nov 29, 2016

Why do you need to run on five wheels? What's wrong with fitting the spare that is with the trailer at all times?

Hilly · Nov 29, 2016

Its time someone made a tri with air suspension and more importantly air brakes.

smcapstick · Nov 29, 2016

Hilly said:
Its time someone made a tri with air suspension and more importantly air brakes.

...for a 5th wheel

Cowabunga · Nov 29, 2016

smcapstick said:
Why do you need to run on five wheels? What's wrong with fitting the spare that is with the trailer at all times?

Might have two punctures on the same long journey.

Cowabunga · Nov 29, 2016

Hilly said:
Its time someone made a tri with air suspension and more importantly air brakes.

I thought people wanted to keep machinery simple and reasonably priced. :scratchhead:

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