Collins Trailers / Re-lining brake shoes

Zippy768

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Mixed Farmer

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Dorset/Wilts

• Jun 12, 2019

• #1

We have an old Collins trailer that I want to sort the brakes on so we have a spare trailer to run grain out the field.

Obviously they don't exist anymore, but did someone take them over or same bodies/axles use on another brand?

Also is it possible to still get shoes re-lined? On is that not a thing anymore?

Tia

 

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Spear

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Livestock Farmer

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North Devon

• Jun 12, 2019

• #2

Fairly sure AW took over Collins.
Certainly same design trailer back at the time.
Brakes shouldn’t be a problem to sort, nothing special about the axles used.

 

Nearly

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North of York

• Jun 12, 2019

• #3

http://www.adraxles.com/the-group/adr-uk-tyremart

Newark for brake spares.
Don't rule out complete new axles if it needs more than shoes.

 

Last edited: Jun 12, 2019

Boohoo

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Newtownabbey

• Jun 12, 2019

• #4

I've had brake shoes relined by a local truck and bus parts supplier.

 

Rowland

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Northeast England

• Jun 12, 2019

• #5

You will be able to get them relined locally somewhere.
I did an old 10 ton trailer a few years back it was pretty easy to find a company to do it .
And it wasn’t that expensive fairly cheep if I remember

 

del_boy

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Location

Herefordshire

• Jun 12, 2019

• #6

Yes aw trailers took over collins.
We get our brake shoes relined by ALL SPARES. cost was £12 a shoe so alot less than new. Took them on a monday and had them back on Wednesday

 

davidroberts30

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pembrokeshire

• Jun 12, 2019

• #7

Measure the width of the shoe and the inside of the drum and match up parts from there

 

Zippy768

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Mixed Farmer

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Dorset/Wilts

• Jun 12, 2019

• #8

Thanks for the replies. Turns out our local engineering firm can sort out the re-lining at a fraction of the cost of a new shoe .
Up to 10 day turnaround tho.
Old Safety McSafe (father) doesn't want all hubs off at once. So front hubs today and back ones in a fortnight I expect.

 

ollie989898

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Hanging from a twig, in a deep sleep.

• Jun 12, 2019

• #9

Why dont you want to take all the hubs off at once??

Blocks under drawbar and axles and get the lot done in one go?

 

Exfarmer

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Location

Bury St Edmunds

• Jun 12, 2019

• #10

Perhaps he wants to use it in the meantime

 

Mur Huwcun

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Livestock Farmer

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North West Wales

• Jun 12, 2019

• #11

Exfarmer said:

Perhaps he wants to use it in the meantime

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Then drum and wheel off in one, flick the shoes off with tyre lever and dab of grease on bearing and push drum back on, all 4 done in an hour easily. That’s what we do so that we can wheel them back out or use around the yard

 

ollie989898

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Hanging from a twig, in a deep sleep.

• Jun 12, 2019

• #12

Exfarmer said:

Perhaps he wants to use it in the meantime

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Zippy768

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Mixed Farmer

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Dorset/Wilts

• Jun 12, 2019

• #13

Mur Huwcun said:

Then drum and wheel off in one, flick the shoes off with tyre lever and dab of grease on bearing and push drum back on, all 4 done in an hour easily. That’s what we do so that we can wheel them back out or use around the yard

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Ahhhh, great idea, so simple .
Had the front 2 off just before lunch - shower dodging in the sprayer at the mo - will crack the back 2 off tomoz morn.
Cheers