Best way to straighten these...

[Jackson4]

Turning a tight corner on a road cut into the limestone with a full load of lambs in. Pushed front wheel out and blown the tyre. Pushed second wheel out. Haven't had a look to see if they are stub axles or what yet I wont tell you about my morning

 

[FarmyStu]

Bad luck there. We all have bad days. You'll be laughing about it soon enough

 

[Yale]

Are they indespension type units?

Looks a serious amount of damage if they are bent.

Insurance job?

 

[Mursal]

Take the unit off and see if a press will have any impact on the misalignment. Or try winching from the front/ball hitch? But we really need more details/better image, did you see @Thick Farmer 's camera, the resolution for that type of work is breathtaking .............

 

[Grassman]

I wouldn't even look. Just let the insurance sort it. To do it right will probably mean new axles.

 

[Mursal]

Have to have a wee look, might be only a few 8mm bolts sheared .............

 

[Dave W]

Sadly they are indespension type axles and are now scrap. I found out the hard way when I clipped (ok wacker) a kerb.
Manufacturers can't even repair them as they will need new cam arms pressing into the rubber mounts.

If you are with NFU then you may be able to claim against the trailer if it is named on your policy and there is no excess and no effect on no claims. More likely as it was attached to the vehicle then the claim will be against that.

 

[Jackson4]

Bad luck there. We all have bad days. You'll be laughing about it soon enough

Eff**g B*st*er* trailer... RIGHT! i'm going to give you a right good thrashing (snaps off a branch and proceeds to thrash the trailer) I'm beginning to calm down
The axle is one long steel bar through a steel tube, with a connecting piece welded to the end, and then welded onto the wheel assembly. Might try grinding the weld and pressing out from against the box section inside? 2 new axles otherwise
Well you cant beat a bit off bodging!

 

[Jackson4]

Sadly they are indespension type axles and are now scrap. I found out the hard way when I clipped (ok wacker) a kerb.
Manufacturers can't even repair them as they will need new cam arms pressing into the rubber mounts.

If you are with NFU then you may be able to claim against the trailer if it is named on your policy and there is no excess and no effect on no claims. More likely as it was attached to the vehicle then the claim will be against that.

Great... so the cam is a stub axle pressed in... can see the rubber mount in the box section. No other way but new axles then?

 

[Dave W]

Great... so the cam is a stub axle pressed in... can see the rubber mount in the box section. No other way but new axles then?

Not if you ever want it to be right again.
£180ish per axle

 

[Jackson4]

Not if you ever want it to be right again.
£180ish per axle

Were can you get the axles from dave w? Trailers a Graham Edwards dm12t - 3.5 ton gross.

 

[Timbo]

Given that you might be carrying £4-5000 of stock and if it all went wrong could write the tow vehicle off in the process as well as your life, "bodging" is not really an option surely?

 

[suffolksmallholder]

If this helps.....I have 'repaired' trailers in the past and have found that being able to turn them upside down is handy. Can you do that with this one? All the axles are then right there in reach.
SS

 

[roscoe erf]

its new I'm afraid not worth the bother as I've tried and no matter how good you are they never seem to run true again

 

[Dave W]

Were can you get the axles from dave w? Trailers a Graham Edwards dm12t - 3.5 ton gross.

Got mine direct from Edwards.

By the time you've tried to straighten it and not got it quite true and scrubbed a couple of tyres you'll really wish you bought new

 

[roscoe erf]

I've used towing and trailers

Unit 4 Kilton Ind Park
Kilton Rd.
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S80 2ED
United Kingdom

 

[Jackson4]

Given that you might be carrying £4-5000 of stock and if it all went wrong could write the tow vehicle off in the process as well as your life, "bodging" is not really an option surely?

Bodging doesn't seem to be working anyway Did someone say axles/scrap? Had a look for some numbers today.

 

[Jackson4]

Got mine direct from Edwards.

By the time you've tried to straighten it and not got it quite true and scrubbed a couple of tyres you'll really wish you bought new

Already there with that one! Peed about with one and got it close but its not just pushed out its pushed up as well. You always learn the hard way with machinery hmm didnt someone say 'get big wheels on your trailer if your going offroad' ... dad would probably have said dont go up that track with that trailer... no doubt he learnt the hard way to. Getting the 3cx out on that track!

 

[Cooper3075]

My cousins GE trailer did same thing on one axle new axle. Did you have the trailer behind the tractor?

 

[Jackson4]

My cousins GE trailer did same thing on one axle new axle. Did you have the trailer behind the tractor?

Yes behind the tractor with lambs in, so it was heavy.