- Location
- Northumberland
We used to have a 12ft demountable when my dad was around. I was the person that would be trying to guide in the swaying box back onto the trailer bed, lining up the bolt holes and I didn’t like it one bit - if a rope had snapped.... then again my Dad was highly skilled with knots and I am not!
I used to borrow a mates flat trailer anyway when I needed one - much quicker to drive 4 miles than palavering about taking the box off.
A downside we had with the little wheels under the box was that they wore out really quickly. We don’t do that much hauling (lambs 15 miles to the mart over the summer) but a few popped on us and that was being really careful to keep them properly inflated every trip. On one occasion Dad noticed a tyre had gone when he was about a mile and a half from the mart. He proceeded dead slowly but the other one on that side went too so he had to scrounge round the mart for another spare.
I now have a 14ft with the larger wheels on the outside plus a 12ft flat with sides. That’s a luxury for me but the way I look at it it’s dirt cheap compared to injuring someone with a swaying box, or having an accident because the flat trailer I used to borrow now has questionable brakes.
I used to borrow a mates flat trailer anyway when I needed one - much quicker to drive 4 miles than palavering about taking the box off.
A downside we had with the little wheels under the box was that they wore out really quickly. We don’t do that much hauling (lambs 15 miles to the mart over the summer) but a few popped on us and that was being really careful to keep them properly inflated every trip. On one occasion Dad noticed a tyre had gone when he was about a mile and a half from the mart. He proceeded dead slowly but the other one on that side went too so he had to scrounge round the mart for another spare.
I now have a 14ft with the larger wheels on the outside plus a 12ft flat with sides. That’s a luxury for me but the way I look at it it’s dirt cheap compared to injuring someone with a swaying box, or having an accident because the flat trailer I used to borrow now has questionable brakes.