Livestock box towing troubles

[Jameshenry]

I got an ifor Ta5 12ft here and i haven't done many trips with it , but i've experienced the wobbles a couple of times now, once with 24 lambs just on the bottom, and yesterday when empty, both times were on A roads at around 50 mph, anyone else experienced it with these trailers ? Trailer would be running slightly high on the hitch but not by much, TIA

 

[Tonym]

Better slightly high than too low towing on the front wheels.

 

[C.J]

Make sure the rear tyre pressures on your towing vehicle are ii the region of 35-40 psi.

Had a major wobble last year with my 12" DP , one side of the trailer off the ground,looked like 45 degrees in the mirror.Don't know how I landed it .I bought new shocks all round on the way home and when I fitted them , one of the front ones was very weak.

So ,check your shocks and maybe upgrade rear springs.

 

[Jameshenry]

Make sure the rear tyre pressures on your towing vehicle are ii the region of 35-40 psi.

Had a major wobble last year with my 12" DP , one side of the trailer off the ground,looked like 45 degrees in the mirror.Don't know how I landed it .I bought new shocks all round on the way home and when I fitted them , one of the front ones was very weak.

So ,check your shocks and maybe upgrade rear springs.

What sort of speed were you going and were you loaded ?

 

[Andy54]

What are you towing with?

 

[C.J]

2 cull cows and a fat heifer so very close to legal weight limit and probably 50 -55 mph down hill on A38T

 

[Jameshenry]

What are you towing with?

Mk 6 hilux

 

[Doc]

My understanding is that trailer snaking ( without tyre issues, hitch height disparities, tow vehicle weight etc) is most likely with uneven loads, particularly lack of weight at the front of the trailer relative to the rear. I would suggest putting at least one beast, preferably two behind a well forward set partition and in this case the heifer on her own at the back. Obviously will make loading more of a faff but may prevent a bigger problem during transport.

 

[br jones]

Check the tyres havn't broken their bands and gone egg shaped

 

[upnortheast]

Keep the weight nearer the front.
We have a 14ft ifor & need 2 gates inside .to keep the weight in the right place.

 

[nick...]

Is your trailer hitch too high or low.on my hilux I’ve had to put 65mm spacers between hitch and chassis on both trailers and the ball is at its lowest possible point on my truck.weight too far back can also cause your issues
Nick...

 

[Shep]

 

[Little squeak]

Hi lux weighs over a tonne so doe's the trailer that only leaves less than 1 and a half tonnes of the load. 2 cull cows and a finnished heifer may well have been considerably more than that. My take is that you were overloaded that time

 

[milkloss]

I would say the hitch being too high shifting the weight more rearward would be the problem, it should put more weight on the drawbar but I’m not sure. I guess the sheep were punched up tight in the front? All too easy to load them against a dividing gate and shut the backdoor rather than shuffle them up and shut the dividing gate first.

 

[nick...]

I think the reccomended ball hitch weight is about 60kg of trailer weight on it.in my opinion you want a lot lot more
Nick...

 

[yellowbelly]

As said above - It's all about partitioning the livestock correctly to keep weight on the drawbar.

The worse thing you can do is give them too much room so that they can move and shift their weight from front to back.

 

[devonbrion1998]

Going down a slope or hill at a speed is not a good idea, at that point, you are not really pulling the trailer anymore its costing behind you, that's when the pendulum effect comes into play if the weight distribution is two far back in the trailer, seen a few big caravans on their sides when going to Cornwall in the Bodmin area at the bottom of a hill.

 

[HarryB97]

I've had it with our 14 foot Nugent stock box both empty and full behind my Disco 4. Mainly due to poor roads I would say, can be very alarming if you are not a confident tower

 

[bobk]

I got an ifor Ta5 12ft here and i haven't done many trips with it , but i've experienced the wobbles a couple of times now, once with 24 lambs just on the bottom, and yesterday when empty, both times were on A roads at around 50 mph, anyone else experienced it with these trailers ? Trailer would be running slightly high on the hitch but not by much, TIA

Wheels under ?

 

[Jameshenry]

Wheels under ?

No outside