Old ifor willams trailer

[harvey121]

Got a early 80s ifor willams trailer with a round axle. I am looking for some brake parts and cable. Rang willams they said axle obsolete and I need to get new axles. Any ideas thanks

 

[Dave W]

Save yourself the headache. Put it in a sale and buy something more modern and fit for purpose

 

[thorpe]

Save yourself the headache. Put it in a sale and buy something more modern and fit for purpose

you got one in the yard dave?

 

[Dave W]

you got one in the yard dave?

No. I don’t do used trailers

 

[Cowabunga]

Have you had a quote for supply and fitting two new axles with ancillaries? I would not be surprised if the project cost exceeded the price of a brand new complete trailer.

 

[Welderloon]

As said sell your old one at a sale, Ill bet there is more than the brakes wrong with it.
IWT dealer network or any other trailer outfit will have decent 2nd hand trailers checked, fully serviced & ready to go in stock, they probably take your old one as a trade in.
If feeling flush buy a new one.
In the grand scheme of things new trailers are reasonably cheap when you consider what they are doing & the use they get.

 

[Paddington]

Need to identify the brake system used, Alko perhaps.
I had the brakes on my 80's stock trailer refurbished by Motiv Trailers, Craven Arms a few years ago, might be worth a ring.

Motiv Trailers supply trailers for boats box flatbed general purpose and bespoke trailers

Motiv Trailers design and manufacture small domestic to box van, car transporter and rowing boat trailers as well as trailer servicing and bespoke custom trailer manufacture.

www.motivtrailers.co.uk

 

[onesiedale]

I have a sound IW trailer here, but no gates (or hinges) on it. Asked IW for the bits - they couldn't supply
Where can I get the gates, or rather the keroin wood slats that will make the gates?.
The hinges should be relatively straight forward.

 

[steveR]

Need to identify the brake system used, Alko perhaps.
I had the brakes on my 80's stock trailer refurbished by Motiv Trailers, Craven Arms a few years ago, might be worth a ring.

Motiv Trailers supply trailers for boats box flatbed general purpose and bespoke trailers

Motiv Trailers design and manufacture small domestic to box van, car transporter and rowing boat trailers as well as trailer servicing and bespoke custom trailer manufacture.

www.motivtrailers.co.uk

Good bunch there, very helpful I found when after parts a while back.

 

[David.]

I have a sound IW trailer here, but no gates (or hinges) on it. Asked IW for the bits - they couldn't supply
Where can I get the gates, or rather the keroin wood slats that will make the gates?.
The hinges should be relatively straight forward.

Better get some alloy from a local stockholders and use that. Keruing is dear now, and heavy.

 

[onesiedale]

Better get some alloy from a local stockholders and use that. Keruing is dear now, and heavy.

was just thinking would be easier to make my own gates with wood rather than alloy - no sharp edges

 

[Paddington]

I made a divider gate from an old hurdle and a bit of pig mesh, probably stronger than the original one.

 

[Nearly]

The brake backplates and shoes aren't daft.
The big, deep brake drums are daft.
It's not worth it.
I went through a 30 year old one last autumn, used it to sell calves, then bought a 5 year old triple axle when one cropped up in TFF land.
A modern looking one will draw less attention at the roadside.

 

[serf]

A modern looking one will draw less attention at the roadside.

That's the main thing nowdays , keeping under the Radar so the grief crew don't bother you ....

 

[Kidds]

I did brakes and hubs on an old Ifor and by time it was done it cost about as much as a new one.

 

[glasshouse]

Got a early 80s ifor willams trailer with a round axle. I am looking for some brake parts and cable. Rang willams they said axle obsolete and I need to get new axles. Any ideas thanks

Why do u need brakes?
They just slow you down.

 

[neilo]

The brake backplates and shoes aren't daft.
The big, deep brake drums are daft.
It's not worth it.
I went through a 30 year old one last autumn, used it to sell calves, then bought a 5 year old triple axle when one cropped up in TFF land.
A modern looking one will draw less attention at the roadside.

Wow. Amazing what a bit of WD40 will do.

 

[Paddington]

I bought an old flatbed, make unknown at what seemed a bargain price. Needed new tyres and a spare wheel and tyre, decking had a couple of holes and the lights needed attention (no one uses trailer lights here). The old rod actuated brakes were interesting and of the one off type - once they had been applied they would not release. Many hours were spent under that trailer replacing rods, linkages and shoes. The decking was replaced twice in my ownership, I skimped on materials the first time. New lights and a tow hitch and I was ready to roll. The bed was galvanised but the chassis was not. The manual reverse lock was a pain on narrow lanes, needed to find an uphill section and enough room to get out of the car before it could be released. Eventually sold it at a bargain price to a couple of pikies who drove off with the lighting plug trailing on the ground.

 

[Nearly]

I bought an old flatbed, make unknown at what seemed a bargain price. Needed new tyres and a spare wheel and tyre, decking had a couple of holes and the lights needed attention (no one uses trailer lights here). The old rod actuated brakes were interesting and of the one off type - once they had been applied they would not release. Many hours were spent under that trailer replacing rods, linkages and shoes. The decking was replaced twice in my ownership, I skimped on materials the first time. New lights and a tow hitch and I was ready to roll. The bed was galvanised but the chassis was not. The manual reverse lock was a pain on narrow lanes, needed to find an uphill section and enough room to get out of the car before it could be released. Eventually sold it at a bargain price to a couple of pikies who drove off with the lighting plug trailing on the ground.

You could have saved all that time, bought a shiny new one and still had the pikies drive off with it?

 

[Dave W]

The cheapest trailers are new ones.