Low Loader Wanted
 

Good evening everyone,

Looking to purchase a Low Loader. Needs to be at least 2 axles or capable of carrying more than 20 tonne.

Located in West Yorkshire so keen to find something near if possible.

Preferably cheap and cheerful but still good enough for use and has some life left in it yet.

Don't hesitate to contact me or PM me if easier.

Thanks,

Ollie


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Look at ebay item 251516602994

Trailer = nightmare. You will spend a pile of cash which ever way you go with poxy trailers! Good luck

Good evening Dave,

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Have been scouring 'the bay' and the web but very grateful for any leads.

Think that one is a tad more than I was looking to spend.

Ollie

Low loader
 

I have got a 2 axle step frame which I have shortened and being made to carry 2 engines,It needs about a month to finish off,most of the work needed is to weld the beaver tail up,on air,on 19" tyres,good storage bed,looking for £2500'if interested call 01491 680889 after 6.30 please

Hi Oliver

We have probably prattled on about this kind of thing on here before but having messed around with trailers to carry engines for over 20 years now you learn a few things. The main one being they are a money pit! If you have a limited budget then the best thing i recon is to buy a trailer you think will do the job and do it up. Once you start looking at step frames, air suspension and hydraulic necks the price goes mad. Often you will put all your money into a trailer that will do the job then you end up paying a load more to sort it out. Anyway! we digress. This is after all the Wanted section.

have to agree with dave, no such thing as a cheap trailer, better to spend good money on one that is not too old or had a hard life, you say you want to carry 20 tons, i think that will be difficult on a 2 axle trailer.

Mine (tri axle 45' sloping bed curtainsider on air) cost me about £2250 for the trailer then I made the ramp etc and raised the roof.

All in blasted and painted with new slack adjusters etc £4.5k ish. I've put tyres on as we went, but that's wear and tear.

It'll carry two engines fine.

Tandem axle trailers would struggle with two IMO.

Good morning everyone,

Thank you all for replies and messages.

Nigel - I will try and contact you this evening, have been crazy busy with work.

Ruggyjohn - As I'm starting to advance my search for a trailer further I agree with both yourself and Dave but thank you for the advice. Won't be carrying 20 tonnes but something that fits a 4 axles set up e.g 38 tonne (ish) limit.

Broken Firebar- Thank you for this. Have been looking at converting a trailer for our use and this is really helpful information.

Thanks again all ,

Ollie



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There is a Trailer advertised in the May issue of Classic and Vintage Commercials.

King lowloader TL 30 tandem Axle, £3000.

No location given, Phone. 07798 881318

Ollie

Check the spacings of the cross members when you look at a trailer to convert. Point loads canbe quite high with engines so the closer the better!

There's an ex fork lift curtainsider on ebay plus a Transquip whith hydraulic neck that folds down to a lovely long ramp.

Fork lift trailers are ideal for smaller tractors and rollers etc, but you have got to be careful as a lot of them are very low, most I see on the motorway travel with the sliding roofs open, and the Fork lift mast sticking out. Also with the sliding roofs you will have to be careful when loading up engines that are in steam, or have been in steam, you will have to have it open to avoid melting the material, and if it's raining you have defeated the point of buying a covered trailer. Best to find a nice Step frame Curtainsider, Fit a rear Beavertail and Ramp, as said before check cross members and the state of the floor, you'll need to have good anchoring points, which curtainsider trailers won't have, replace the fibreglass roof with aluminium one, fit a winch and your away. It's that easy :rolleyes: or just stick to roading.

Thats right, a curtainsider will have no anchoring points , other than under the frame. Best stick with a proper low load trailer that was desined for the job.

Jim

We added lashing points. Heavy plate welded to cross members and side rails with proper eyes. Problem solved.

There is a world of difference between a curtain side trailer and a low loader, why not buy the right thing in the first place .