05-06-2019, 09:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-06-2019, 09:08 PM by Greig Smith.)
This is mine, single axle with 14" commercial tyres on it. It's a break-neck, so I can drive on & off by loosening 2 bolts.
It was designed by an Engineering friend of mine and professionally built by a local Engineering Works. The original was for his Alfa Giulia race car. Mine is #3 of the same design. I had the treads widened to take the narrower track of the Austins. It tows everything from the 7's to my Giulietta Alfa's and the '28 Ford A in between. The hubs are VW Golf rears complete with the shoes & it's braked via the Golf handbrake cables. Eagle eyes will spot the mudguards are old commercial tyres cut in half - fantastic as they never crack, split, break or rattle loose.
I made up a separate 'drop-in' frame for the A section at the hitch. This allows me to transport both racing 7's at one go.
At 5'10 and 69kg's dripping wet, I find a similar size double axle trailer almost impossible to maneuver, but this single axle is very easy to move & believe it or not, these 2 Sevens together are so nicely balanced that I can unhitch it & move this set-up on level concrete on my own.
Mr Plod this end is rather dozy & application of the regs is a little more lax in the Colonies than on Yonder Isle, as long as the licence is current & the lights work..... hey-ho.
Being me I keep it in all in good working order with new tyres.
Aye
Greig
Africa is not for sissies
It was designed by an Engineering friend of mine and professionally built by a local Engineering Works. The original was for his Alfa Giulia race car. Mine is #3 of the same design. I had the treads widened to take the narrower track of the Austins. It tows everything from the 7's to my Giulietta Alfa's and the '28 Ford A in between. The hubs are VW Golf rears complete with the shoes & it's braked via the Golf handbrake cables. Eagle eyes will spot the mudguards are old commercial tyres cut in half - fantastic as they never crack, split, break or rattle loose.
I made up a separate 'drop-in' frame for the A section at the hitch. This allows me to transport both racing 7's at one go.
At 5'10 and 69kg's dripping wet, I find a similar size double axle trailer almost impossible to maneuver, but this single axle is very easy to move & believe it or not, these 2 Sevens together are so nicely balanced that I can unhitch it & move this set-up on level concrete on my own.
Mr Plod this end is rather dozy & application of the regs is a little more lax in the Colonies than on Yonder Isle, as long as the licence is current & the lights work..... hey-ho.
Being me I keep it in all in good working order with new tyres.
Aye
Greig
Africa is not for sissies