Old Rice trailer brakes

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gspritchard

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Hi, In the process of restoring my old Rice trailer I feel the need to change the brakes from rod to cable whilst the axles are dropped and there is no floor in.
Does anyone know of any guides or can provide any information in doing this?
 
wench said:
Take the old ones off and use as a template?
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I've had a reply from Chris at Warwickshire Trailers who said it would be very costly/difficult to upgrade as the whole axles need changing,

However I had another reply from towingandtrailers.co.uk who claim that it is possible, I need to mount an anchor point and get a brake compensator fitted...

Not sure which is truer... or the best solution...

It is already all removed, just for the time it would take to strip all the dirt and rust off the rods, repaint and fit. It would be similar cost/time to fit a cable. And I know which I would trust more!
 
Don't.

I tried and failed miserably. theyre just too old in most cases and as said you'll just need new axels which are very costly. I ended up selling the trailer to a non-livestock home.
 
equi said:
Don't.

I tried and failed miserably. theyre just too old in most cases and as said you'll just need new axels which are very costly. I ended up selling the trailer to a non-livestock home.
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Haha, did we buy this trailer from you then...? It is going under the knife to be reborn as a catering trailer. So no livestock in there, but would appreciate brakes that do work.
 
gspritchard said:
Haha, did we buy this trailer from you then...? It is going under the knife to be reborn as a catering trailer. So no livestock in there, but would appreciate brakes that do work.
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My experience with rice trailers is that invariably once you get to this stag the axles are knackered anyway as they are rubber torsion bar and if you look carefully most likely all the wheels will be slightly out of true due to wear in the rubber
 
Is there an easy way to check the rubber torsion bars?
It towed alright home, and the tyres don't appear to show any sign of abnormal wear.
 
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