Sound proofing a trailer

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Afternoon all,
Having travelled a very short distance inside my 2017 Ifor Williams HB506 recently, I’m thinking about trying to cancel some of the noise in there. It really is quite deafening and i can’t help but feel sorry for the pony’s sensitive ears!
I’m not sure how yet so looking for ideas if anyone has tried to do this previously?
Thanks in advance!
Heather
 
heth1986 said:
Afternoon all,
Having travelled a very short distance inside my 2017 Ifor Williams HB506 recently, I’m thinking about trying to cancel some of the noise in there. It really is quite deafening and i can’t help but feel sorry for the pony’s sensitive ears!
I’m not sure how yet so looking for ideas if anyone has tried to do this previously?
Thanks in advance!
Heather
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Probably easier to buy ear plugs or sound proofing ears for the pony
 
heth1986 said:
Afternoon all,
Having travelled a very short distance inside my 2017 Ifor Williams HB506 recently, I’m thinking about trying to cancel some of the noise in there. It really is quite deafening and i can’t help but feel sorry for the pony’s sensitive ears!
I’m not sure how yet so looking for ideas if anyone has tried to do this previously?
Thanks in advance!
Heather
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What is making the noise?
Is it loose fittings inside the trailer, or the door fittings that are loose, or is it coming from underneath?
The first two can be addressed pretty easily by minimising the gaps between the fixings or putting padding if its metal on metal.
If its underneath the trailer I assume some rubber matting would help but make sure that you are within your towing weight as the last thing you want is to make your trailer too heavy for you towing vehicle and some rubber mats can put a huge amount of weight on before you even consider the laden weight.
 
It’s the general rattling about I’m on about, it’s just been serviced, there’s nothing loose, I just hadn’t realised how bloomin noisy they are before!
 
It’s quite ridiculous that trailers are coming off the production line with all the rattles and bangs, not to mention the indispension which is comparable to a 1920’s car suspension (think hard and bouncy).
I’ve tried gaffa tape and also inner tube cut to size.
 
heth1986 said:
Afternoon all,
Having travelled a very short distance inside my 2017 Ifor Williams HB506 recently, I’m thinking about trying to cancel some of the noise in there. It really is quite deafening and i can’t help but feel sorry for the pony’s sensitive ears!
I’m not sure how yet so looking for ideas if anyone has tried to do this previously?
Thanks in advance!
Heather
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When we had a noisy Bateson trailer years ago I used bicycle innertube slid over all of the sections of chain/lynch pins/split pins etc. I used double sided tape to stick strips of cycle innertube onto the flanges at the side where the doors closed. You can get acoustic material,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/CANOPUS-De...Car+Sound+Proofing&qid=1716491332&sr=8-3&th=1
which you can stick to the middle of all of the panels on the trailer, on the inside, which cuts out the resonance from the panels.
We solved our problem by buying a Boeckmann trailer!
 
You can buy stick on sound proofing foam for about £20. People use it when they convert a van to a camper van. It really does make a difference in a van, so should work in a trailer. You don't cover the whole thing, just put up some squares of it.
 
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