Watch - Trailer check Video

anthony79

anthony79

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www.trailermedic.co.uk
Watch the video link below if you are buying or checking over your horse trailer.
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It's not the most hi-tec video !!
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Safety check video by 'Trailer Medic'
 
I am using my trailer tomorrow, so I bought it home tonight to give it a once over. Tyre pressure was 25 psi on all four tyres
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Oh the shame of it
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def do a buying a trailer.
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and please make sure people check the sides too, our old richadson the side had rotted through and when pone leant on partition pulled the metal bit the breech bar connects to through the side of the trailer.

though was good pony and didn' panic at all. and breech bar swinging about etc.

can I mention, too, which I didn't realise before doing test, to check hitch, swing jockey wheel handle round to move it up again and check it lifts car, sounds simple and I will be doing this all the time now!
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Thanks for that - I get my OH's Dad (a mechanic) to check mine, although I've just had my eyes opened hugely to the differences in build quality of different makes.

My tiny 13 hander has managed to completely distroy the rear half of the partion of an Ifor Williams - what did she do? She lost her balance, braced against it, and it gave way. Not good in a fairly new trailer. I dread to think the state a 16hander would have been in.
 
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Ifor williams suffer badly too with rot in the sides, so yes it should be checked !

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I used to do a lot of restoration work on British motorcycles. They all had their good and bad points, and I was often able to warn prospective owners of potential problems and bodges that were common knowledge in the 'trade'

Are there any particular weak points on different types or makes of trailer that buyers / owners should check?

Nothing defamatory of course, just 'be aware of' type bullet points.
 
I think a lot of Ifor owners have problems with the brakes sticking on. I've had my fair share of problems with that.

The way to solve it for mine has been, after reversing it into its parking space, to stick something heavy like a car battery in front of the front axle wheel and pull gently forward to pull the hitch (nose) back out, and therefore brakes off. That works for me mostly.
 
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