Cuppa
1st February 2015, 11:27 PM
With my new shed going up around the end of this month the time is getting closer for me to start thinking about some of the practicalities involved with my building inside it once it’s up. One of those practicalities is how I will get the varied building materials (timber, doors, windows, insulation, etc etc - all the bits & pieces which go making up a ‘residence’) to my site. Relying on companies to deliver could get expensive & possibly inconvenient. I have been offered the possibility of borrowing a 7x5 trailer when I need it, but would have to arrange it every time I needed it which would also be inconvenient, particularly when the need to be quick to pick up second hand bargains arises, & a 7x5 might be a bit small for carrying things like loads of 2.7m timber studs for example (particularly if going to Melbourne).
Consequently I have been looking at the possibility of buying a trailer, most likely a 8x5 tandem. It seems there are two main sources - those built locally & those which are imported. The imported ones offer galvanised at similar or lower prices than many secondhand painted ones. Has anyone had any direct experience of the imported ones? Are they any good, or best avoided. A mob in Melbourne called ‘The Galvanised Trailer Company (http://www.galvanisedtrailerco.com.au)’ appear to be very new on the scene, presumably selling imports commisioned & built in Asia, but looks like their designs are good. Just not sure about the quality.
I’m also very undecided about buying a tandem. I need the length, & sometimes the extra load capacity, but I could get an 8x5 in a single axle which would be far easier to push around when not hooked up to the Patrol, which is an issue which needs consideration, but of course the single axle is restricted to 750kg rather than the 1990kg of the tandem.
Once I’ve finished building inside the shed I really won’t have any further need for a tandem, as the only need for a trailer I’d envisage in the future would be occasional firewood collecting, where a single axle 7x5 high sided trailer would be better, allowing easier access along woodland tracks I reckon.
Soooo...... as well as asking for advice I thought I’d ask if there is anyone who has a tandem trailer which is sitting unused & which you might consider lending to me for the duration of my build? I envisage this to be for most of this year so appreciate it’s a big ask. If it helped I’d buy a 7x5 trailer & do an ‘exchange lend’ for the period. I could also return the tandem if there were times of specific need. Alternatively maybe if you are reasonably ‘local’ you could just ’store’ your trailer here & use it as you normally would, giving me the use the rest of the time?
Thanks
Cuppa
Consequently I have been looking at the possibility of buying a trailer, most likely a 8x5 tandem. It seems there are two main sources - those built locally & those which are imported. The imported ones offer galvanised at similar or lower prices than many secondhand painted ones. Has anyone had any direct experience of the imported ones? Are they any good, or best avoided. A mob in Melbourne called ‘The Galvanised Trailer Company (http://www.galvanisedtrailerco.com.au)’ appear to be very new on the scene, presumably selling imports commisioned & built in Asia, but looks like their designs are good. Just not sure about the quality.
I’m also very undecided about buying a tandem. I need the length, & sometimes the extra load capacity, but I could get an 8x5 in a single axle which would be far easier to push around when not hooked up to the Patrol, which is an issue which needs consideration, but of course the single axle is restricted to 750kg rather than the 1990kg of the tandem.
Once I’ve finished building inside the shed I really won’t have any further need for a tandem, as the only need for a trailer I’d envisage in the future would be occasional firewood collecting, where a single axle 7x5 high sided trailer would be better, allowing easier access along woodland tracks I reckon.
Soooo...... as well as asking for advice I thought I’d ask if there is anyone who has a tandem trailer which is sitting unused & which you might consider lending to me for the duration of my build? I envisage this to be for most of this year so appreciate it’s a big ask. If it helped I’d buy a 7x5 trailer & do an ‘exchange lend’ for the period. I could also return the tandem if there were times of specific need. Alternatively maybe if you are reasonably ‘local’ you could just ’store’ your trailer here & use it as you normally would, giving me the use the rest of the time?
Thanks
Cuppa