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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324  
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The 'silly small rubber stuff' has been a tried and tested system for 50-odd years that's robust and easy to maintain. Why do you think it's silly?
The type of suspension used on a trailer is dependant on it's purpose, i.e. the load it is to carry and the terrain it's to be used in. Leaf springs are simple, robust and able to cope with heavy loads but are relatively heavy themselves. More complicated, coil sprung independent systems are a solution to cope with very difficult terrain and usage such as higher speed, off-road driving. They give a much better ride over corrugations, for example. They are, relatively, more complicated and maintenance heavy but are ideal for that niche usage. Elastometal independent suspension units are smaller and lighter, which makes them ideally suited to smaller trailers to maximise their payload. What do you want a trailer for? Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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19th May 2019 7:57am |
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| Romadog Member Since: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Powys Posts: 1749 |
Rubber all the way.......hate those noisy leaf sprung things
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19th May 2019 2:16pm |
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| Thon Member Since: 22 Nov 2015 Location: Salisbury Plain Posts: 696
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Military leaf-sprung types are great in some ways but having owned a conventional general purpose trailer, Sankey and Penman, I would suggest that unless you have an overriding reason or desire to own an ex-Mil, the conventional trailer is likely to be the best option.
Military trailers are heavily engineered to withstand a lot of abuse and carry a reasonable payload over challenging terrain, but they also tend to be less practical for the day-to-day stuff. Things like hitches, electrics plugs, tail boards, covers are all stuff that's different on the military trailers. My Penman for example has no drop tailboard, a one piece tilt (no zips or flaps), weighs 620Kg for a payload of 1130Kg and with the hitch positioned on the X-member (where it is located ideally), cannot carry a spare wheel on the back door and still has a significant nose-down stance. Spares are expensive too and reversing a short trailer with a LWB Defender is challenging. On the other side however the Penman tows really well (forwards) and feels as solid as a rock, and no doubt will outlast me. It also uses the same wheels and tyres as my Defender, so a puncture would be easily dealt with. Also I like it and do get to use it in its intended environment so whilst I could get away with a conventional (sensible) trailer the one I want is this one  |
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19th May 2019 3:54pm |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7906 
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My 'adventure' trailer has a torsion suspension axle apparently from military trailers. It's rated at 1800 kgs which is too high really but when heavily loaded it tows very well. James
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19th May 2019 4:42pm |
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