Rough prices for new and used ones would be helpful

 

Ask Ian i am sure he would have looked into it

 

mine was Ł2700 plus VAT

 

 

Dont look at anything under a grand. For about Ł1200 you can get a good secondhand tilt bed.

People often pay around Ł200 - Ł300 for a scabby trailer then stick a car worth thousands on it.

 

Mine was about Ł1500+vat.
Have a word with Chris at fountain trailers. Top bits of kit.
http://www.fountain-trailers.com/

 

Bit like you but in reverse

 

Cheers chaps

 

@ Spadge

 

A few weeks back, I bought a 14x7 foot one with twin 3500# axles (both with electric brakes) and box beam frame (not C-channel) and wooden deck

Paid $2250 US and am happy with it

 

i put a mk1 xr2 on a 4 foot high ifor williams and drove all the way from
scotland back to preston, sills caught when i out it on but the car was fooked,
it was just a donor car. mmmm donor cars

 

few of my mates have got them, think they all paid around 400-6/700 quid mark, they seem to be ok. worked fine for ages.

I was looking at buying one for around 500 quid

tony, do you really think they are THAT bad if they are cheap??

 

i looked at trailers for years before i bought the one i have now

you will see alot of shite out there second hand , and most of them need a rebuild

new is good if you got the cash , and tilt beds are the bollox, i havnt got the cash so ai bought a good second hand unit that needed a bit of alteration for my car .

if your thinking of putting the sierra on it m8 , then you will need a massive trailer, more than likeley a 16' x 6' deck, this was part of the problem i had trying to find one

mine is now 17' x 6'8" so is just mint !! though i had to rewire it, and mount the ramps to the back of it , and extend them to suit my car due to loading angles but its now done a fair few miles with no worries and is a heavy duty unit!!

also you will need to watch out for towing weights to keep it legal !!


mark

 

The one in my sig cost Andy either 600/700 quid, tiltbed and had just been overhauled before he bought it. Cracking trailer, tows straight at 90+mph

 

You rarely get good load bearing hubs and decent brakes on cheap (couple of hundred quid) trailers. The payload capacity will also be lower. Suppose it also depends upon how often your going to use it. Once or twice a year ain't gonna kill it off too quickly I suppose, but if you have Ł500-Ł600 quid to spend then find a mate in a similar position and club together to get a decent one.

 

yeah, getting a couple of mates to come in is deffo the best way me thinks