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Hi all.
Firstly, this question isn't about towing/A Frame legalities in Britain and abroad. Also, I don't really want to discuss why we need a small car. We just do, because we have two disabled boys, who can't travel in taxis, or buses but love to get out and about. We also use our motorhome differently from many on here, and like to set it up to not move. And finally, yes we had a caravan for three years, loved it, but it simply didn't get used more than twice a year, whereas the bus is out six or seven times a year.
Years ago, we had a Suzuki Ignis on an A Frame. Didn't work and we destroyed the engine. We then got a twin axle Woodford trailer, which we used for three years. Problem is that the trailer is unmovable with a car on it, being twin axle, so you have to hitch the trailer and then drive the car on. And the racket those damn ramps make made us very unpopular if we had an early start.
So we sacked the trailer and went without a little car for the last two years.
This year, we decided for several reasons that we wanted to start bringing the Suzuki Ignis again. We want a tilt bed, rather than heavy ramps. Need 1500kg as the Ignis weighs about 900kg. Trailer bed length needs to be about 3600mm. And I feel that a single axle will suffice. I have researched and can only find the three following which fit the bill:
Anyway, to anyone else who tows a single axle car trailer, I have a couple of questions.
1. Can you move, by hand, a single axle trailer with the car on it? We couldn't do it with a twin axle, but is a single easier?
2. Has anyone ever successfully fitted a mover to a single axle, tilt bed, trailer, linked to the car's own battery?
3. Has anyone ever tried these electric jockey wheel movers? They get indifferent reviews, but the opinions of the folk on here carries more weight for me, than a bunch of strangers.
4. Are there any issues with single axle car transporters that I probably won't be aware of?
Thanks in advance,
Dave.
Firstly, this question isn't about towing/A Frame legalities in Britain and abroad. Also, I don't really want to discuss why we need a small car. We just do, because we have two disabled boys, who can't travel in taxis, or buses but love to get out and about. We also use our motorhome differently from many on here, and like to set it up to not move. And finally, yes we had a caravan for three years, loved it, but it simply didn't get used more than twice a year, whereas the bus is out six or seven times a year.
Years ago, we had a Suzuki Ignis on an A Frame. Didn't work and we destroyed the engine. We then got a twin axle Woodford trailer, which we used for three years. Problem is that the trailer is unmovable with a car on it, being twin axle, so you have to hitch the trailer and then drive the car on. And the racket those damn ramps make made us very unpopular if we had an early start.
So we sacked the trailer and went without a little car for the last two years.
This year, we decided for several reasons that we wanted to start bringing the Suzuki Ignis again. We want a tilt bed, rather than heavy ramps. Need 1500kg as the Ignis weighs about 900kg. Trailer bed length needs to be about 3600mm. And I feel that a single axle will suffice. I have researched and can only find the three following which fit the bill:
- Margab (Temared Car Flat 1500)
- Lider (39770)
- Woodford (STT-020)
Anyway, to anyone else who tows a single axle car trailer, I have a couple of questions.
1. Can you move, by hand, a single axle trailer with the car on it? We couldn't do it with a twin axle, but is a single easier?
2. Has anyone ever successfully fitted a mover to a single axle, tilt bed, trailer, linked to the car's own battery?
3. Has anyone ever tried these electric jockey wheel movers? They get indifferent reviews, but the opinions of the folk on here carries more weight for me, than a bunch of strangers.
4. Are there any issues with single axle car transporters that I probably won't be aware of?
Thanks in advance,
Dave.