Bramber Trailers ???????

[Rogue Wave]

You gotta listen to Jono cos he knows about bearings and stuff cos hes gotta Landie with a winch

[Jono]

..and it's a BIG winch...

[Rupert Bear]

If you had a proper 4x4 like a Jeep then you woundn't need a winch
On a serious note I would replace the bearings yearly and grease them occasionally if you tow any distance. The cost of new bearings and hassle of checking them occassionally is nothing to losing a wheel and sitting down by the side of the road at 9pm on a sunday night in the middle of nowhere in the rain

[Jono]

Originally Posted by Rupert Bear

If you had a proper 4x4 like a Jeep then you woundn't need a winch
On a serious note I would replace the bearings yearly and grease them occasionally if you tow any distance. The cost of new bearings and hassle of checking them occassionally is nothing to losing a wheel and sitting down by the side of the road at 9pm on a sunday night in the middle of nowhere in the rain

The winch is for pulling over exhuberant "jeep" owners out of ditches ..and very useful it is too..
The whole point about the Bramber trailer at the start of this thread is that with the ALKO SEALED FOR LIFE type of axle fitted you can't "grease them occasionally"..

[Rupert Bear]

I usually have Disco owners saying "you'll never get the boat up that!" just before I prove them wrong
Sealed for life bearings on a boat trailer must be the stupidest idea I have ever came across on trailers, and I have seen a few crackers Basically you never know when it is going to go and nothing in the world is completely waterproof, it always gets in somewhere. At least the "open" bearings can be checked occassionally to see how they are getting on!

[timboli]

Has anyone got any good ideas for getting trailer hubcaps off without destroying them,I cant seem to get the angle with a hammer and drift(because of the wheel),why dont they make screw on hubcaps like on some lorry wheels.

[Gazza]

Originally Posted by timboli

Has anyone got any good ideas for getting trailer hubcaps off without destroying them,I cant seem to get the angle with a hammer and drift(because of the wheel),why dont they make screw on hubcaps like on some lorry wheels.

I usually used a bladed screw driver and drive it in between the cap and the hub on each side, and work them off that way,
Only use a screw driver that is suitable for hitting with a hammer....

Taking the wheel off also helps.....

Gazza

[George8910]

Originally Posted by Rogue Wave

This thread has quite surprised me as I thought that bramber had a good reputation but some of these pictures. I have to admit to being a bit of a trailer anorak and keep checking out trailers to see what nifty feature they have built in, how well they are made and how cleverly designed etc.

The trailers that over the years have consistently impressed me are REBA or RIBA trailers from Belgium (burp) does anybody have any adverse info on these.

I think boats manufacturers don't really give a damn about trailers thathey supply with theboats. A mate of mine bought a new trailer with his new Ribtec (well he was a mate up until I wrote this anyway) and the trailer they supplied him with is too short for the size of the boat IMHO. Also its got a very flimsy bracket that the jockey attaches to. urggh

Hi been looking on the web for a Reba/Riba supplier any ideas where I could look?

[Jackwabbit]

I have just sent an e-mail to Bramber explaining all the problems we have had & how unhappy we are with their product, I have done this rather than get back in touch with Humber mainly because of the distance involved. Bramber is only about 60miles away where as Humber is 250 miles away, and to be honest I haven’t been that impressed with Humber’s response when we have had problems. (Their answer to everything is to bring it back up to them & they will have a look)
I’ll let you all know the outcome (if I get any reply)

[Rogue Wave]

george Hope you speal euro

http://www.riba.be

[Jono]

Jackwabbit? If you do manage to speak to someone technical at Bramber, ask them how often the bearings can be changed in the ALKO axles before you have to buy a WHOLE drum assembly and what price that assembly is. I was told that you are only supposed to press them in twice before significant distortion to the drum assembly causes problems. I'm not convinced, but it would be nice to hear from the "horse's mouth" so to speak.. so if you wouldn't mind finding out for me? Cheers, Jono

[Alan]

Originally Posted by Rogue Wave

george Hope you speal euro

http://www.riba.be

I know a chap with one which he uses for his 8.5m Ocean Diesel. Fantastic bit of kit with DISC brakes rather than nasty old drums! He bought from Riba direct & don't think language was a problem.

[John Kennett]

Originally Posted by Jackwabbit

I have just sent an e-mail to Bramber explaining all the problems we have had & how unhappy we are with their product

You might also like to tell them that you have been discussing them publicly here so that they have the opportunity to reply to your points themselves.

John

[Phil Davies]

Originally Posted by Rogue Wave

The trailers that over the years have consistently impressed me are REBA or RIBA trailers from Belgium

At long last, a valid reason for the existence of Belgium! Never really seen the point of it until now, although I am on occasions partial to one or three of their chocolates

[Jackwabbit]

Originally Posted by Jono

Jackwabbit? If you do manage to speak to someone technical at Bramber, ask them how often the bearings can be changed in the ALKO axles before you have to buy a WHOLE drum assembly and what price that assembly is. I was told that you are only supposed to press them in twice before significant distortion to the drum assembly causes problems. I'm not convinced, but it would be nice to hear from the "horse's mouth" so to speak.. so if you wouldn't mind finding out for me? Cheers, Jono

will do Jono, thats assuming anyone gets back in touch, they have my mobile phone number but no one's rang yet!
Oh by the way our Snipe trailer on one of our other boats hasn't had any of these problems & thats now comming up to 8 years old, and still on the same barings (they have been stripped down & re-packed with grease at least once each year along with the brakes cleaned & adjusted at the same time)

[Jackwabbit]

No reply back yet from Bramber so I have just e-mailed them again, only this time I have added the link to this page to let them know we are all awaiting to see the outcome. But it’s beginning to look as if we may have to go to Snipe as soon as we can afford it.

[Bilge Rat]

Originally Posted by Phil Davies

At long last, a valid reason for the existence of Belgium! Never really seen the point of it until now, although I am on occasions partial to one or three of their chocolates

Your Lordship Belgium is also very good for cheap cars as they dont have there own car market, they import and export vehicles from across Europe and sell them below market value apparently.

[Kristian]

Go to Snipe? Admiral Trailers are the way forward!

[Mark Halliday]

Originally Posted by Kristian

Go to Snipe? Admiral Trailers are the way forward!

Steady Kristian, or somebody may have a word to you about commercial posts.

[ribraff]

for what it's worth we've had quite a few Admiral Trailers and they've always been Top notch, i have one under my own boat too.