The best big trailer maker...

[Channel Ribs]

Originally Posted by codprawn

Call CLH then!!!

Aye, have done - will post the resulting responses. RM are currently looking good and De Graaf and CLH are both looking at the specs for us.

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by malthouse

Aye, have done - will post the resulting responses. RM are currently looking good and De Graaf and CLH are both looking at the specs for us.

Only problem for you of course is the distance involved with CLH - rather a long way!!!

[Channel Ribs]

Originally Posted by codprawn

Only problem for you of course is the distance involved with CLH - rather a long way!!!

EVERYTHING is a long way to Alderney!

[Tino]

Does the trailer HAVE to be street legal..

If you are towing with an agricultural tractor I suspect the law on brakes and suspension is different.

For 5 tonnes an axle off a scrapped semi trailer will do the trick..

[Channel Ribs]

Originally Posted by Tino

Does the trailer HAVE to be street legal..

If you are towing with an agricultural tractor I suspect the law on brakes and suspension is different.

For 5 tonnes an axle off a scrapped semi trailer will do the trick..

It looks like we are going to go with one from RM, they have given a very good quote and lead time for one.

[Tino]

RM trailers are great..

[bogib]

Riba trailers in Belgium do great trailers
www.riba.be
I am sure Guy Eggers will do you good deal

Bogi

[Seaharrier]

Originally Posted by bogib

Riba trailers in Belgium do great trailers
www.riba.be
I am sure Guy Eggers will do you good deal

Bogi

Agree with this. He totally adjusted our standard riba trailer in order to have a perfected balanced one. They really know their job!

They can make any type of trailer on request up to 10T.

[Pete7]

Originally Posted by malthouse

It looks like we are going to go with one from RM, they have given a very good quote and lead time for one.

You wanted one with sealed bearings then

[codprawn]

Those trailers look awesome - are they legal for towing behind a Land Rover?

And what happens if they get dunked in sea water - looks a lot to go wrong!!!

Bet they not cheap either............

[codprawn]

I really like the look of this - all the weight taken by the keel as it should be and the side rollers just for support.

[Downhilldai]

Nice little guide jaws too, for getting the hull lined up on recovery.

[Seaharrier]

Originally Posted by codprawn

Those trailers look awesome - are they legal for towing behind a Land Rover?

And what happens if they get dunked in sea water - looks a lot to go wrong!!!

Bet they not cheap either............

There are not a lot of jeeps/cars that can and are allowed to tow more than 3,5 tonnes. Mostly you will use a kind of mini truck like this one





Mostly people with a rib bigger than 10m and weighing more than 3 tonnes do no longer use the slipway but a crane to put it in the water. Therefore, no longer the sea water problem.

rgs

[Rogue Wave]

Originally Posted by malthouse

EVERYTHING is a long way to Alderney!

RIBA isn't

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Nos4r2

Why not stick a set of bunks on an old wagon and drag drawbar trailer? It'd probably be cheaper.

with a six team to pull it and maybe a couple of outriders with Martini action Winchesters keeping an eye out for Indians.

[iandl]

these seem quite popular in the continent ....are they road legal in the UK do you think ...i see a project coming on.


I

[Channel Ribs]

Originally Posted by Rogue Wave

RIBA isn't

Royal Institute of British Architects?



Or, did you mean RUBBA?

(Ribnet Users Big Boating Association)

RUBBA has, until now, been a secret society of inner sanctum members.

Those members who dare to ride the bigger swell, slice the mightier chop and scuff the closest of sand banks.



Edit: Entry is restricted to those members who have been towed to safety no less than 5 times in the last 90 days.