Looks like your building the perfect trailer. I recently read a magazine article of building a Sankey trailer and thought to myself it was a good idea. Yours looks superb. I was considering buying a Sankey, keeping it low and fitting a rack on the top for bikes.
Is it easy to fit a normal hitch to them as I don't want to fit a Nato to my Baby
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Wiggs, have you given any thought to a deployable wind turbine for supplemental electricity? I've seen trailers with yacht turbines hooked up for supplemental power when stationary. Might be a way to conceal the mechanism too. Just an idea.16 D4 Landmark
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19th Apr 2010 5:23 am
TallPaul
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Don't give wiggs any more ideas, before you know it he will have an eBay clark Teksam on the top with a 45ft lift for a wind turbine
19th Apr 2010 11:27 am
wiggs
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Ollie27
I would suspect you could change the hitch no problem .
You would loose the braking system ( well on mine with disk brakes anyway ) as the nato hitch also pushes the master cyclinder in when braking .G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
19th Apr 2010 1:03 pm
TallPaul
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I am a bit foggy (not owning a trailer due to space/SWMBO restrictions) but isn't there a limit on the trailer weight un-braked? 750Kg sticks in my head.
Ollie27 - if you don't want the customer ronmogery required to use the NA receiver etc, why not fit a fixed tow bar, you can use a Dixon Bate drop plate with interchangeable NATO and standard tow balls then - no need for anything other than standard parts.
19th Apr 2010 1:39 pm
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Wiggs, cover the roof in Solar Panels On a mission to find the perfect Pork Pie. Just Found it (I think)..(Yes I have)
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19th Apr 2010 2:29 pm
wiggs
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Too expensive G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
19th Apr 2010 2:35 pm
TallPaul
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Keep watching the maplin sales, they are usually rubbish, but once in a blue moon you get a really good price on solar panels.
I have a pair of 15w panels on my shed that I put up their 4 years ago that run my garden lights (and other 12v stuff in the shed), got them cheap from Maplin.
The 5W battery saver ones are useful to stop general discharge by the way (Assuming you park outside, or inside with the lights on...)
15w panels at Maplin are £49.95 each at the moment.I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
19th Apr 2010 6:49 pm
TallPaul
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Did you mean 12W for £50?
19th Apr 2010 7:09 pm
wiggs
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Drilled all the holes today for the door supports ...quite a few of them .
Trailer dont weigh as much now though
Couldn't find a mastic gun so could not get the ali stips riveted on ..job for tommorowG4 Gone ...but not forgotten
20th Apr 2010 11:06 pm
Jules-R
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Wiggs
Maplin’s have an offer on at the moment on the solar panels 13W £49.99 just in case you change your mind
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