Quote: Originally posted by Gumball on 09/6/2011
I'd go with a trailer first, make it a big one & hopefully it's all you need. If some thought is given to camp set up sometimes the trailer can become part of your camp itself, mine has a flat top wooden cover I made & is sometimes used as table or kitchenstand aswell as providing dry/secure storage.
Ditto
We have a Discovery and a Jaguar. The Disco always takes us camping lol! However, we take OH's son and always a friend for him and 2 whippets, a small lurcher and a terrier. There is VERY little room in the truck and so we have to have a trailer to fit in all the stuff. A roof box would never hold all our equipment and would be a right pain to get in and out of being on such a high vehicle.
I love having the trailer to keep all the empty boxes and bags etc in, all nicely out of sight :)
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Quote: Originally posted by Francais on 11/6/2011
Big wheels = Less punctures = Less Bearing Wear = Fact!.
That has got to be the worst fact ever quoted !! ....... I could have 20 inch wheels and get a puncture just as quick as an 8 inch wheel, I'll accept the bearing stat, although it isn't going to break the bank even if you replaced bearings every year, you may have to stay in a couple of nights to pay for new bearings instead of wasting it on alcohol. :)
Pete.
What tends to happen with smaller wheels is they will be revolving a lot faster than your significantly bigger car wheels just to keep up. Add a lot of weight to that and the tyres can start to get very warm and this can lead to blow-outs rather than punctures. The bigger wheeled trailers usually have a larger payload and are more stable to tow, they do tend to sit on the road better. That's not to say the smaller wheeled trailers are rubbish at all it just depends on what and have far you need to tow.
Just an observation ... but, having had both small wheeled trailer and a bigger, larger wheeled one ...
The smaller trailer carries less weight ... you will put more in the bigger one (else why buy it in the first place?) .... so the likely combo of weight/revs per min giving a resultant tyre temp that is is, probably ... very similar
Everyones advice is valuable, very nearly purchased a 6 foot by 3 foot trailer off Ebay for 65 pounds, but lost out at last moment , that would have decided it once and for all, next time maybe !!
I would always go for one with a hard top .... also add carrier bars if pos ... I use a roof box on that and it makes for a very neat aerodynamic unit!
My hubby refused point blank to have a roof box (To many people driving down moterway with them tied half shut after not be able to repack them!) Instead we brought a trailer then he spent the last 4 weeks pulling all the wood off it to re do it! Roped me in to paint the whole lot but personally I wouldnt of changed this as we now have one built to last which holds all our gear safetly and its huge.
I would also prefer bending over to get things out then trying to reach on top of the car and risk dropping stuff (Im like that lol)
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Topic: Roof rack or trailer !
