Always use heavy duty (Typically 5 tonne) Car Recovery Straps. Light weight straps are simply not up to the job of securing a heavy car to the trailer in the event of emergency manouvers.
Rear engined cars are often Tail Heavy. This can lead to a trailer being unstable. The solution is simple, load the car on the trailer backwards with the engine nearest the trailer hitch.
Sitting on the Loughor estuary in South West Wales, Llanelli is a large town about 10 miles north west of Swansea. Llanelli has a long and proud history with the Sport of Rugby. It owes its original success to mining and the production of tin. In recent times the demise of the mining industry and the reduction of steel production in the UK has meant that industry in Llanelli has changed and many of its inhabitants now commute to Swansea.
The jockey wheel on my trailer keeps lowering itself whilst I am driving. It has now damaged the tire on the jockey wheel as it has been dragged along the tarmac. I have tried tightening it right up but it still drops once I get going. I cannot be the only person with this issue, I don't want to hav...View Entire Thread