Trailers & 'BWSOW's

[Richard A Thackeray]

We had this Dutch trailer by Anssems that we used for camping gear it was fantastic. It took so much kit and very comfortably carried 5 bikes on top. 13 inch wheels made it very stable on the road and we towed with it a few times on very long trips. We only sold the trailer because we moved on to a VW Transporter.

Anssems are very nicely constructed trailers indeed!
I’d seen a few whilst out & about
When l was considering buying the P6 mentioned previously, l looked at Anssems (when l saw one), but there wasn’t a dealer (at that time) within a reasonable distance
The Ifor-Williams dealer was less than 10 miles ‘as the crow flies’
(think he’s still there?)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

We had this Dutch trailer by Anssems that we used for camping gear it was fantastic. It took so much kit and very comfortably carried 5 bikes on top. 13 inch wheels made it very stable on the road and we towed with it a few times on very long trips. We only sold the trailer because we moved on to a VW Transporter.

Anssems are very nicely constructed trailers indeed!
I’d seen a few whilst out & about
When l was considering buying the P6 mentioned previously, l looked at Anssems (when l saw one), but there wasn’t a dealer (at that time) within a reasonable distance
The Ifor-Williams dealer was less than 10 miles ‘as the crow flies’
(think he’s still there?)

These are ATEC, also Dutch, I believe
(old images)
The 'turntable' trailer would be interesting to corner with, & even more interesting to reverse?!

https://www.aanhangwagenadvies.be/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tail Wagging The Dog Syndrome demonstrated


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9Dgxe584Ss

 

[Broadside]

Tail Wagging The Dog Syndrome demonstrated


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9Dgxe584Ss

That is a great video, anyone that tows a trailer should watch it.

 

[figbat]

My current situation:

Uneventful journey here but when setting up the Thetford toilet wouldn’t flush - no noise from the pump. Luckily I had previously read about these issues and quickly had it apart; the pump had seized with limescale. A quick bash on the nearest hard surface freed it up and all good now. I will get a spare pump when I get the chance, as well as a spare Whale water pump, just in case.

Today the rain has finally stopped so hopefully the coming days of sun will dry the waterlogged ground enough to be able to sit and drink G&T outside.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wed 16th

I collected the BWSOW this morning
A friend let me borrow his Defender 90
(as the tow-bar won't be fitted to my Kodiaq, till next week)
I had to use an 13-pin - 7-pin adaptor, as the 90 is still 'old-school'
By 'borrow', I mean he came with me, & I drove to Wandahomes, &then towed it to the storage location
It was just like old times, driving a 90!

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It certainly had few parts removed to access the mounting points/wiring harness!!

'Fold away' 13-pin socket (through 90 degrees)
Detachable goose-neck (which limits the bike-racks I could use, as SWMBO has suggested one!!)

 

[Rocky]

It certainly had few parts removed to access the mounting points/wiring harness!!


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'Fold away' 13-pin socket (through 90 degrees)
Detachable goose-neck (which limits the bike-racks I could use, as SWMBO has suggested one!!)

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Great work!! I'm really impressed.

One question.....what does the acronym BWSOW stand for? I can think of all sorts of things but most are too rude to print.

 

[Ridgeway]

Just noticed that your tow bar is exactly the one that was fitted to my Wife's Caddy a few weeks back.

I realised as i installed it for the first time yesterday in order to use the trailer to help relocate No1 daughter to her new apartment. The tow bar itself pops in and out without any issue but i did find the electrics a little awkward to access and i think yours looks similar, it's just a bit too close to the tow bar and also very low down to see what's going on. The good news was that the Caddy pulled like a train and at least the electrics show the trailer on the reversing sensors

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Great work!! I'm really impressed.

One question.....what does the acronym BWSOW stand for? I can think of all sorts of things but most are too rude to print.

Big White Shed On Wheels (aka 'Wobble Box')

Just noticed that your tow bar is exactly the one that was fitted to my Wife's Caddy a few weeks back.

I realised as i installed it for the first time yesterday in order to use the trailer to help relocate No1 daughter to her new apartment. The tow bar itself pops in and out without any issue but i did find the electrics a little awkward to access and i think yours looks similar, it's just a bit too close to the tow bar and also very low down to see what's going on. The good news was that the Caddy pulled like a train and at least the electrics show the trailer on the reversing sensors

The detachable 'goose-neck' will be almost universal
Though, some may have a longer 'drop' than others (I assume?) to allow differing vehicle ride-heights
Eg;;my previous Octavia estate sits 2" lower than an Octavia Scout

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

From my archives

I know that Land Rover offered supplementary/coupled air-brake systems for certain uses, on the Defenders (primarily 110 & 130 models for 4-ton towing, as the legal limit on 'over-runs' (the type fitted to caravans & trailers over 750kg)

However, my Discovery didn't have them!!

Taken in June 2004, at the compound where we used to keep the Elddis Crusader Storm we had back then
If the brakes could have been kept off, from memory, the ring-hitch might have fitted onto the Dixon-Bate 'pinball Wizard' (as they oddly named it) that I had fitted

I think I still have a Special Vehicles catalogue somewhere that features the air-brake system (& price)
This is the department of LR that used to finish off all of the Autobiography Range Rovers

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

From my archives

March 2005
Possibly A1, enroute to Newark

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Just noticed that your tow bar is exactly the one that was fitted to my Wife's Caddy a few weeks back.

I forgot to add, that before hitching up for the first time, I had to sand-paper my ball

(so that the pads in the stabilising hitch 'bit' onto metal. not paint)

 

[figbat]

I forgot to add, that before hitching up for the first time, I had to sand-paper my ball

(so that the pads in the stabilising hitch 'bit' onto metal. not paint)

Yep, also worth cleaning your ball before every use; I have some metal parts cleaner that I spray on a rag. If the ball is painted or dirty not only can it reduce the effect of the stabiliser but it can cause a noisy hitch and contaminate the friction pads.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Yep, also worth cleaning your ball before every use; I have some metal parts cleaner that I spray on a rag. If the ball is painted or dirty not only can it reduce the effect of the stabiliser but it can cause a noisy hitch and contaminate the friction pads.

In the past, when we had the last BWSOW, I also had an Ifor-WIlliams trailer, so was always cleaning the ball
I'd initially use petrol, to remove the worst (after a rag), then IPA, or electrical contact-cleaner

I had to do the same with Daves 90, when he let me use it to tow the new 'van back

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I've just had a trip over to the compound, primarily to have a quick look around it, make sure all is good
The secondary reason was to put the new mirrors in it, so I didn't forget them next time we take it out