Took the plunge

[Jan]

Yes, we did it! We moved to just outside Forcalquier - lock, stock and barrel plus one happy dog to be out of the wet.

We now have a brand new, used once, Thule/Brenderup trailer that needs a home. If anyone is interested, please do get in touch.

[EuroTrash]

Don't be in too much of a rush to sell it, don't underestimate how useful trailers are in France. Déchetterie trips, fetching firewood, it's surprising how often they come in handy.

[Gardian]

Good advice. You can be asked for anything up to €50 to have a 'white goods' item delivered.

[Jonzjob]

Twos up on that Jan. Our trailer gets used VERY regularly and we would be lost without it!

[AnOther]

If you really do want to sell it you're going to have to say a bit more about it than you have.

Gross weight is probably the most important factor and if that's over 500kg whether it's French registered or not, that's crucial for it to be used legally with a French registered car.

A photo might not go amiss or at least a model number so interested folk know what they are looking at [;-)]

[alittlebitfrench]

Yep, don't sell it.

Probably the best thing you could own in France.

[woolybanana]

Keep it keep it keep it

[AnOther]

I agree but only if done legitimately.

[Chancer]

That'll be as legitimately as most of the French sellers then like the ones that add a second axle to a 499kg gross weight trailer that not only cannot carr any weight but which removes 75kg from the previous carrying capacity [;-)][I]

 

To the OP, do you realise that you cant just phone a company to have a skip delivered? That both the skips and the companies dont really exist in France and if you are able to the cost will have at least one extra zero added and you will only be able to put one thing in the skip, around here its ferrous or non ferrous metal, one or the other, aboslutely not even a mix, for rubbish or building waste, dug out soil etc you have no choice that is why trailers and the déchetteries are such a life-line.

 

If you want to sell it then put it on Leboncoin and it will be snapped up, many French are very inventive about making up or re-using tare plates witnessed by how many old caravans become trailers, I have even seen Algecos put on caravan chassis making the heaviest and most unstable roulotte de chantier imaginable but one which can "legally" transport materials whereas mine is supposed to be moved empty.

 

I also once witnessed a trailer company towing a single trailer with 2 other identical trailers hitched line astern behind it negotiating a roundabout [:-))] shame I didnt have my camera with me.

[AnOther]

I have such a trailer and true the only differences between the 500kg & 750kg versions are what's written on their plaque de tares and the prices, both are identical in all other respects.

Actually the differences in payload capacity between single and dual axle 500kg trailers are a lot less than you might imagine, principally because single axle jobs generally use a heavier duty assembly commonly fitted with bigger and heavier 13" wheels and tyres as opposed to 10".

For example mine sports two 500kg axles and has an unladen weight of 244kg, there is no exact equivalent single axle version but the nearest equivalent has one 750kg axle and an unladen weight of 214kg so payload penalty is in fact only 30kg.

Paradoxically, or at least going by the numbers, even if grossly overloaded a twin 500kg axle trailer is actually less likely to struggle or fail than a single axle one similarly abused !

None of the above is anything to do with the point I was making though [;-)]

[Jonzjob]

OK Jan, can you give us some more info on your trailer? I'm we are all wanting to know [:-))]