Transporting a Mini in a Iforwilliams box van trailer

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Is this possible?

Im looking at buying a trailer for work, which i would also want to transport a car in, are these trailers, specifically the BV126 7foot high 3500kg twin axel beast?

would the door / ramp be able to hold the weight?
 
I used to have one - they are fantastic trailers, but I couldn't answer your question for certain.

I'd suggest calling Ifor Williams themselves for confirmation of the weight that the ramp can support.
 
Not really ideal for transporting cars, there's nothing substantial to lash the wheels down to unlike a proper car trailer. They seem to have some light duty lashing rings, but it looks like a decent ratchet strap would pull those out quite easily.
 
Dogbreath said:
Not really ideal for transporting cars, there's nothing substantial to lash the wheels down to unlike a proper car trailer. They seem to have some light duty lashing rings, but it looks like a decent ratchet strap would pull those out quite easily.
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in the factory those are bolted to the subframe apparently. if they are aftermarket just to the floor
 
When you get to that weight trailer do you not need to keep an eye on the combined gross weight of vehicle/trailer and a possible requirement for tachograph/driving hours compliance? Recall seeing on one of those motorway police shows that a landrover towing a trailer with another landrover on the back got done for being above the gross weight limits and required a tacho to be fitted.
 
kefkef said:
When you get to that weight trailer do you not need to keep an eye on the combined gross weight of vehicle/trailer and a possible requirement for tachograph/driving hours compliance? Recall seeing on one of those motorway police shows that a landrover towing a trailer with another landrover on the back got done for being above the gross weight limits and required a tacho to be fitted.
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interesting thank you
 
I'm not an expert on the rules, so they would need confirming but I have a feeling kefkef is right - if you are using a trailer like this for work you'd need a tachograph as they have a gross weight of 3500kg which would immediately put you over the Gross Train Weight limit. If it's only for private use you may be ok.

My BV105 weighed 800-900kg empty, the BV126 is likely to be even heavier. Add the weight of a mini (say 650kg for an original mini) ... You are going to want something that weighs 1550kg minimum to tow it with assuming you carry nothing else in the trailer too.
The sheer size of it causes it have huge drag when towed behind a normal car as I did (even with just a 6' high version). 20mpg at 55mph, rapidly dropping to single figures if I went any faster!
 
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