Potential trailer?

[Asterix]

Anyone got experience of the "PRG Minisporter", as shown in here?

[Bananaman]

Not had one personally but here there pretty simmilar to BJames in quality/towing terms.

[thos]

Looks a little narrow.

Woodford are due out with a range of enclosed trailers, no pricing yet, but rang this morning and told it would be 'competitive'.

[Asterix]

ta both.

Current favourites are the PRG one above, Brian James Minno Shuttle (or Sprint Shuttle if I'm feeling flush) and the Woodford referred to above - any experience of any of those (or any others) welcome.

N.b. no canvas (must be solid walled/ floored/ roofed), no DIY conversions, must be double axle, max trailer weight of 1350kgs, bed must *comfortably* fit a SEi wide (with factory widetrack front suspension and 13x6 Minilites running 205 Yoko A048r's/ 215 ACB10's and standard rear suspension, same wheels running 205 Yoko A048r's/ 185 ACB10's). And, as it's going to live on the front drive, a request from SWMBO..."must be pretty"

[cast iron]

Hi Pete

We have the minisporter, works fine even with widetrack. Tows well, has a much better coupling (Bradley hydratow) than the tin crap found on most others.

[thos]

Hi Pete

We have the minisporter, works fine even with widetrack. Tows well, has a much better coupling (Bradley hydratow) than the tin crap found on most others.

Wide body? What size rear tyres?

[davidgh]

Minno Shuttle with security hitch works well for me.

Pros:     excellent to tow

            completely (at least almost) dry inside

            not tooo spensive (all things are relative)

            good tyre rack (on which I've built in a small tool chest)

Cons:    large rear opening means it's not as good as a Sprint Shuttle for sheltering from the rain with the door open

            poorly designed front access makes it very difficult to tie down front wheels

            (so I haven't bothered  --  no issues)

            could do with a couple of inches more bed width

HTH

[Asterix]

What's Marmalade's max width DGH?

[Asterix]

Looks a little narrow.

Woodford are due out with a range of enclosed trailers, no pricing yet, but rang this morning and told it would be 'competitive'.

news from Woodford...

4000 will be like 6000 (flat sided with options on the side doors) and probably BJ shuttle price...release date a couple of months away.

3000 will be priced within the next week

2000 release date a couple of months away but will be the 3000 with 4' cut off the back (which sounds a lot, maybe he meant the 4000 with 4' off)

[Rob Navin]

I use a tracsporter and have to say its been first rate.

All of the Brian James ones I had seemed to suffer on the electrics but this has not been an issue with the PRG

Mine is fine to tow even with the micra on it, its just too small for the cortina so it may be going.

It will be replaced with the Tracsporter XL if it does get chopped in.

[davidgh]

What's Marmalade's max width DGH?

Greetings Gaul

1610mm over the rear arches.

1590mm over the rear tyres.

It's a tight(ish) fit

D

[housebeautician]

what a lovely  

im talking about the car!!!!!!!!!

Looks real nice.

[stewart pickles]

i used to work for bradley's and there trailer parts are second to none the only reason i got the brian james is we picked it up on the way back from our holidays wish i had gone for the PRG the hydratow and jockey is 10 times beter than the sh1te brian james has been putting on    

[KerryS]

a request from SWMBO..."must be pretty"

So whatever it is it needs to be painted to look like a hedge.....  

[Mark Stanton]

My open trailer is a PRG on which the sporter is based - had it for a good few years and it tows great and wide enough for an SEi wide with Cat widetrack fitted