Suspension on a tradie trailer

Submitted: Friday, Oct 12, 2018 at 09:37
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Hi, I have a fairly standard tradie trailer in fair to good condition, it has 14’’ falcon wheels which I will try to fit a set of ranger wheels that match the ford ranger tow vehicle I have. I’m looking at do the red bash next year then continuing onto king canyon Uluru and a couple of other places over a 3 to 4 weeks. I intend to mount the roof top tent, carry extra fuel and a majority of the camp gear in the trailer... probably up around 750 kg all up.

My issue is the standard slipper spring. Should I

1.upgrade to spring that are secured at each end. Concern is how strong the attachment point will need to be .

2. Stick with the slippers but beef them up. Easier to replace and possibly less damage to the trailers hard attachment points

3. Should I look into a shocker and leaf spring combo.

4.something else u can suggest.

I’m currently researching how to get from Birdsville to Alice Springs via more direct routes that being said the reason for doing this trailer up is do a little more bush camping where our cvan can’t get to also a hell of a lot cheaper to do quick trips in.

Any suggestions would be appreciated
Cheers John

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