Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Here is what an Eu Approved Trailer Frame looks like... (One Style or Model).



Classic Finn

Heikki,

I'm assuming those are hydraulic brake lines? They are required there? Is it because of the smaller tow vehicles the Yurps use? Sorry for all the questions.......

sjptak wrote:Heikki,

I'm assuming those are hydraulic brake lines? They are required there? Is it because of the smaller tow vehicles the Yurps use? Sorry for all the questions.......

Probably uses electric brakes, those are probably the brake cables for the parking brake.

If you look closely you can see the parking brake actuator up the front. This seems to be taking on all over the place as a means of making sure the trailer can be restrained when not connected to the vehicle. South Africa has similar requirements.
I can see the "powers that be" bringing that requirement in down here.
Cheers
Paul

sjptak wrote:Heikki,

I'm assuming those are hydraulic brake lines? They are required there? Is it because of the smaller tow vehicles the Yurps use? Sorry for all the questions.......

Yup they Be.... and the front does have a Parking Brake too,brakes required on any trailer exceeding 750 kilo....

Heikki

Errrr, Heikki, no!

Those are cables that operate the mechanical trailer brakes. You can see a single pull rod running from the mechanical surge coupler (1) back to a balancer on the cross-member where individual sheathed cables (just like car parking brake cables) (2) run to each wheel brake.

The parking brake just consists of a handbrake lever on the side of the coupler operating the trailer brakes the same way as the surge coupler does.

The surge coupler contains a gas damper so that the trailer brakes are applied and released progressively.

(1)

Oops, that one has the balancer built in.

(2)


Click on the pictures for bigger pictures.

Electrical trailer brakes are never used in Yurp and hydraulic trailer brakes are only used on commercial/working trailers. All leisure trailers (travel, boat, etc) have mechanical surge brakes.

Andrew

angib wrote:Errrr, Heikki, no!

Those are cables that operate the mechanical trailer brakes. You can see a single pull rod running from the mechanical surge coupler (1) back to a balancer on the cross-member where individual sheathed cables (just like car parking brake cables) (2) run to each wheel brake.

The parking brake just consists of a handbrake lever on the side of the coupler operating the trailer brakes the same way as the surge coupler does.

The surge coupler contains a gas damper so that the trailer brakes are applied and released progressively.

(1)

Oops, that one has the balancer built in.

(2)


Click on the pictures for bigger pictures.

Electrical trailer brakes are never used in Yurp and hydraulic trailer brakes are only used on commercial/working trailers. All leisure trailers (travel, boat, etc) have mechanical surge brakes.

Andrew

Ok if you say so.... Thats the trailer that was at the parts dealer...And ok yes it did have brakes and 13 inch tires ...and it does have a hand brake....but what kind ....

Sure looks strange to mine though...Well even though Im wrong it is a Euro Frame and you know how much Im lovin it.... And it looks 100 times weaker than mine... flimsy actually...

PS Andrew are you a friend of the Eu Politicians by chance... if ya are, go gettem and have em accept my trailer.. would you please...

errrrrrrr
Heikki

Andrew where is the cross end support beam on these contraptions?

Heikki

That's a quite minimal frame, and there is a whole range available. I have noticed that the European manufacturers of recreational trailers (and commercial trailers) tend to use complete chassis from outside suppliers, rather than buying just axle assemblies and couplers, then doing their own frames, as is common here.

The two suppliers which I have found (Andrew et al can tell us if they are really the two biggies) are Al-Ko and BPW. Those web sites have lots of examples of their products, including chassis with complex frame rails and multiple cross-members. BPW has an amazing collection of PDF-format specs sheets on a products page.

brian_bp wrote:That's a quite minimal frame, and there is a whole range available. I have noticed that the European manufacturers of recreational trailers (and commercial trailers) tend to use complete chassis from outside suppliers, rather than buying just axle assemblies and couplers, then doing their own frames, as is common here.

The two suppliers which I have found (Andrew et al can tell us if they are really the two biggies) are Al-Ko and BPW. Those web sites have lots of examples of their products, including chassis with complex frame rails and multiple cross-members. BPW has an amazing collection of PDF-format specs sheets on a products page.

Al-ko is big here for sure....

Heikki