clubstylus

I'll be selling my 4 wheel Brian James Minno trailer , as soon as I locate one I want to replace it with . It's recently had a complete brake cables/shoes/bearings refurbish at £280 plus new tyres on one axle 2 years ago , the other axle 3 years ago , so all in very good condition ---- I only do 900/1000 miles a year with the trailer. Lights all good and being galvanised , the chassis is totally clear of any rust.
I'll put it on ebay once I replace it but looking for £1300 ---- deal for any member here of course PM for photos via email if interested.

throw in a free tow car and I'll bite yer arm off.....

norma wrote:throw in a free tow car and I'll bite yer arm off.....

Well , you've already got more grunt in that Audi V8 than my 260bhp Alfa ----------- I can feel the blood running down my arm already
I'm about an hour away from winning the trailer I'm after , so hope nobody wants it more than me

Ebay's a damn pain -- got pipped at 3 sec's off by £1

Gixen is your friend.

I use goofBid and always set it up to bid 1 sec from the end. made some savings, also lost some.

When it comes to big stuff I always contact them and see if they will deal outside of eBay and then I can give them cash. Win win most of the time

My trailer is on ebay now , starting price £1100 -- item 131376255709

SOLD and delivered to Bewdley today . Not bad really , bought brand new in 1997 so I could collect the Stylus chassis kit then again for the body kit and spay job/sva etc. Over that time/17 yrs it's lost just £350
So I've got three months to find a replacement , having missed two so far it looks like hard going The newer one made £1651 the other one made £1950 and was older but had all sorts of extras. I just need the sub 1600kgs max weight and the slide-out ramps which only comes with a Minnomax , to suit the Alfa 'legal' max towing

Bought an A-MAX 2 yrs old with the glide-out ramps , just 8 inches wider so it'll have to store in the front of house/drive , as won't gp past the house. Has the foldaway towbar which means it's over 3 ft shorter to store BUT no deck fitted ----- shall have to find where to buy Buffalo board cheapest then fit myself. Had to ignore the Alfa tow limit though , although with Stylus on board it still only weighs 1130 kgs so probably not a big deal ' police ' wise MAX gross on trailer plate is 2000 kgs which would be illegal for the Alfa.

If you're concerned could you see if they will re-plate it lower for you? I know with caravans they can get them uprated for a small fee so no reason why they couldn't be down rated for a similar fee.

CMA wrote:If you're concerned could you see if they will re-plate it lower for you? I know with caravans they can get them uprated for a small fee so no reason why they couldn't be down rated for a similar fee.

Yes , that's right Rob but was sort of tongue in cheek about really ---- just hoping I'd be ignored , unless of course ever envolved in an incident then they'd check it out
WHY --- well because on occasions it would be handy to be able to put a heavier car on it like I did last year , on a hired heavier duty trailer to collect a classic car I bought that weighed 1.4 tonnes Trailered it home from STOKE ON TRENT without attracting any attention , just at a gentle 50/55mph over 300 miles overall If you don't tow often then you tend to be noticed through inexperience , letting it rock around or start to zig-zag etc. I've towed trailers since I was 16yrs with just a tractor licence plus many other heavy weight two and four wheelers , livestock double deckers etc.
Thanks for the hint though , a good idea if not likely to trailer over the 1.5 tonnes gross allowed for my Alfa. Send me a PM with your email and I'll send photos

I'm lucky I have a 2100kg towing limit for my Audi (A4 3litre V6 diesel quattro) so when our 1435kg caravan is attached I hardly notice it.
It gives some people a surprise at the lights when I still accelerate quicker than them when the van is attached

Likewise with my Alfa 159ti 260bhp (not legally max high enough) but will push really hard even when the 1.420 tonnes Wolseley was on the trailer. Having said that , I mostly tow under the 60mph trailer limit these days , even at 5 o'clock in the morning.