Tuffmac dropside trailer....

hopeso

Has anyone any experience of Tuffmac trailers? I have a 10x5'6 Ifor Williams dropside that I'm considering changing. I have no reason at all to look beyond Ifor Williams again. The only gripe that I do have is that the towbar on my van is a little too low for it, and the trailer leans down in the front a bit when attached. I see from the photos in this ad that the Tuffmac has the hitch mounted on the bottom rail of the drawbar, which would lift the front of the trailer when hitched to my van....But I don't want to end up with a poorer trailer, just to overcome this gripe...

https://www.donedeal.ie/trailers-for-sale/tuffmac-dropside/6691027

patsy_mccabe

I dealt with that guy before. He had a good quality second hand tipping trailer for sale on Donedeal. I rang him on Sunday night, price seemed ok. He said he'd even deliver it free the week after, as he had a lorry going that way. I told him I'd go up to see it the following day. Arrived into the yard on a Monday at 11am.
'Oh that trailer is sold. You should have rang me before you left.' He then went on to try and sell me a new Tuffmac.
I was absolutely fuming, as I had travelled a good bit. To make it worst, the same add unchanged, was up on Donedeal for another 3 weeks. I wonder how many others did he try to pull that trick on.

Reggie.

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I dealt with that guy before. He had a good quality second hand tipping trailer for sale on Donedeal. I rang him on Sunday night, price seemed ok. He said he'd even deliver it free the week after, as he had a lorry going that way. I told him I'd go up to see it the following day. Arrived into the yard on a Monday at 11am.
'Oh that trailer is sold. You should have rang me before you left.' He then went on to try and sell me a new Tuffmac.
I was absoluyely fuming, as I had travelled a good bit. To make it worst, the same add unchanged, was up on Donedeal for another 3 weeks. I wonder how many others did he try to pull that trick on.

Sounds about right

patsy_mccabe

Reggie. wrote: »

Sounds about right

I'm not the only one so.

locha

OP, how much do you have to give along with your own for a new Ivor?

Reggie.

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I'm not the only one so.

Well before I bought the Donnelly tipper I looked at the tuffmac. Every time I rang him on the trailer it was more expensive even tho we agreed a price the last time we were talking.

Genghis Cant

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I'm not the only one so.

We bought a trailer off him . I found him the finest to deal with.
He's selling a serious amount of trailers locally and I see several lads deal with him again and again.

hopeso

locha wrote: »

OP, how much do you have to give along with your own for a new Ivor?

I didn't do much pricing yet, as I'm not certain that I'll change yet...But I phoned one place, and they said around €2,000

hopeso

Genghis Cant wrote: »

We bought a trailer off him . I found him the finest to deal with.
He's selling a serious amount of trailers locally and I see several lads deal with him again and again.

Do you know how well those Tuffmac flatbeds are performing?

Genghis Cant

hopeso wrote: »

Do you know how well those Tuffmac flatbeds are performing?

No idea. The yard was full of all sorts of trailers when I was up there.
Anyone I know with a cattle trailer are happy with them.

enricoh

At least it has a better floor than an ifor. Them resin board floors dont inspire me!
How much is it to buy outright? No trade in

I bought the ifor wheels, hubs, springs n hitch a few year ago from knott in wales, can't remember how much but it was sod all. n made up trailer, it wasnt galvanised only painted but done the job!

hopeso

enricoh wrote: »

At least it has a better floor than an ifor. Them resin board floors dont inspire me!
How much is it to buy outright? No trade in

I bought the ifor wheels, hubs, springs n hitch a few year ago from knott in wales, can't remember how much but it was sod all. n made up trailer, it wasnt galvanised only painted but done the job!

The Ivor can be got with the alloy floor too....In fact, I had my mind more or less made up to get one, but everyone I spoke to advised against it...I got different reasons. Some said the alloy is very slippery, especially when wet. Another said that if the alloy gets damaged, it lets water through, and rots the timber beneath. But, saying all that, my livestock trailer has an alloy floor over timber, with no issues....

I don’t know the price of that trailer. I haven’t made an enquirers yet....

wrangler

hopeso wrote: »

Has anyone any experience of Tuffmac trailers? I have a 10x5'6 Ifor Williams dropside that I'm considering changing. I have no reason at all to look beyond Ifor Williams again. The only gripe that I do have is that the towbar on my van is a little too low for it, and the trailer leans down in the front a bit when attached. I see from the photos in this ad that the Tuffmac has the hitch mounted on the bottom rail of the drawbar, which would lift the front of the trailer when hitched to my van....But I don't want to end up with a poorer trailer, just to overcome this gripe...

https://www.donedeal.ie/trailers-for-sale/tuffmac-dropside/6691027

Locals swear by him . brother in law on second trailer from him