Erde lightweight jockey wheels
All Erde trailers can be equipped with a jockey wheel. Installing a jockey wheel on your trailer will mean that you will no longer have to bend down and lift the coupling as far to get it onto the tow ball. A jockey wheel will also make moving an un-hitched trailer by hand much easier, and it will keep your trailer level so it can be loaded while un-hitched.
Erde supply two types of jockey wheel. This type is a standard wheel that is designed to support the weight of any model of Erde trailer with a straight draw bar (i.e. the ‘leisure’ range). This type of jockey wheel mounts to the drawbar by a light weight bracket that fastens around the drawbar with large U-shaped bolts.
Good features of a jockey wheel include:
- Makes your trailer more manageable when moving it by hand
- You no longer have to bend down and lift the coupling as far to hitch it
- Keeps your trailer horizontal when in storage
Bad features of a jockey wheel include:
- They can be expensive, especially heavy duty models
- Some people forget about jockey wheels and don’t wind them in before driving off, wearing out an expensive wheel in minuets
For a heavy duty jockey wheel more suitable for Erde’s commercial trailers, please click here.
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