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Old 15-10-18, 21:07
Richard Hughes Richard Hughes is offline
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Hi Everyone I have just bought a 25 pounder limber and trying to get it home just one minor issue I don't have a wheelbase size to put it on a trailer. Can anyone help ?
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Old 15-10-18, 22:17
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Including the side bulge of the tires, 81.5 inches wide.

If your trailer is not wide enough, you can undo the drawbar at the limber (8 bolts). The drawbar with brake actuator will pop off and you can load the limber onto even a puny 4x8 trailer, or a north American 8 foot pickup box, sideways.
Sorry, I don't work in metric yet.
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Old 16-10-18, 14:12
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Hi Rob Excellent thanks for your help. I can now get things moving. Cheers
Richard
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Old 11-11-18, 23:24
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exactly as Rob wrote..
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Old 12-11-18, 21:32
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Hi Both
finally managed to get the limber home last weekend managed to squeeze it onto a beavertail trailer
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Old 13-11-18, 08:25
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finally managed to get the limber home last weekend managed to squeeze it onto a beavertail trailer
Cheers
...seems to be in very good condition
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Old 13-11-18, 14:10
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Yes I got lucky its all complete and pretty good order just need to give it a coat of paint to match the quad .
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Old 13-11-18, 14:11
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exactly as Rob wrote..

Great minds think alike. How did you get it on there? Lots of jockeying or did you use a loader of some kind.
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Old 13-11-18, 14:21
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Yes I got lucky its all complete and pretty good order just need to give it a coat of paint to match the quad .
I ma not an expert about colours, but I think a brand new factory fresh quad would not match a fractory finish limber (I think the limber would match the gun). On the other side the first repainting in a field shop would cover it all in 1 shade
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Old 13-11-18, 17:41
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Hi Yes ended up a mixture of brute force , pure ignorance and a small hand winch to get the limber on to the trailer.

Paint wise the limber is 1939(at least that what the plate says) and my quad is 44 so will probably end up going down the plain green route
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Old 13-11-18, 20:07
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Paint wise the limber is 1939(at least that what the plate says) and my quad is 44 so will probably end up going down the plain green route
Is that like the yellow brick road (for desert camo) ?

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Old 19-11-18, 14:31
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Yes thats the one
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