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Some trailers are assembled Dyson trailers are built.
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Dyson are trailer engineers. Not trailer manufacturers you notice.
Trailer engineers.
There's a difference. And it's not just a difference of attitude and believing that a customer should get exactly what he wants and not be a slave to a production line. It's also believing that a trailer.should be "engineered" down to its very last detail, and that goes for "standards" and "specials" Alike. Take just one small example, the king pin and rubbing plate on our Grandon Tandem.
The, rubbing plate—well it's made of r thick steel, very amply reinforced with cross members, and real care is taken to see that the working surface is
completely flat. The front end which overlaps the chassis frame is turned up, reinforced back on to the front cross member with strong gussets to form a substantial nose, giving a lead-on which assists coupling. The king pin -it's a mushroom headed drop forging made from heat treated high tensile alloy steel and accurately machined to size. It is a press fit into a carefully bored hole in the plate so that the eight high tensile securing bolts are relieved of all stresses other than the vertical ones, and these bolts are fitted with special aero-tight self-locking nuts.
This is the kind of engineering detail that goes into every part of a Dyson and naturally it must add something to the price—but surprisingly little, you'll find. If first cost is your only consideration then maybe there are cheaper assembled trailers. If you want a profitable trailer— get yourself a Dyson.