Load carrying capacity of LR Axles for a farm trailer?

Hey everyone, I've had a bit of a search and not turned up a great deal, but I need to replace the axle of a farm trailer (muck cart) that I'm rebuilding, as it's rusted through and I'm struggling to find an agri trailer axle. My initial thoughts were for a disco rear axle or a 110/130 rear axle because of the weight involved.

Weight - it's not going to be mega, as it's only really horse **** and bedding, which doesn't really weigh a great deal comparatively..
The trailer bed is 3m by 2m wide, and the frames (it's a tipper) weigh about 700kg on their own, so I'm guessing that unladen wieght is around a metric ton. I'd be quite surprised if they managed more than a ton of horse **** in the back of the thing, so say an upper range of about 2500-3,000kg to be on the safe side: Is this LR axle territory, or am I looking in the wrong place?


I'll do a rebuild thread if anyones interested - it's just a bit different to the norm on LZ

Cheers..

rear axle limit on 110 is 1850kg but thats for 3050kg max MAM , on ag use it should manage a couple of tons easily HTSH

Brilliant, thanks! Any idea what the other LR Axles would carry - Disco, S2, S3 etc?

If it's not a powered axle, then I doubt it'll matter much. The weak links in any of the LR axles are due to being powered.

110's used to use Salisbury axles on the rear. As did the 109 One Tons. 101's and FC's used ENV or Salisbury. But the 109 used the regular Rover item. While there are differences between the Rover axles, I would be surprised if you'd see much difference between a D2 or a Series axle (although the latter isn't as wide).

Lovely job - thanks everyone

I bought a shed load of stone tiles and carried them in my disco. I'm not exactly sure how heavy they were, but I could hardly get the shop trolley to move and had to pull like hell to get to check-out. The self leveling suspension sorted out the nose-in-the-air issue and I have had no axle issues whatsoever. Disco axles are tough mothers!

yeah build thread would be different from the norm

Cool, you're on - almost finished too

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yeah build thread would be different from the norm

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You see what you've made me do now?!
The rebuild thread...

Why not just buy a proper type approved braked agri trailer axle and use the correct tool for the job?

Well firstly I don't know where to source one from, and the couple that I have seen for sale have been more money than the owner really wants to pay. So if an old LR axle is up to the job and sourced with wheels & tyres for between £50-£150, then why not? It is never going on the road - it's sole exsistence is trundling up and down a 100 yard gravel/concrete track once or twice a week.

Ah, if your not going on the road with it then I see your point.

if it becomes an issue you can always make it a twin axle.

Trax that's a bloody good idea, thanks!