Trailer tyres/security

[norseman]

I'm about to purchase a 6x4 car trailer & wonder what your thoughts are on 2 queries.

1) having owned a couple of VW Beetles in my time I recall having a problem 'cracking' the front wheel nuts, due to the car's lack of frontal weight allowing the wheel to rotate under pressure applied to the wheel brace & think this might also be the case if a trailer wheel needs to be changed (?)
2) thoughts on the most effective theft protection for a trailer stored within partial sight of persons passing the property ?

TIA folks.

 

[jj4091]

Aren't trailers supposed to have their own brakes these days.

 

[Mottie]

I'm about to purchase a 6x4 car trailer & wonder what your thoughts are on 2 queries.

6x4 car trailer? Who's car will you be carrying - Noddy's?

 

[jj4091]

6x4 car trailer? Who's car will you be carrying - Noddy's?

Perhaps he means metres or a camping trailer for the car

 

[Mottie]

Perhaps he means metres or a camping trailer for the car

Nothing on the road is 4 metres wide and I wouldn’t think a camping trailer would have 4 wheels.

 

[norseman]

Sorry if my wording caused confusion.

This is a single axle general purpose trailer with a design gross weight of 750kg, hence unbraked.
The term 6x4 (ft) refers to the load bed area.
Unladen weight is around 150kg.

 

[Mottie]

Was the Beetle wheel off the ground or on mud when you were trying to undo the nuts? I can’t imagine a deflated wheel turning on the spot while trying to undo the wheel nuts.

 

[norseman]

Was the Beetle wheel off the ground or on mud when you were trying to undo the nuts? I can’t imagine a deflated wheel turning on the spot while trying to undo the wheel nuts.

Indeed it did, with the car on a concrete driveway!
With the rear engine/transmission layout there's very little weight on the front wheels unless of course the 'boot' is full of luggage etc.

I'm thinking one answer might be to place a small chock behind/ahead of the tyre & reverse/pull the trailer (still hitched to the car) hard against it?
When it comes to security you can only make life difficult for a thief so I'm thinking a security chain through the chassis & padlocked to a ring-bolt set in the concrete,. Even with a hitch lock fitted 2 or 3 fit blokes could simply lift & carry the trailer to a waiting truck/van.