Ifor Williams Trailers TT3621 - Using Tiltbed Trailers as Flat Trailers (Tiltbed Function Not Used); Fitting and Using the Wheel Chock Kit on TB Trailers

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• With a manual winch operating correctly, winching the vehicle off the trailer should require a
slight positive (unwinding) force on the handle.
• IF THE HANDLE IS RELEASED AND SPINS WILDLY because the automatic brake has
not engaged DO NOT ATTEMPT TO GRAB THE SPINNING HANDLE. The least worst
option is to let the vehicle roll off.
• With the vehicle half off, check that the rear of the trailer is still firmly in contact with the
ground. If in doubt pump the ram up a couple of strokes.
• Complete unloading and move the vehicle well clear of the trailer.
• Close the ramp or sliding skids. Unhook stow-away skids and allow them to rest on the ground
behind the trailer.
• Lower the trailer and re-secure the front clamps.
• Replace the stow-away skids in the rear of the TB or slide the mini-skids back underneath the
main bed of the CT177.
4.4 Using Tiltbed Trailers as Flat Trailers (Tiltbed function not used)
• CT166 & 167 and TB trailers are available with full headboard and sideboard kits. The short
CT166 & 167 ramps are effectively standard tailboards made strong enough to drive over.
• In the case of CT166 & 167 trailers with 3’ ramps and TB trailers with S-shaped ramps or
sliding skids, a “drop-in” tailboard is available that fits in front of the ramp or skids without
having to remove them.
• Both CT166 & 167 and TB trailers can be used as flat trailers with or without sideboards.
However it is inadvisable to do so without a headboard fitted.
• The CT177 has no Flat Trailer capability although a Centre Deck walkway kit is available.
• For other requirements relevant to using Tiltbed trailers as Flat Trailers please refer to section
3.3.
• Removal and refitting of sideboards and headboard is as for the Tipping Trailer. Refer to
section 3.8.
4.5 Fitting and Using the Wheel Chock Kit on TB Trailers
• The Wheel Chock Kit is only available for TB Trailers and cannot be fitted if sideboards are
fitted.
• It is not a restrant system, only a system for quickly positioning a frequently carried vehicle.