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Jockey wheels types

in Anything Eriba-related Sat Jan 28, 2017 8:02 am
by Islay Corbel (deleted)

Reading the thread about the CC magazine got me thinking about jockey wheel types. We need to change ours - has been taped together and is not pretty.
I see that there are double wheel ones..... ones with nose weight guages.... what do you have / what would you choose?

RE: Jockey wheels types

in Anything Eriba-related Sat Jan 28, 2017 9:36 am
by eribaMotters •

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My first eriba came with the standard Alko. My 2nd I ordered with the pneumatic. My third I swapped to a pneumatic.My 4th which is ready for collection is the Premium with the wide solid rubber and inbuilt noseweight gauge.
I found the pneumatic was helpful in moving the van on rougher ground as it tended to dig in less. To upgade from the standard to this is not expensive and worthwhile. Some had had problems with punctures, I did not in my 8 summers of use. Even so I carried a spare [wheelbarrow] innertube which cost little.
If ordering new you could offset part of the cost of the Premium as you are replacing the standard that would be a factory fit. With the built in noseweight gauge this should prove useful, and will save me faffing around with the cheap bathroom scales I carry.

Colin

eribaless at present, 4th eriba, a 2017 430 on order.

RE: Jockey wheels types

in Anything Eriba-related Sat Jan 28, 2017 10:54 am
by Poptop320 •

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It always seems t be trade off with Jockey wheels, My old Puck had a thin narrow plastic jockey wheel which used to dig into the grass and gravel making it difficult to manhandle, it was great on tarmac.
Next came the 2014 Eriba Familia which came with a pneumatic wheel, this was great for bumping over the kerb and on soft ground, however the downside was that it was always losing air all the time and on one occasion it ripped itself off the beading causing an instant flat.
I bought an Alko soft wheel which is a hard plastic wheel with a thin sold rubber tyre this was good but not as good as the pneumatic over soft ground a sort of in-between the plastic solid and the pneumatic.
Next came the 2015 Eriba Familia and this came with a solid wide rubber jockey wheel with a sturdy metal inner wheel, this has been a lot better and very durable.
I was and still contemplating the Alko premium jockey wheel with the inbuilt gauge, the wheel is also spring loaded to assist with a motor mover when bumping kerbs etc, there are a couple of things to take into consideration is that it is substantially a lot heavier (9.8kg) than a standard jockey wheel and that will add to your nose weight, you will have to use a calculation to get the true nose weight as it is a few inches away from the ball hitch, this document explains http://www.al-ko.co.uk/edit/files/handbo...uctionsgblr.pdf
The tracked jockey wheel is something which I have never heard of which is in the CC magazine?

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RE: Jockey wheels types

in Anything Eriba-related Sat Jan 28, 2017 10:56 am
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: Poptop320 wrote in post #3
The tracked jockey wheel is something I have never heard off which is in the CC magazine?

Probably this, John.

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RE: Jockey wheels types

in Anything Eriba-related Sat Jan 28, 2017 11:06 am
by Poptop320 •

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Quote: Pep� Le Pew wrote in post #4
Quote: Poptop320 wrote in post #3
The tracked jockey wheel is something I have never heard off which is in the CC magazine?
Probably this, John.
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