Bold Trailers Blog

We Are Hiring - Trade Assistant

Date Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Bold Trailers is looking for a mechanically minded trade assistant for their Caringbah workshop. As NSW’s leading trailer repair specialist centre you will be joining a growing company and opportunities for advancement will be available for the right person. Males and females encouraged to apply. Automotive experience preferred but not essential. A desire to succeed is a must.

This position is 38 hours each week and you must hold a current NSW driver’s license.

* Tasks include (but not limited to):

• * Assistance with Boat and Trailer Fit Ups

• * General Trailer assembly

• * Manual Labour and Heavy Lifting

• * Unloading of trailers and accessories

• * Cleaning of workshop, parts, yard and accessories

• * Customer Service, Phones and basic admin

• * Assistance with basic trailer repairs and servicing

The successful applicant must be able to follow instruction and be willing to learn new skills. Reliability, punctuality, diligence and honesty are essential. English language skills essential. To apply send your resume to Christian Bold via email: trailers@boldtrailers.com.au. For further information please phone (02) 8544-8114.

Christian Bold Interviewed on Angela's Business Mix by Angela Vithoulkas - 2SSR FM Radio - 19th March 2012.

Date Posted Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Examples Of Work Carried Out By Bold Trailers

Date Posted Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Examples of work carried out by Bold Trailers and the services we provide including:

* Boatcatch sales and installations

* Swing away drawbars

* Welding

* Sales of new boat trailers from Dunbier, Mackay and Boeing

* Sales of trailer parts

* Trailer servicing

* Trailer repairs

* Winch repairs

* Repairs to trailer breaking systems

* Sales and installations of Hydrastar Electric Breaking Systems

* Conversions and Modifications to imported trailers to meet Australian Standards

Types Of Trailer Breaking Systems

Date Posted Tuesday, June 07, 2011

If you’re looking into braking systems for your trailer there are a number of factors you should take into consideration.

- Do you want Mechanical, Electrical or hydraulic brakes?
- Will your trailer fit the type of braking system you want?
- How much are you willing to spend?

Any trailer with a GVM (gross vehicle mass) over 750kg require a braking system of some sort. The most common braking system is the Mechanical brake. This system consists of the following parts:

- Mechanical coupling (rated up to 2000kg)
- Brake adjuster
- Brake cable
- Mechanical callipers
- Brake pads
- Disc hubs

Another braking system used most commonly used on horse floats, tradies trailers and car trailers are Electric brakes, these brakes also require a brake control unit fitted to the vehicle towing the trailer. With electric brakes, as power is applied to the electromagnets in the brake cluster, the magnets are pulled to the interior flat surface of the hub drum. As the wheel and drum turn during highway travel, this attraction of the magnet to the flat drum face pulls the lever arm of the brake actuating cam, rotating the cam and forcing the brake shoes out to contact the drum braking surface. The more power applied to the magnets the greater the leverage on the cam resulting in greater braking response.