ASK 21 in Cobra trailer single or double axle?

At our club we have a pair of DG1000S, and one has a Cobra single
axle, and the other is a Cobra Double axle. The guy who owns the
double axle, wishes he had bought the single. I use a Saab 9-5 and it
tows just fine. I think Andy summed it up best. One axle is half the
trouble of 2 and you don't need it for load capability.

KevinFinke wrote:
At our club we have a pair of DG1000S, and one has a Cobra single
axle, and the other is a Cobra Double axle. The guy who owns the
double axle, wishes he had bought the single. I use a Saab 9-5 and it
tows just fine. I think Andy summed it up best. One axle is half the
trouble of 2 and you don't need it for load capability.
For my sins I have two trailers.

The single axle tows nice and easy behind a 1.6l hatch. The twin axle
progeny of beelzebub pushes my XC70 around. Funky handling indeed.

The twin axle has maybe 100kg more to carry, but weighs 300kg more
because of - you guessed it - that axle and pair of wheels.
It is a pain to move by hand, impossible with one person, whereas the
single axle trailer is a single hand operation.

Currently working on ways to convert to a single axle...

At 18:50 18 June 2009, Bruce wrote:
KevinFinke wrote:
At our club we have a pair of DG1000S, and one has a Cobra single
axle, and the other is a Cobra Double axle. The guy who owns the
double axle, wishes he had bought the single. I use a Saab 9-5 and it
tows just fine. I think Andy summed it up best. One axle is half the
trouble of 2 and you don't need it for load capability.
For my sins I have two trailers.

The single axle tows nice and easy behind a 1.6l hatch. The twin axle
progeny of beelzebub pushes my XC70 around. Funky handling indeed.

The twin axle has maybe 100kg more to carry, but weighs 300kg more
because of - you guessed it - that axle and pair of wheels.
It is a pain to move by hand, impossible with one person, whereas the
single axle trailer is a single hand operation.

Currently working on ways to convert to a single axle...


Single axle is better for all the reasons stated on this thread. If you
want to save some money I would recommend that you look at the Swan
Trailer. We have one for our DG505 and it has been great... the people
very helpful and it tows great. I understand that the same trailer will
fit a K21 with some fitting adjustment. I have no commercial connection
with Swan and have a Cobra for my Dg800... but for a club, where price it
a bigger consideration (and often the glider is rigged in the Hangar
anyway), then the Swan make good sense.

Craig Lowrie, UK