Donkey Oaty
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- Aberdeenshire
There's a clean gx 18 coming up at the ANM sale at Forres.
New Grain trailers, what are the options?
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Donkey Oaty
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Really? They must have given it a wash!
Hey there any other issues with the Kane? Looking at the Herron 9ton but prefer the wider wheels on Kane 10ton!
James
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- Location
- Comber, Down
Near sure you can get the herron on wider wheels.
On the kane it bounces a bit empty but only really notice it when the bale extension is on. The paint chips easily. The brakes aren't great now cause they are 6 stud axles. As a grain trailer iirc it only holds about 7ton of barley.
Boohoo
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- Location
- Newtownabbey
Herron will put wider wheels on if you want, although they say it takes a bit of weight off the drawbar.
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
How does a wider wheel affect drawbar weight?
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Exactly what I was wondering?
Boohoo
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- Location
- Newtownabbey
Wider wheels have a bigger diameter so the axles need to be further apart.
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- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
Ah, so they must extend the bogie and have to move it forward. You wouldn't have thought there would be that much in it. I changed a dumper from 385's to 600's but was able to keep the diameter the same.
Boohoo
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- Location
- Newtownabbey
Yes they extend the bogie forward. Mine is on 400s but there isn't room for 500s.
Thanks for the replies. I take it you are happy with the Herron? Seen one and is well finished alright. Wondering in time will the sand/shot blasting make a big improvement on the paintwork compared to others! The 500/15 x 17 (14ply) on the Kane are rated a good bit higher for loading than the 400/60 x 15.5 (16ply) (3800kg i think) on the Herron (3020kg). decisions decisions!!
Boohoo
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- Location
- Newtownabbey
Haven't done that much with it, only 3 loads of bales so far. The floor height could be a bit lower but apart from that I can't fault it. It's surprisingly easy to tow, even with 65hp in front of it and the brakes are more than capable. There'll be more steel in the Herron and I'd say the finish is better but the price tag is higher. I wouldn't worry about overloading the 400 tyres. 3000kg per tyre plus 3000kg on the hitch would give a total of 15000kg. I doubt you would get that sort of weight in a 14ft trailer.
Just wanted to ask do you need any funding to purchase the trailers ? more than happy to assist in funding a funding solution for you, Regards, Angela
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
They have found us, and so it begins.
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
This was quite interesting in my opinion.
- Location
- North Yorkshire
What spec have you gone for?
Right-arm fast
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Nobody’s mentioned Richard Western??
- Location
- Easter ross
never realised the part about Hardox tbh, very interesting