Sheep shearing trailer

Looking for inspiration for a sheep shearing race trailer.

I have been asked by a friend to build him a race trailer on a flat bed chassis with a race in and drop down side with two shearing doors. Anybody on here built their own or shearing out a home made set up?

In my head I think it would be good to have the race section removable so that the trailer could be used the rest of the year as a flatbed. I can easily make the fold down side removable so just be the race part needing inspiration.
 

irish dom

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We have a two man shepherdease trailer. Bought it about 6 years ago. The hinges on the doors are offset so the sheep slide out onto the board which is sits on the ground beside the trailer. Very easy on shearer and sheep. It been on more winter holidays around Ireland so guys could copy the design. I would say about 10 replicas so far. We bought it off the manufacturer in england. Cant know where he was though as i met him in holyhead and brought it back on the boat. He had a website if you Google shepherdease
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
I was planning to build a trailer too, if I couldn't pick a decent one up somewhere...

but after looking round and trying to get ideas, I'm just going to buy the crate Wullie Horner sells and make a 2 man shearing race

http://www.hornershearing.com/acatalog/sheep-shearing-crate.html


Didn't even do this in the end.

Fell on with a Harrington crutching trailer for £520. Made a 2nd hanger for the machine and needed to make a ramp as it was missing. I'm left handed so clip on one side of the hatch, anyone else who wants to clip is on the right hand side. Just lay a 8x4 sheet of ply and then 2 cubicle mats cut to roughly 5x4 on the ground and away we go!

300 hoggs and 200 ewes through it so far, works easy as! Sheep just keep coming themselves (hoggs took a little encouragement at times). Cheap, simple and works (y) wishing I'd bought one a few years ago.

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Funny you should reply to this thread now as I am literally 24hrs from finishing the trailer I originally posted about! Just got to finish the doors, bolt down the board on the drop down deck and a touch up with paint and then hopefully my mate will test drive it. Will get some photos on later to show my final work.
 

Sosb79

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Mixed Farmer
I've been running a Harrington trailer on my shearing run for about 18 years in my opinion for speed of set up and use they are hard to beat, and if your wool wrapper doesn't like bending over to wrap wool they can use the side of the trailer that carries the ramp! Not the best for rams and pedigree Texels, but then they can create problems in any system.
 

Katarina

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Location
Mid Wales
Cant beat the J and S Pughe shearing trailer. John has sheared enough sheep over the years to know and see what works best. Its a bloody good set up. Easy to set up and no problem getting sheep into the trailer not like single race systems. Handy for doing any sheep work not just shearing.
 

Al R

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Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
Cant beat the J and S Pughe shearing trailer. John has sheared enough sheep over the years to know and see what works best. Its a bloody good set up. Easy to set up and no problem getting sheep into the trailer not like single race systems. Handy for doing any sheep work not just shearing.
Yes their excellent, 3-4-5 door’s all fed from the same centre group, all contractors I know use them
 

Katarina

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Location
Mid Wales
Yes their excellent, 3-4-5 door’s all fed from the same centre group, all contractors I know use them
Exactly. Think it says a lot if you get a large percentage of contractors using them. And there’s a fare pick for everyone when catching a sheep without someone in the far end of a race getting the tougher sheep.
 

Katarina

Member
Location
Mid Wales
Wonder if a Pughe 2 stand trailer would sort @CollCrofter s issues. Put some gates inside. Voila ! Mobile handling . I’ve no idea of cost, but gotta be cheaper than a rappa. Not unless you are very friendly with Neil Bowser!
I know a lot that have done that and got a good handling system and shearing trailer at the fraction of the price of a prattley or similar system.
 

Bury the Trash

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Mixed Farmer
Wonder if a Pughe 2 stand trailer would sort @CollCrofter s issues. Put some gates inside. Voila ! Mobile handling . I’ve no idea of cost, but gotta be cheaper than a rappa. Not unless you are very friendly with Neil Bowser!
Horner sell the Pughe, its a good shearing trailer big wide gate for sheep batch loading .

For shearing handling trailer a Mudge although dearer is heavy built ideal for carrying hurdles etc around to use as a handler trailler /mobile beauty of the is its a ready made solid pen to funnel to can get a race type hurdle to fit in with draft gate as well. stronger and more usefull carrying capacity than aluminum race type trailers
 

Bill dog

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Scottish Borders
I’ve used the pughe to clip from years ago, and found it very easy to use. We didn’t have any alloy fancy gates back then , we just bodged up a funnel using various old gates and pallets.
But as it may well be lighter that a Mudge trailer, it is also genuinely easy to winch back onto the frame at the end of the day !
 
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