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- Yorkshire
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12ft Livestock trailer
- Thread starter Hughesy
- Start date
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Graham Edwards used to. Even seen two at 18ft. Guess VOSA put paid to most even behind a tractor
nails
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- Location
- East Dorset
I am on my second Ifor Williams in 45 years . No complaints here.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Yep completely agree.
Kentishfarmer
Member
Anyone know the best place to look for larger livestock trailers you can tow behind a tractor? preferably second hand. We're thing of getting rid of 15t cattle lorry and getting a trailer instead. Too much hassle with HGV licenses and lorry upkeep.
Cant seem to see many advertised online though
Cant seem to see many advertised online though
- Location
- Yorkshire
Buy a good bale trailer and put your box on it then sell wagon as a flat
Kentishfarmer
Member
Its down to finding the right trailer I guess, we have put the box on our bailey bale trailer before. But that was a fair bit longer than needed and taller than the lorry body so it ending up not being very maneuverable for the smaller lanes and field entrances, make you want to go back to the lorry. There must be the right sized bale trailer out there somewhere I suppose
- Location
- Yorkshire
What size do you want?
- Location
- Yorkshire
michael N123
Member
With a 16ft 65-70
See plenty of them wagon drag trailers in machinary sales for a lot less than that
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
65-70 what? Months in jail after the accident/ kids injured when the hitch fails outside their school?
- Location
- West Wales
That
That is seriously tidy!
Porter trailers make a 16ft. Not sure what you'd do with it though as that hitch looks to be a 3.5 ton hitch. 14ft would put you over the limit fully loaded. Limited market for it. Fully loaded, you'd want to tow with a tractor, so would probably be better of with a tractor trailer which would have no capacity issues.
If going down this road, make sure that the trailer bed height doesn't result in an overly steep tripper - would break your heart trying to load up an overly steep rear door.
Lots of choices in livestock trailers and we have always had IWT. The big issue for us is loading our fairly docile cattle quickly and easily because:
1. The step up to the ramp seems to put them off
2. The ramp is made of metal and is noisy (even with straw) as the cattle feet go down on it.
Are any of the alternative trailers any better?
1. The step up to the ramp seems to put them off
2. The ramp is made of metal and is noisy (even with straw) as the cattle feet go down on it.
Are any of the alternative trailers any better?
BELOWAVERAGE
Member
Nock Deighton have a 24ft Graham Edwards trailer in a farm sale on the 10th of October, looks the part.Anyone know the best place to look for larger livestock trailers you can tow behind a tractor? preferably second hand. We're thing of getting rid of 15t cattle lorry and getting a trailer instead. Too much hassle with HGV licenses and lorry upkeep.
Cant seem to see many advertised online though
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
All trailers have the same ramp style until you get to a Houghton that has an ultra low approach angle , low pivot height and a planked tailgate like the wagons now have
But you always hear nobody wants to pay for it . If folks won’t even pay a tiny premium for a Nugent over a cost engineered IW, then I would say this is true
- Location
- West Wales
Tractor drawn a Rolland might be a good option?
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Keep the IWT and get a fabricator to make a galvanised pivot holder lower than the existing pivot point and a planked construction tailboard .
It will be heavier of course