18t Trailers

[Whynot]

I’m looking to p/ex 3 Bailey 12t trailers for a couple of 18t new ones. What make do you all recommend? So far, looking at Bailey, Stewart, Western and Broughan.
Any experiences with any of these, or any other recommendations?
Most of the time they will be used to transport dried digestate, which is v. light( about 300kg/m3!), but we would also use for our cereal harvest.
Our trailers are 2011/2013, hoping I won’t have too much money to find!!

 

[puntabrava]

Have you not looked at the 35 ton tri axle Kramp!

 

[MrNoo]

Smyth are worth a look, build quality second to none. Love mine.

 

[jamesfalky]

KTwo are well worth a look, they are very tidily finished off and very smart engineered, paintwork is spot on too.
edit: add silage sides for transporting digestate?

 

[ollie989898]

How much for an 18 tonne Krampe?

 

[ollie798]

Richard Western Trailers would get my vote. Very well built and durable.

 

[multi power]

Kane would be top of my list

 

[melted welly]

I think those Pronar ones would be worth a look.

Failing that, I’ve 2 marstons from 1986 that we put commercial axles on and if we fit around 5ft of plywood greedy boards they’d about hit the 18t mark. POA.

 

[A H N]

Larrington trailers the best there is.

 

[Spencer]

What are your baileys your trading in like? Possibly after a 12t ..

 

[Whynot]

We’re definitely getting silage sides on one of them. Had quotes in for them all now, Richard Western the most expensive followed by Stewart and then Bailey. Good and bad points for all of them, it might come down to the p/ex’s!

 

[wold-topper]

We have a couple of 18 ton trailers ourselves, a recent model 18 ton Stewart that is very well made and you cant find much wrong with it at all. Love the back door latch arrangement

Also have an 18 ton Richard Western, approx. 1996 model I believe, its a bloody strong bit of kit its not had a hard life really but id recommend them to anyone

 

[miniconnect]

Speak to Charles Marshall, that's where we'll be going when we need another.

 

[Sprayer 1]

We’re definitely getting silage sides on one of them. Had quotes in for them all now, Richard Western the most expensive followed by Stewart and then Bailey. Good and bad points for all of them, it might come down to the p/ex’s!

Why don't you try the part x on here and go in with the cash?

 

[sputnik]

Smyth

 

[Ian01]

How about a bailey tb18 with 5 ft sides? A standard tb18 is 24ft long by 4ft6 high, most others are shorter and taller. We had our tb18's made 5 ft high, so they are basically a 20ton grain body, meaning they hold a bit more when carting bulky materials.
We are very pleased with them, ride better and alot more stable when tipping than a stewart, larringtons are a good trailer but very heavy and only 7ft3 wide body i think, compared to most other trailers with an 8ft body.
Bailey are one hell of a trailer for the money, speak to your dealer and have a look round the factory, well worth a look.

 

[Orionn4444]

Stewart or Broughan, both seriously well made and designed trailers, stable on the road etc. Just depends whether you want to support the Scottish economy or the Irish

 

[TomD]

The broughan will have one of the lowest centre of gravity so will be a very stable trailer, very well built trailer..

 

[lloyd]

Does anyone make a bad trailer these days?

 

[Andrew]

Stewart, Larrington, Bailey, Western, KTwo would be ones that I’d look at. Make sure it’s specced right and it won’t cost you much over it’s lifetime.

If you go oil and air make sure the oil is twin mine and make sure both systems have LSV and meet the 50% requirement.