2 new trailers for £20,000

[mountfarm]

What’s the chance of buying 2 new basic spec trailers 16-18t size for £10,000 each?
Oil brakes and hydraulic tailgate are the only requirement. There’s no road work involved so we do not need high speed of any description. However they need to last as they are replacing 25 yr old trailers which have lasted very well.

 

[jondear]

You wouldn't buy one !

 

[Fendt516profi]

Bailey Trailers | Products | TB 12-24 Tonne Range

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[Renaultman]

You wouldn't buy one !

Was going to say it would make the one I bought last year look expensive. Granted air brakes, commercial axles, hi speed spec.

 

[daveydiesel1]

U could look at a donnelly but with that spec it would be more expensive than 10k. Also they are not suitable for muck or grain. We bought a few trailers this year and the redrock is good amount cheaper than kane and still good trailer but we dont really have a say in what we buy as we hire them long term and we buy whatever the customer wants within reason

 

[Clive]

that will buy you one decent one!

 

[hutchy143211]

Don't think you'd get them for that money as a rough rule I'd go by £1k a ton plus a couple depending on spec brand new. In all honesty spec doesn't really change the price of a large trailer all that much. 1k for air brakes and maybe another for flotation tires. Realistically at that size its going to have to be on commercial high speed axles just to handle the weight. Our 16t trailer grosses 21.5t fully loaded and even with hydraulic brakes you'd need the commercial axles large brake pads to stop it without wearing out the tractor. At that size things like sprung drawbars and LED lights will be nearly standard too. Personally from the one we've got I'd always go floatations and air at that size even as they take some carrying and stopping. They'll also be near essential for resale value down the line as people will look more and more for higher spec trailers. If you do only go hydraulic brakes make sure you still get a load sensing valve as they save tire wear.

 

[tr250]

What about the likes of merrick loggin?

 

[daveydiesel1]

Don't think you'd get them for that money as a rough rule I'd go by £1k a ton plus a couple depending on spec brand new. In all honesty spec doesn't really change the price of a large trailer all that much. 1k for air brakes and maybe another for flotation tires. Realistically at that size its going to have to be on commercial high speed axles just to handle the weight. Our 16t trailer grosses 21.5t fully loaded and even with hydraulic brakes you'd need the commercial axles large brake pads to stop it without wearing out the tractor. At that size things like sprung drawbars and LED lights will be nearly standard too. Personally from the one we've got I'd always go floatations and air at that size even as they take some carrying and stopping. They'll also be near essential for resale value down the line as people will look more and more for higher spec trailers. If you do only go hydraulic brakes make sure you still get a load sensing valve as they save tire wear.

Wev a load sensing valve on our dumper and i would not recommend it. What i would recommend on a trailer that size for saving tyre wear and handier to use is a steering axle

 

[Happy]

that will buy you one decent one!

Or two old ones

AS ACE MARSTON 14 tonne Grain Trailer, Popular build, 2008 - Agri-Linc

AS ACE MARSTON 14 tonne Grain Trailer, Popular build, 2008, Hyd door, grain chute, Sprung drawbar, excellent trailer,

www.agri-linc.com

 

[hutchy143211]

Wev a load sensing valve on our dumper and i would not recommend it. What i would recommend on a trailer that size for saving tyre wear and handier to use is a steering axle

What issues do you have with your valve? Ours on air is amazing for adjusting braking effort. Straw trailer which is lighter doesn't skip even when braking hard unloaded and pulls the tractor back fully loaded or not (No ABS).

 

[pine_guy]

Second hand at a farm sale today so to echo those above no chance

 

[daveydiesel1]

What issues do you have with your valve? Ours on air is amazing for adjusting braking effort. Straw trailer which is lighter doesn't skip even when braking hard unloaded and pulls the tractor back fully loaded or not (No ABS).

Ours is on a herron dumper. Its on the drawbar. When empty it just leaves the trailer has no brakes for first few seconds. When full if goin down a hill the brakes work ok but bit slower than they should and if go over a bump and the trailer pushes down on drawbar they just come on sharp like put u through the frobt window sharp. When da was buyin trailer i said i didnt want a herron or the valve but as usual willie herron told him some loada bullshite about how good his trailer is and how good the loadsensin is and he believed him. Wev since bought a kane halfpipe and its alot better than the herron

 

[hutchy143211]

Ours is on a herron dumper. Its on the drawbar. When empty it just leaves the trailer has no brakes for first few seconds. When full if goin down a hill the brakes work ok but bit slower than they should and if go over a bump and the trailer pushes down on drawbar they just come on sharp like put u through the frobt window sharp. When da was buyin trailer i said i didnt want a herron or the valve but as usual willie herron told him some loada bullshite about how good his trailer is and how good the loadsensin is and he believed him. Wev since bought a kane halfpipe and its alot better than the herron

Thats interesting and I would have thought an unusual for mounting on a the drawbar. On ours the valve is mounted off a linkage between the 2 axles off the parabolic suspension so that as the trailer is loaded and the suspension deflects it opens the valve more. I would have thought that would help to average out the movements of the axles as they go over bumps to avoid what you've described. I know on ours the drawbar can move a lot so I can image it goes from zero to locked up very quickly and frequently! Our trailers are both DRT

 

[chaffcutter]

Those two AS at agri-linc look good value to me, tidy for their age?

 

[Clive]

Those two AS at agri-linc look good value to me, tidy for their age?

tidy and not a bad price but would you want to buy trailer without air these days?

 

[Farmer_Joe]

the AS pair look spot on especially if not on road use so no real need for air brakes.

If agri link are the same dude as the sprayer fiasco just check the tyres, wheels and lights are included though

 

[chaffcutter]

No but he won't get two top spec for that price!

 

[Clive]

the AS pair look spot on especially if not on road use so no real need for air brakes.

If agri link are the same dude as the sprayer fiasco just check the tyres, wheels and lights are included though

Agri-linc are very reputable / good guys to deal with - would have no worries or concerns buying from them @AgriLinc

 

[7610 super q]

Wow. Let's take another look at that 3 ton Weeks again......