- Location
- Montgomeryshire
About £9300 this time last year iirc. I don't know if they've gone up since, but a 2 year waiting list would give you confidence to raise prices I expect, even without steel prices going up...
Another what livestock trailer to buy!
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About £9300 this time last year iirc. I don't know if they've gone up since, but a 2 year waiting list would give you confidence to raise prices I expect, even without steel prices going up...
hagar
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- Location
- Sunny Ayrshire!!!
I.ll tell you when it finally arrives, ordered January meant to be here late March then late April, now late May.
its here cos I took coo grazing off farm and need it for transporting them.And of course I sold old 1 at Lanark in February cos trailer work was done for me til spring
We’re in a similar boat. Ordered one late March with delivery expected late May. That was an existing order the dealer had made previously though, a fresh order would have been September delivery at the time. There was a crowd down near Newcastle in April advertising a 12 and 14ft in stock but we’d already ordered by then.I.ll tell you when it finally arrives, ordered January meant to be here late March then late April, now late May.
And of course I sold old 1 at Lanark in February cos trailer work was done for me til spring
There’s a few good videos on YouTube of the sheep decks in operation. My main concern is the amount of pins and clips that are involved, asking to get lost at some point. Other than that it looks good and we’ll never have another rattle box here after decks collapsed twice and sides belleyed out in under two years. The Graham Edwards power deck was a close second for us but washing the decks in situ looked a right faff, Gamic lead time put them out of the running.
- Location
- West Wales
3 years ago Ifor had a 28 week waiting list, I phoned the Nugent dealer and I could have had it that day if I’d travelled for it.
A friend of mine ordered another Ifor and I was talking to her well passed the 28weeks she’d waited and she was giving up hope with it. She’s got a lorry now so unsure If the Ifor ever arrived.
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
3 years in... what's the verdict on the Nugent?
- Location
- West Wales
Good, very good no issues at all, the staff I’ve had have all commented how much quieter and less ratly it is compared to their ifors
Should have bought a 14’ and every time I use it I wish I had the capacity of a 14 but the 12 is seriously good for swinging into tight gateways, if I take on another block I’ll get a 14...
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Good, very good no issues at all, the staff I’ve had have all commented how much quieter and less ratly it is compared to their ifors
Should have bought a 14’ and every time I use it I wish I had the capacity of a 14 but the 12 is seriously good for swinging into tight gateways, if I take on another block I’ll get a 14...
Nugent is what I want next but nobody has them round here (dealer is right on my doorstep, too!). The Ifor is 20 soon and is wanting changed but still in good enough condition!
If it was just sheep I think I'd go 14ft twin axle (wheels on outside)... most space for minimum weight. But you can overload the 12ft easy as it is and it's big enough for cattle I think
They do that at the markets around here if you're not careful.
- Location
- Yorkshire
I thought that after I'd put it but I ment genuine dealer's for new trailers
- Location
- West Wales
I can overload my 12ft with sheep easy enough. It’s very rare I go over 5 mile and usually then I’ve got on what the lorries won’t fit
Weight is an issue of you fill a 14 footer up to capacity. The bigger the box the less you can put on as the trailer weight increases so load weight decreases . Well that's the legalities so going from 12 to 14 negates the benefit.although stock have more space.Good, very good no issues at all, the staff I’ve had have all commented how much quieter and less ratly it is compared to their ifors
Should have bought a 14’ and every time I use it I wish I had the capacity of a 14 but the 12 is seriously good for swinging into tight gateways, if I take on another block I’ll get a 14...
- Location
- West Wales
Yeah i know that but the box mainly does movements very locally. I do have some very tight places I go to so the 12 might stay.
like all non hydraulic boxes the catch for lifting and lowering the ramp ison the outside so means climbing over hurdles to move the ramp which is a nuisance but you can’t have everything
Interestingly I rang stockholder locally looking for a length of 4x2 aluminium box for a tamp beam, to be quoted £240!
About 60% more than a 6x2 length was 2yrs ago, so didn't bother.
Just hoping Mr Gamic has himself well covered if quoting 2 yrs out.....
Just been quoted 8 plus for a 10ft
Just got one so only used it a few times, heavier ramp than the IW it replaced, but no collapsing half way through loading, which is a real winner for me, deck bars hang down rather than bouncing around on their bottom edge, could do with more options of were to put parting gates though.
- Location
- Hertfordshire
3rd season with 14ft triaxle Nugent here, replaced 25 yr old IW which I still have and will refurb at some stage, so nothing comparable regarding sheep decks as old IW is the manual lift one! Ramp works well enough on Nugent and the fold down flaps help greatly with loading the top deck.
As gatepost said could do with more parting gate positions as only have one place to fit sheep gates, cattle gate can be positioned at every section.
Very strongly built but the finish could have been better on mine, razor sharp edges that could have been buffed off on the aluminum sheeting and decks being the worst.
I notice the back fold down ramp hinges from slightly more inside the box than perhaps a IW. Does this affect how many lambs you can put on the rear section at all?
- Location
- West Wales
I lose the capacity to hold 1-2 lambs or 1 ewe where the top ramp comes down compared to the bottom deck, Hardly a big problem for far easier loading
I think it’s further out of the box compared compared to the old ifors which looked like you lose a foot or 2 from where it is
Thank you, yes we have just retired our old box that had that ramp design, great box and served us well. Father and I knick named it triggers box it had been serviced and parts replaced numerous times, we never wanted to change it as we simply didn't like the newer ifors in comparison. We are more or less decided on a nugent 12ft in board wheel trailer tbh, would love a 14ft for capacity but too heavy unladen for us I think.I lose the capacity to hold 1-2 lambs or 1 ewe where the top ramp comes down compared to the bottom deck, Hardly a big problem for far easier loading
I think it’s further out of the box compared compared to the old ifors which looked like you lose a foot or 2 from where it is
wellingtonfarmer
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Anyone use a Rolland cattle trailer? Any good?