You might lose a ewe off the top, but a simpler system than the easy load. which kept collapsing, it has to start a bit further in to get the angle right, but they seem to load well TBF, I have stuck with a 10ft, we can fill it up and just stay legal, and not be pulling the truck in half, plus we have some steep bits, so why shag every thing?
Another what livestock trailer to buy!
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I bought a 12 foot nugent back in the autumn. I do quite like it but it does have some design floors. I did have a nasty accent when I was off loading on a steep hill, the fold down ramp dropped between the tail gate as the first ewes ran on it. 4 ewes fell between and I was glad I wasn’t stood on it as well and I had to make the others jump to get them off. It was because the angle was to steep, I will make sure that doesn’t happen again.
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
So is the verdict that Nugent is better than IW for cattle and sheep?
- Location
- West Wales
Yes
- Location
- Devon
Apologies if I've missed/ forgotten it Jerry, but who did you have yours from?
- Location
- West Wales
Roger Young
- Location
- Devon
Ah yes, a quick zoom in would have answered the question
Ah yes, a quick zoom in would have answered the question
had to pay extra to get it back into the proper county.....
Don’t tell our Cornish cousins!!
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- Location
- Cheshire
Hence why I can’t see the attraction of the 14ft trailers. But as you leave here, 3 of the 4 possible directions feature well used VOSA checkpoints. It only takes 1 bloody minded inspector and you’ll be heap o trouble
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I move a lot of stock within the farm, and we always have, as it’s usually faster & easier than running them, without lots of surplus labour to block gaps/move other stock/etc. Not enough stock to justify a float to do so, but I can fill a 14’ trailer when if suits.
On the road, especially delivering rams any distance, a 14’ triaxle with wheels on the outside, rides far smoother than any 12’ tandem I’ve ever pulled.
I certainly wouldn’t be keen to downgrade again.
johnspeehs
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- Location
- Co Antrim
I used one in a farm I worked on 20 years ago and they were a great job except I didn't like the way the box covering the wheels was on the inside of the trailer and cows tended to slip off them and panic a bit and they were all steel floors so quite noisy when loading ,probably different now.
- Location
- Devon
Because a 14' trailer will carry almost as much stock without using the decks as a 10' that is.
It may be just down to the size of my usual market's pens but my 14' will take 2 lots easy without using the decks but can always put a few or a ram 'up top' if necessary and still be within legal weight.
Back on farm I can fill it behind a tractor with 50 ewes.
- Location
- Yorkshire
Not if it touches a road (legally)
- Location
- Devon
Indeed.
Compare a 14' without decks to a 10' gamic with hydraulic deck. The 14' would be easier to load and a fraction of the cost with only a little less capacity.
- Location
- Yorkshire
But what make would the 14ft without decks be?
Are those decks any stronger than IW ones ?
talking to a chap that has a nearly new IW, he moves a lot of cattle but also sheep, the decks were bent by the cattle in a couple weeks,
- Location
- Yorkshire
Maybe the decks aren't any stronger but I think the way the support bars fasten is better than the ifor. Only one good bar in a ifor
Not had an issue so far moving cattle including couple full sized bulls.
The cattle bend the decks when they are folded up, he does move a lot of cattle though.
I told him to have a look at a GE, I spose they still do the roll away deck