Bailey flat deck low loader

Evening chaps, I appreciate this thread is a few years old but would either of you be able to comment on how you get on with your flat deck low loaders. We’ve been to Bailey today (very impressive set up) thinking we wanted a beavertail with wedge but have come away thinking and being advised from Bailey that for what we need a flat deck with ramps would be better. We will mainly be using as a flat bed for moving seed and fert about, we want the ability to put a small telehandler on the back with 14t of seed/fert on the front when drilling/fert spinning further away from base and then Occasional use as a low loader for moving 8 - 13t diggers, droits and occasionally a challenger 765 plus mounted drill about. I like the idea my only concern is ramp angle with the 3.5m ally ramps compared to a beavertail, but I like the idea of not having ramps on the back that restricts having any small over hang should it be needed! Had a look at a Kane hydraulic beavertail but the quality and finish seemed nowhere near the Bailey and very steep ramp angle! Any thoughts/comments would be much appreciated! Many thanks
 

Shutesy

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Evening chaps, I appreciate this thread is a few years old but would either of you be able to comment on how you get on with your flat deck low loaders. We’ve been to Bailey today (very impressive set up) thinking we wanted a beavertail with wedge but have come away thinking and being advised from Bailey that for what we need a flat deck with ramps would be better. We will mainly be using as a flat bed for moving seed and fert about, we want the ability to put a small telehandler on the back with 14t of seed/fert on the front when drilling/fert spinning further away from base and then Occasional use as a low loader for moving 8 - 13t diggers, droits and occasionally a challenger 765 plus mounted drill about. I like the idea my only concern is ramp angle with the 3.5m ally ramps compared to a beavertail, but I like the idea of not having ramps on the back that restricts having any small over hang should it be needed! Had a look at a Kane hydraulic beavertail but the quality and finish seemed nowhere near the Bailey and very steep ramp angle! Any thoughts/comments would be much appreciated! Many thanks
I cant speak for @BAC but we have the 'drop-deck' 8t low loader that lowers the whole floor to the ground rather than a flat-deck low loader (not sure why my link says flat-deck low loader but the drop-deck was what BAC and I discussed) so can't be of that much use to you other than to say theres definitely nothing wrong with Bailey build quality so your ok there. I can't see why you would be recommended a flat-deck instead of a Beavertail but I'm sure Bailey have there reasons with the info you gave them. I wouldn't think ramp angle would be a concern, everything you have mentioned should get up the ramps ok. Personally the idea of a beavertail is more appealing than lugging heavy wet muddy ramps about each time you load or unload it, also at that length I'm not sure you'd want much hanging over the back anyway? Hope that's some help.
 

Spencer

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Got one here and ramp angle is no issue at all, telehander and digger flys up and down. Only “issue” is 10t ramps are heavy on your own.. but I manage. Good trailer really happy with ours
 

GFA

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FIFE
I went from having a lowloader to a flat trawith ramps for shifting straw. The ramp angle on the lowloader was far better for loading. The flat with ramp is ok for telehandler and tractors and not to bad for digger. Not sure what it would be like loading a challanger with drill on the back or a drot. What ever you go for get fold down legs or Jack's at the back for loading that kind of weight.
 

Buzz

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Herron and Broughan do a cheese wedge ramp.
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He could. I don’t think there’s any right or wrong way really, just personal preference. ?‍♂️
I think you mean sorry I Hadn’t thought of that.

Cheese wedge ticks the boxes for me. I wouldn’t want a handler swinging about over the back of a hydraulic beaver (maybe capable on paper etc but doesn’t seem right to me) and the ramps on the flat beds would be hefty to take a 13 tonner which the op wants to do too.
 

Spencer

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I think you mean sorry I Hadn’t thought of that.

Cheese wedge ticks the boxes for me. I wouldn’t want a handler swinging about over the back of a hydraulic beaver (maybe capable on paper etc but doesn’t seem right to me) and the ramps on the flat beds would be hefty to take a 13 tonner which the op wants to do too.
Sorry, but no. Used to have a beavertail with cheese wedge, and was a nuisance of a thing which invariably just got left in the yard. For occasional handler loading and loading seed drill away from yard the flat deck is way better, and leaves you with a proper flatbed to use for bale/pallets etc.. For digger work proper beaver tail is easier and better than lifting ramps. Also have a dump loader which is good for 6-8t machines with no need to chain them down.. each to their own as I said.
 

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