Bailey lowloader good bad
- Thread starter Hilux04
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Spanner_Man
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Got an older one here, abortion of a thing
- Location
- Worcestershire
Anything like their silage trailers dont bother
What’s wrong with them?
Someone once told me there’s not enough metal in them.
- Location
- Worcestershire
Sides are like tin, paint is rubbish. Are's are going and being replaced with richard westerns
- Location
- Peterborough
Is that a TB trailer or TAG Bailley trailer? I don't know if they still do but the TAG rangebut that was their budget trailer. We have three of their trailer and two of them are 16t TB's still going strong after18 years and quite a lot of work.
- Location
- Worcestershire
s~~t shoveller
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- Location
- lincs
20ton spec tri axle 32 ft here is good.paint maybe not the best but the salt has had it a bit to be honest .all fine though.how's well.no problems.
- Location
- Worcestershire
also find with Bailey if you order something from them and even if it's in stock it arrives months later, 4 times the price of everywhere else.
I’ve had this since before Christmas 15 ton 25ft. I previously had a chieftain that was 20ft long I’ve only had my 8 ton digger on it so far but I don’t think it rides aswell as the chieftain. I think the sprung drawbar is too soft which doesn’t help ride when loaded. I agree with paint quality not being the best but the price was competitive compared to any other make. Plus side is it has proper 10stud axles and commercial brakes, when I looked at herbst they were air and oil but only 8 stud and narrower brake shoes. The ramps are nice and it’s not too steep for loading the digger up and down compared to my old one.
Lakesdigger
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Bailey low loaders seem to have the axles a long way back compared to others so i think its tempting to load them too near the front which can put too much weight on the drawbar. I'm not accusing you of not knowing how to load a trailer btw.
I used to have to have the digger tight up to the headboard on my chieftain as it was shorter so I think weight transfer would be similar.
- Location
- Sheffield
We have a 33’ low loader beaver tail and it’s fine. 20t but rides perfect with a 14t excavator on no issues. Load it over the axles and slightly forward and itjust sits there and rides perfect. Bailey do the proper commercial axles where as all the Irish spec ones put 8 stud on or 10 stud and there brakes are a lot smaller. We had ours 12 month and paint is fine and it lives out side. There silage trailers are fine but you have to over spec the suspension. All the other brands if you order a 16t silage trailer they come on 20t suspension or 24t. Bailey put 16t on and it’s not enough for cornering or round abouts. Just spec the suspension to be 20t or 24t and it will be fine. Nothing wrong with the bodies or chassis just they fall over so over spec it and don’t take any sh!t when they say they are ok, just tell them you want it.
Lakesdigger
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The leaf sprung drawbar doesn't need much hitch load. Digger could be probably be 2 ft further back but then arm be hanging right out the back. That's why i say axles seem a long way back on bailey so you end up needing to load to back of trailer all the time.
Yes I don’t like the leaf spring for that reason but I’m not sure you call order a lowloader without a sprung drawbar
Lakesdigger
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The leaf spring drawbar with the right load on it is far superior to a couple of springs imho (i have both) but it doesn't like too much weight on it whereas coil springs would just become solid.