grainboy
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- Location
- Bedfordshire
I’m not buying, just showing what’s available,
Bale trailer
- Thread starter DanM33
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Pretty much in that ball park.
seedman stains
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- lost in france
Price new and work downwards you maybe surprised.I have a rolland 7.5m plus about .5m extension tandem on rolland rockers goes anywhere i want throw the bales on and dont need to look back much,I used a single axle once, rock and roll!!!! funny to unload with one tractor had to be done in such a way because it would run off. I fancy a bigger a trailer but access can be an issue so make sure it will go where you want.
We got this Kenny Marshall 21ft with a good bale bumper on the back and a heck on the front.
Not been used yet as it missed harvest, but it should take 18 hay or straw rounds stacked the way they come out of baler. Bobby Basic spec with ordinary tyres. Good enough for us and sensible money.
Not been used yet as it missed harvest, but it should take 18 hay or straw rounds stacked the way they come out of baler. Bobby Basic spec with ordinary tyres. Good enough for us and sensible money.
Local dealer has those in stock brand new for £7500
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
Well, that doesn't really suprise me. I looked at secondhand before I bought the one we have, generally most of what we have is secondhand (at least) but I could only find one similar, seven years old and as I found out when asking for a price on new to compare, £700 less. I reckoned if a trailer depreciated £100 per year then new was a no brainer. Trailers seem to be one of those things that don't really loose value. 20 odd years ago I bought a bale trailer on behalf of my employer, Richard weston 30ft, sprung drawbar, sprung axles on super singles, chequer plate floor, bale ladders front and back. Price was £5,555. Probably get most of that back if sold today.
James
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- Location
- Comber, Down
What are your specs? I know I how you feel I'm always struggling to give secondhand equipment to meet my requirements I must be awkward or something or everyone else is on a much larger scale.
23ft max possibly 19ft
Sprung axles and drawbar
10 stud axles
Flotation radials
Obviously hyd brakes but option of air would be nice.
Definitely get 10 stud axles, but be careful the size of brakes. They don't need to be any bigger than 406x120 S-cams, especially hydraulic
Some manufactures will optionally fit 420x180, but even with load sensing on air they're far too big for the weight
Running empty I'll disconnect the hydraulic pipe on my Marshall with 406x120s to prevent leaving a lot of very expensive floatation tyre rubber behind every time the brakes are touched
(my loader tractor is near 9 tonne so an empty unbraked trailer really doesn't increase breaking distance before anyone gets arsey)
Massey Ferguson 6480
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22ft marshall with angled rear heck. Bales are 4ft5. I would want a 23ft to be happy with straight up hecks.
Massey Ferguson 6480
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Worth trying a load sensor on sprung drawbar.
Been suggested on here already, and there is a manufacturer who does this, but I can't remember which one to source the valve!
Massey Ferguson 6480
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Smyth do it on the drawbar for air brakes. Dont see why a spaldings hydraulic load sensor wouldnt wouldnt work the same. Assuming marshall dont offer it.
- Location
- our house, Norn Iron
We have a trailer on air with L/S & some of the tractors work fine but also have one that will lock it up empty in a heartbeat.
Lakesdigger
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Always wondered how well that works as there's a lot more movement in a sprung drawbar especially under braking where the weight can transfer onto the drawbar.
Works very well, if you brake hard the front dips and you get full braking power
Massey Ferguson 6480
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Is it an older tractor that locks them up?
- Location
- our house, Norn Iron
Axles look quite far forward on that. It'll be a nice trailer for tight for corners ?