Bale trailers

[sledgeit]

Hancock would make a smashing job for less than 5k I bet .

Like the look of Hancock trailer does anyone have any experience of them?

 

[powerontheland]

@Tim G
Being the 'Dodgey' bloke that @essexpete knows, here's a picture of mine. @Marshall Trailers are a great firm to deal with. In my experience if you are doing much roadwork, don't go with the 6 stud axles, I had a lot of issues with the 12.5/15.3 tyres, mainly due to the huge distances I travel. Since upgrading to the 14ton model and having 445/45/R19.5 fitted, not once single tyre issue.

 

[MR CASE]

Langley trailers

 

[puntabrava]

Insecure load

 

[Sebastian77]

Looks a bit over weight there

 

[MR CASE]

Insecure load

Yes he was only traveling over fields with that load, going on roads there would be double amount of straps

 

[Hilly]

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Langley trailers

Heavy load !

 

[puntabrava]

Yes he was only traveling over fields with that load, going on roads there would be double amount of straps

I received 3 points and £60 fine for something similar ie the stack in from the back not secured.

 

[Bald Rick]

Saw one of these the other day ...

Looks the dogs, save strapping but bet it’s chuffing expensive

 

[Suffolk Serf]

Saw one of these the other day ...

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Looks the dogs, save strapping but bet it’s chuffing expensive

It's the future. I've had one from Staines Trailers for a few years now, straw carting is now a relaxing, safe job. At the time it was 4K in addition and worth every penny.

 

[Sebastian77]

Bailey's do one and i believe it's close to 20k?

 

[Fendt516profi]

 

[Bald Rick]

It's the future. I've had one from Staines Trailers for a few years now, straw carting is now a relaxing, safe job. At the time it was 4K in addition and worth every penny.

Son said that if he was doing a lot of road work, he’d have one in a heartbeat

 

[Sandy]

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Langley trailers

@MR CASE Is that 36ft? Im waiting on a 34ft identical to yours!

 

[sahara]

Rightly or wrongly, we are having a trailer from M4 trailers, a may build slot.

 

[Suffolksucklers]

Also looking at a new trailer, priced a aw up directly off them 25 ft with mini super singles, 7.5k.
One question, will the mini s single make a smaller mark on the ground than the super singles?

Yes. We have two on minis and the reason we got the second was because the first left hardly any marks on our marshes compared to a smaller one on super singles. Lower ride height makes for easier loading and so much more stable

 

[Against_the_grain]

Happy with our Richard Western. Sits higher than others but decent tyres help massively on wet fields compared to super singles. Looked at a Marshall but this is way better built.

 

[haybob]

We run a Kane from Pyketts. Wouldn’t have another Kane or deal with Pyketts again.

There are two types of flat trailer. Ones with the wheels at the back, put a lot of drawbar weight down for spud boxes. Unstable if loaded high at the front.
Then there’s ones with wheels nearer the middle, less drawbar weight so poor for grip, but a lot more stable and handier in gateways.

Make sure you buy the right one that suits you.

I have a 10t kane tipper with bale extension. I like it but I'm expanding more now and wouldn't mind a larger dedicated bale trailer. And leave the sides on my tipper cart. Shame kane don't seem to get much praise. I'm pleased with build quality on the tipper

 

[fermerboy]

I think manufacturers would be doing everyone including themselves and tractor brakes a huge favour and use nothing but proper ten stud commercial axels and be done.

Stewart trailers used to put customers off 10 stud full commercial brakes on smaller trailers or if being used lightly. They reckoned that the brakes would lose efficiency due to lack of use. Don't know if that is still the case.

We have a couple of trailers that have 8 stud axles and the brakes are very good on them, in fact my Bailey flat is desperate on the brakes, it is on 8 stud ADR axles, don't know what size of shoe, but jeez it can stop. I'd be really interested to see what it would achieve on a brake tester, but its easily a match to my tipper on 10 stud axles.
I'm not against commercial axles at all, but properly maintained brakes of an appropriate size is often all that is required, depending on workload.

 

[jg123]

Marshall build two different 25ft trailers, one rated at 10ton on 6 stud axles and one rated at 12 ton on 8 stud axles. There's around £2000 between them. The prices on the website are ex factory and might not include things that other manufacturers fit as standard. I wouldn't order without looking over one of their trailers, although at a glance their bale trailers appear better than their dropside trailers.

Marshall website prices are a lot more than you pay from a keen dealer ...... seems almost negative advertising, happy with the trailer though