Best 12 ton grain trailer to buy?

[mo!]

Stability at full extension in wind or tipping on a slope is the biggy.

Twin ram trailers are generally more stable ...... IMO of course

Twin ram will only be more stable at full extension, and not by much at that. At all other points it will make no difference. In fact, I would think the extra bracing you need for a single ram will make the body stiffer and so more stable.

If stability on slopes while tipping is an issue then I've seen trailers with a set of rams that clamp down onto the axles and make them rigid.

 

[warksfarmer]

Hi looking to buy a new12 ton grain trailer,availability might be a problem right now,
Needs to have auto door,sprung drawbar,and oil and air brakes.
I know a Stewart is probably best,budget won't go there,what's the best of the rest in case I'm missing something.
Tia.

NC do one that is made from Hardox so can take stone as well as crops etc. £4000 cheaper than a Stewart with Hardox.

 

[KB6930]

Definitely not Stewart our 4 yr old just had a wash for the first time in a while.

I'll be repainting the front of it this week as big chunks of it have rusted and lifted off with the pressure washer

 

[Chuckie]

Definitely not Stewart our 4 yr old just had a wash for the first time in a while.

I'll be repainting the front of it this week as big chunks of it have rusted and lifted off with the pressure washer

They don't shotblast them before paint, bailey don't either, poor show really.

 

[KB6930]

They don't shotblast them before paint, bailey don't either, poor show really.

We looked at bailey and Stewart in 2018 at the highland it was between the 2 and we got the Stewart as it was a more suitable trailer but the paint on the bailey was worse underneath from new.

We should've just got another Marshall!!

 

[ED.D]

Twin ram will only be more stable at full extension, and not by much at that. At all other points it will make no difference. In fact, I would think the extra bracing you need for a single ram will make the body stiffer and so more stable.

If stability on slopes while tipping is an issue then I've seen trailers with a set of rams that clamp down onto the axles and make them rigid.

Don’t care if it’s one ram or two, I’d just be more concerned that it’s correctly fitted.

 

[quattro]

They don't shotblast them before paint, bailey don't either, poor show really.

DRT shotbltast them

 

[dave mountain]

Kane classic shape are very good for the money, think youd need the 14t model to be equivalent capacity to a 12t bailey/marshall

 

[Fendt820]

They don't shotblast them before paint, bailey don't either, poor show really.

U sure they don’t.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Don’t care if it’s one ram or two, I’d just be more concerned that it’s correctly fitted.

Is it ok now

 

[ED.D]

it’s been fine since.

 

[Chuckie]

U sure they don’t.

Yes, unless they have started very recently...........

 

[fermerboy]

Hi looking to buy a new12 ton grain trailer,availability might be a problem right now,
Needs to have auto door,sprung drawbar,and oil and air brakes.
I know a Stewart is probably best,budget won't go there,what's the best of the rest in case I'm missing something.
Tia.

Given your username, are you not going to try the local red trailers at Bucksburn??

I'm no trailer snob, it's just a box on wheels to move stuff, they all do the same job, move stuff from A toB, all tip over if your stupid, all rust away sitting outside, all get punctures, all burst a pipe when the heat is on.
That said I'd have a Bailey!!

 

[KB6930]

Paint will be fine on most trailers of not used in the winter and looked after .

Here's a 2008 AS that we just got that came off an all arable farm so rarely used in the winter compared to our 2018 Stewart that shifts feeding in the winter a couple of times a week.

Any tiny stone chops from summer work soon turn into a mess

 

[Joe S]

Paint will be fine on most trailers of not used in the winter and looked after .

Here's a 2008 AS that we just got that came off an all arable farm so rarely used in the winter compared to our 2018 Stewart that shifts feeding in the winter a couple of times a week.

Any tiny stone chops from summer work soon turn into a mess

Any an all trailers will go like that rubber mudflats on the linkage help but still end up needed to touch up

 

[Sid]

Are Bailey not held in the same regard any more? We have a good Bailey 12 tonner that is about 20 years old,(or approaching), and it will be here forever, almost.

Bailey

Bailey 1st then ktwo. Very well build and in 20 years time still be worth a good bit. Saw a 5 year old trailer on boggie axels the other day. So no work at all really and was not pretty underneath. Would have been cheaper but not by much. Buy a machine that is built to last not on budget. And some cheaper trailers will used 8stud axels not 10

I did hear Bailey aren't that well liked in the SW because they sit quite high and have a tendency to lie down for a sleep.
Any experiences of that happening?

 

[MrNoo]

Well, I like my Smyth trailers, very well made, good spec's and when I bought them very cheap

 

[KB6930]

Any an all trailers will go like that rubber mudflats on the linkage help but still end up needed to touch up

Yeah I know but when you buy something with the best paint job on the market you kinda expect it to stay fresh a bit longer if you see what I mean

 

[SilliamWhale]

They don't shotblast them before paint, bailey don't either, poor show really.

Bailey paint is crap

 

[T C]

Paint will be fine on most trailers of not used in the winter and looked after .

Here's a 2008 AS that we just got that came off an all arable farm so rarely used in the winter compared to our 2018 Stewart that shifts feeding in the winter a couple of times a week.

Any tiny stone chops from summer work soon turn into a mess

There is an option for special resistant paint on the front.
Looks rougher but is supposed to resist chips.