Best farm all round dump trailer.

kiwi pom

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Bailey will do that if you ask, at extra cost obviously but maybe not as much more as you think. The only thing to be aware of is that dump trailers are designed to be strong without being silly heavy, if you start speccing a grain trailer with thicker floor and sides it could end up quite heavy. Might be worth looking for a dump trailer you could add greedy boards to for muck rather than a grain trailer you can only half fill when on heavy stuff. I guess it depends how much of each job it needs to do
I'd say these premium grain/silage trailers are way over engineered to just carry a bit of grain and silage so should handle any kind of farm muckaway work just fine.
If you're carting large rocks or lumps of concrete 50 weeks of the year, a specialist trailer would be better but I don't see the need for casual farm/contracting use.
 
I'd say these premium grain/silage trailers are way over engineered to just carry a bit of grain and silage so should handle any kind of farm muckaway work just fine.
If you're carting large rocks or lumps of concrete 50 weeks of the year, a specialist trailer would be better but I don't see the need for casual farm/contracting use.

Grain/silage trailer looks absolutely AOK right up until you see that first bucketload of rocks dumped into it... Really need a thicker floor, hardox ideally.

Stewart make a better trailer than a Bailey. Stewart or Larrington, looked after and parked under cover will last a life time.
 
Grain/silage trailer looks absolutely AOK right up until you see that first bucketload of rocks dumped into it... Really need a thicker floor, hardox ideally.

Stewart make a better trailer than a Bailey. Stewart or Larrington, looked after and parked under cover will last a life time.
It's ok saying one makes better than another but unless you're v accurate on spec you've to be careful. No doubt stewart are v v good but at a cost from what I've seen. Fair enough spec any trailer up enough they all cost but at what point do you stop.
 

Phil P

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Arable Farmer
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North West
Just to throw another make in the mix, borrowed this off a mate few months back for moving soil but is a decent enough size to use for muck/grain etc as well. Couldn’t tell you how much he paid for it though.
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kiwi pom

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canterbury NZ
Grain/silage trailer looks absolutely AOK right up until you see that first bucketload of rocks dumped into it... Really need a thicker floor, hardox ideally.

Stewart make a better trailer than a Bailey. Stewart or Larrington, looked after and parked under cover will last a life time.
Like I said, if you are regularly carting large rocks or lumps of concrete you either need to be careful or buy a specialist trailer. For everyday farm use a standard trailer should be fine, just don't drop large items from a great height.
Downside of a higher sided trailer could be its harder to load with smaller diggers than a dump trailer.

Are we on the same page when we talk about rocks? (y) :p
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icanshootwell

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Ross-on-wye
Just to throw another make in the mix, borrowed this off a mate few months back for moving soil but is a decent enough size to use for muck/grain etc as well. Couldn’t tell you how much he paid for it though. View attachment 999631
Very nice trailer, but would be quite heavy in weight and price, going by what they want for a 11 ton i,m guessing 30k for that one you borrowed.
 

Fendtbro

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NC. Magic tailgate means no muck will get caught in an up and over tailgate. Good and hard wearing as a dump trailer and you can get extensions for the sides if needed.
Good luck trying to run out road gravel with them, useless.. not much wrong with up and over door if it’s made right.
 
Waste of time we've a 14t nc you get 11 ton of stone on at most
That's the point though with dump trailers. The idea is they are built to carry max payload of the heaviest material you can find (sometimes it would need to be lead shot) so you can't overload them. What you need to check with dump trailers is cubic capacity. Just because a trailer says it can carry 14 ton it doesn't mean it will but if you can get 14 ton in it it will take it. Manufacturers covering themselves against claims is what it is.
 

KB6930

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Borders
That's the problem with dump trailer there a one trick pony.
I was hauling soil today with a 12 ton trailer, must have had 15 ton on.
Yeah wet soil loaded up can weigh plenty.

We're considering a trailer like you're asking about like a 20 t dump trailer with hydraulic door so you can get like 12t of grain on and 14/5tof stone with going silly
 
That's the point though with dump trailers. The idea is they are built to carry max payload of the heaviest material you can find (sometimes it would need to be lead shot) so you can't overload them. What you need to check with dump trailers is cubic capacity. Just because a trailer says it can carry 14 ton it doesn't mean it will but if you can get 14 ton in it it will take it. Manufacturers covering themselves against claims is what it is.
Some Old Ken wooton trailers have a line and sticker saying how far to fill with soil
 

icanshootwell

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Ross-on-wye
Yeah wet soil loaded up can weigh plenty.

We're considering a trailer like you're asking about like a 20 t dump trailer with hydraulic door so you can get like 12t of grain on and 14/5tof stone with going silly
This it what usually use, we only fill just under the top level, it holds 13 ton of wheat but can happily carry 18 ton of rubble, it's just to big for some jobs which is why I need a 10 ton on lower wheels.
 

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