Body Swap Trailers

[4440]

I would have thought you could 3 way tipper parts for dropping and picking up a body.

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I remember a few years ago seeing a farm dropping his stock box off his 16 ton truck using 2 scaffold type poles through the body and 4 acros type frames. It would stand like that for weeks before he needed it again.

 

[Robert K]

HM trailers maybe

 

[Blue.]

Red tractor rules state we can’t use same trailer for muck and to take grain to central store (or any other journey that requires a passport). I’m therefore thinking body swap of some sort but I’m just concerned about the extra weight added by the extra steel.

In theory there shouldn’t be a huge amount of extra weight,if you had a chassis with the tipping gear/front to back runners similar to a hook lift it wouldn’t weigh much more,with a hook lift all the weight is in the hook gear.

 

[Andrew]

The extra is in the extras needed for the chassis to demount etc. I'd be surprised if one chassis and two bodies was any cheaper than two purpose built trailers.

A further thought.....do both trailers need to be the same size? Would it be handy to have a larger grain trailer, and a smaller muck trailer?

Horses for courses.

Why any extra steel? A tipping body is fixed in 3 places, 2 pivots and the cylinder. A swap body system detaches on the same points. Only a couple of pins and some legs extra.

The grain trailer we have now is 10t, muck trailer is 14t. Ideally looking for 2 14t bodies.

 

[Nevas problemas]

Vagnar och flak - Ivarssons

Really well made stuff, sorry that page is not in English as the rest of the website can be changed into English

 

[Steevo]

Why any extra steel? A tipping body is fixed in 3 places, 2 pivots and the cylinder. A swap body system detaches on the same points. Only a couple of pins and some legs extra.

The grain trailer we have now is 10t, muck trailer is 14t. Ideally looking for 2 14t bodies.

I’ll be interested to learn how prices compare.

 

[Steevo]

I remember a few years ago seeing a farm dropping his stock box off his 16 ton truck using 2 scaffold type poles through the body and 4 acros type frames. It would stand like that for weeks before he needed it again.

I know a cattle haulier who does something similar!

 

[Derky]

We run 2 hooklift trailers. Wouldn't be without them. I don't quite get why you want to swap bodies as opposed to hook lift bins.

 

[Andrew]

We run 2 hooklift trailers. Wouldn't be without them. I don't quite get why you want to swap bodies as opposed to hook lift bins.

As we’d only swab bodies twice per year, and there would be a significant weight and hopefully cost saving over hooklift.

 

[snipe]

If you are only swapping the body a couple of times a year could you not do it with a normal trailer. Weld some heavy box at each corner and make some legs. 2 pins to remove rams, 2 pivot pins at back and you could put some quick couplers in the hydraulic pipes for the back door.

 

[Derky]

Oh i see.
I bet once you had them you would do it alot more.

 

[ED.D]

HM trailers maybe

id rather take my chances with joskin?

 

[DieselRob]

Red tractor rules state we can’t use same trailer for muck and to take grain to central store (or any other journey that requires a passport). I’m therefore thinking body swap of some sort but I’m just concerned about the extra weight added by the extra steel.

I hope that isn't the case as my farm assurance man told me this spring that I can use the same trailer for muck and grain as long as it is washed with disinfectant

 

[Horn&corn]

I hope that isn't the case as my farm assurance man told me this spring that I can use the same trailer for muck and grain as long as it is washed with disinfectant

My understanding is you can take grain to your own store but no journey that requires a passport

 

[Andrew]

My understanding is you can take grain to your own store but no journey that requires a passport

That’s the case at the moment. But rules and regs only get tighter.

If you watch the videos of Stronga Swap Loada etc the only extra weight is in the 4 corner rams to lift the body for the legs. If you could have air suspension this make those unnecessary.

 

[essexpete]

No idea. But 2 high spec trailers, 80kph, air suspension, abs, floatation tyres etc won't be cheap.

Why not look out for an older 10 stud/com braked for muck and other non grain use? Have a new light weight for grain.

 

[Andrew]

Why not look out for an older 10 stud/com braked for muck and other non grain use? Have a new light weight for grain.

That’s another option we’re looking at. But trailers just don’t seem to depreciate.

 

[warksfarmer]

Keep coming back to these as a viable unit for us, as they tick so many boxes.
Jack the air suspension up. Put legs in body. Lower chassis and drive out.

But I’m struggling to find anyone that makes them.
Stronga do but their bodies are too wide for the UK.
Annaburger but not sure who sells in the UK.

Are there any other makes?

There’s a very nice hook-lift with 5 containers for sale in the classifieds. You could adapt those containers easily should the need arise. We don’t swap bins very often but it’s far easier dropping a bin of than jacking up legs. Dropping a bin takes 60 seconds.

 

[blue power]

go hook lift every time you can get new skips from £3000

 

[Andrew]

There’s a very nice hook-lift with 5 containers for sale in the classifieds. You could adapt those containers easily should the need arise. We don’t swap bins very often but it’s far easier dropping a bin of than jacking up legs. Dropping a bin takes 60 seconds.

View attachment 828424go hook lift every time you can get new skips from £3000

But we would swap bodies 2-3 times per year, a hooklift wouldnt be much benefit but would be a large weight penalty and probably financial as well