Build me a light weight 16t root crop trailer

[chester]

Need trailers to transport potatoes and cereals but ideally something that only weighs 4.5t empty which is a big ask I know but if you don’t ask you don’t get. Have a 13t Norton trailer that was new in 1993 and although only lightly built is still in use. So if you are only using the trailer for carrying crops and not rubble and soil do they need to be built like a tank and is the extra strength unnecessary?

 

[chester]

So any ideas where could get such a trailer or who would make me one?

 

[KennyO]

I think Stewart's did/ or do an alloy box would that be the way forward?

 

[Nearly]

Krampe did/do a half pipe trailer.
Running gear would be heavy (duty) though.

 

[mo!]

Easterby would be a good place to start for a lightweight trailer. Check that it will hold what you want though.

 

[rusty]

Don't buy an NC trailer then. My 12 tonne one is over 5 tonnes empty

 

[solo]

Bailey 15t here weighs 4.9t empty with 445/65/22.5 commercial tyres and rollover sheet so not too far from your weight budget. Not sure what their root crop trailers weigh which I presume are longer with lower sides.

 

[snarling bee]

I look at my newest Western and see there are a lot of 'extras' that we will never use that add a lot of weight. Rollover sheet, 2 towing eyes from replacement drawbar rings, rear drawbar etc.

 

[goodevans]

Don't buy an NC trailer then. My 12 tonne one is over 5 tonnes empty

But holds 14 ton if same as ours

 

[rusty]

I don't know as we use it for silage mainly. Does not hold quite as much as the contractors 14 tonne Richard Westerns but it's not far off.

 

[Driller]

Agrilinc pro force trailer range

 

[Kildare]

Kane 16 ton with ordinary tail board is 4.5 ton. A lighter spring type steel used i believe

 

[Bury the Trash]

Aluminium body like lorries?