cattle trailer
- Thread starter joe soapy
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- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
MCM will build you what ever size and shape you want have a look on www.mcmni.co.uk. To carry 12 cows at 7' wide you will need about 28' long.
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
Try Gamic trailers or M4 trailers. They'll make whatever you want.
- Location
- East Ayrshire
Do you mean you don't want more than one gate? Or they only do one parting gate? I was under the impression that 10' was the maximum legal length of each individual section.
thought it was 10 for sheep and 12 for cattle, really driven by amount of cattle able to fit in an ifor.
we currently run cows part way with ifor then transfer to bigger trailer. each pen in the bigger trailer needs to hold a box full to make transference easy and safe
we currently run cows part way with ifor then transfer to bigger trailer. each pen in the bigger trailer needs to hold a box full to make transference easy and safe
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Lagan engineering
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
The underhang at the back is a bit of a trade off no matter what make you buy. My own trailer cannot access one parcel of land due to it catching its bum on a river crossing this is because it has a tank at the back and is shod on 17.5 wheels to keep the ramp angle as low as possible for easy loading. If you spec your trailer on say 560 r 22.5 it will stop the underhang issue but will leave a steep loading ramp when loading from the ground.
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
We have a 26' x 8' trailer divided in 3 which holds 3 x 12'x5'10" ifor loads sheep or cattle.
Our is a 24 ft with 3 pens that hold 4 cows each. thats ok when loading from home. but when coming and going to off farm there is the last 3 miles thats too narrow.
we run 2 ifors to transfer, so have to make 3 runs of part loads. 2 pens of 6 would cut that to 2 full ifor loads per trip.
Only other alternatives is to go back to walking the cows home through town, or, a BIG ram slung across the front of tractor to widen the road!!
Cant even run the bigger tractors out there now, could do with a big fall of snow, the snow clearers helped a lot back in 63.
1 digger driver cleared a long stretch by driving up on the snow and digging out behind , that was ok till he went to drive home and found the tracks wider than the road
AndrewG
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- Location
- Kirkcudbrightshire
Good solution here!
That is really funky.
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
How far is the off farm? Wouldn't it be better to take the cows all the way in the ifor rather than mess about transfering?
Our trailer is on mini super singles and the tailboard is hinged about six inches lower than the floor level. It's a very gentle angle for loading and I don't think we've ever caught it coming out or going into a steep entrance. (but the wheels are slightly further back than on some trailers of similar size.
I really think your best bet would be to get one made to your spec. 7' wide and 28'+ long should be ok for 12 cows. We can easily fit 12 cows in our 25 x 8' box which is 200 square feet of floor space. 28 x 7 would be 196 sq ft and 30 x 7 would be 210 sq ft.
I think they must have been reading my mind, for the last several years each time we trade the ifors i have thought about keeping the tops for just such a build.
off farm is 15 miles, used to be an easy walk back before the traffic got so bad.
Can remember Dad telling about the first time they brought them home, 1947 i think and kept it going up to 2000 when F&M stopped it.
they was still 4 miles from home at midnight the first time. Once the cows was used to the trip it was fairly easy so long as nobody tried to help!!
Worst trip i remember was when they made the town one way which totally confused the older cows, mixing 140 hill cows with townies was always fun going along the main street
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
For fifteen miles I think I'd just take them in the Ifor. Not worth transferrng them IMO.
M-J-G
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What makes the road so narrow? I take it your hauling tractor is set pretty narrow.
johnspeehs
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- Location
- Co Antrim
How do they keep the strength over the two bodies? I thought the front was what kept an ifor trailer rigid?
Weasel
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- Location
- in the hills
Believe me it is, during the F& M we had to run the cows out in a 24 hour period using 2 12 foot trailers, i drove round the clock to get it done!
not even stopping for grub, just grab a pasty and drive on, even the ministry chap riding shotgun was knackered come finish, he was good company though
Ancient moor roads only needed to accommodate a horse and cart at most, they got widened by the army lorries traveling out which helped[ surprising how much heavy traffic will
move a hedge, some places the foundations are now part of the road] The new 3 tonners are just too wide, as are Hummers.
used to get RAF girls driving out in TK's,, just put in reverse, shut eyes and hope for the best
Why not ? Its not long since the slaughter house was in town center and would walk stock in, think the town councils still have in their charters that they have to provide premises if required.
The meat inspectors also acted as rat control officers. Life moves on, they dont even have a Mint in tavy now