How much life will a million mile truck have left in it?

[Daniel]

Hi all.

I'm pricing up a chicken feed mill and need a way if moving the feed from the mill to the sheds.

One option is a Bailey trailer with blower kit, but you're getting near £30k for an 18 tonner.

The other is a used lorry, for example:

http://www.garrett-commercials.co.uk/man-tga-32350/153

That ones done over 900k miles and is £8k, there are lots about that have done 500k miles and are about £18-23k so a fair saving on a new trailer.

Used ag trailers with blower kits seem pretty rare.

The truck would only do about 3 miles a week on farm roads, run on red diesel basically just a mobile donkey engine to blow the feed.

Could I expect big bills? I know nothing about lorries.

Just pricing the whole job up at this stage.

 

[Steevo]

Just another thought. Do you know anyone local with a lorry who could come in every so often and do the job for you? Might be cheaper all round and a fixed price.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

if on private land all the time, then go for the 8k one, will give very little bother, might want to consider a double drive if going in fields at harvest,

biggest problem is the annual test and maintenance, but you won't need that on private land

 

[TripleSix]

Seems cheap enough, personally I'd look for a manual, and something as old as the hills to minimise electronics.

But in reality that sort of stuff is far too old now, even a late 90's truck is full of electrics.

 

[wdah/him]

why ont buy the old lorry and cut it off and make a trailer, whatever way u go the rear seal and blowing gear is the important bit, truck milage isnt

https://www.donedeal.co.uk/trailers-for-sale/bulk-blowing-trailer/14445004

 

[JP1]

Hi all.

I'm pricing up a chicken feed mill and need a way if moving the feed from the mill to the sheds.

One option is a Bailey trailer with blower kit, but you're getting near £30k for an 18 tonner.

The other is a used lorry, for example:

http://www.garrett-commercials.co.uk/man-tga-32350/153

That ones done over 900k miles and is £8k, there are lots about that have done 500k miles and are about £18-23k so a fair saving on a new trailer.

Used ag trailers with blower kits seem pretty rare.

The truck would only do about 3 miles a week on farm roads, run on red diesel basically just a mobile donkey engine to blow the feed.

Could I expect big bills? I know nothing about lorries.

Just pricing the whole job up at this stage.

IMHO it would have half as many miles again in it before much trouble. When it dies could you not get it removed on to a tractor trailer chassis? I bet that the bodywork and blower would last for 20 years no problem

 

[kill]

Hi all.

I'm pricing up a chicken feed mill and need a way if moving the feed from the mill to the sheds.

One option is a Bailey trailer with blower kit, but you're getting near £30k for an 18 tonner.

The other is a used lorry, for example:

http://www.garrett-commercials.co.uk/man-tga-32350/153

That ones done over 900k miles and is £8k, there are lots about that have done 500k miles and are about £18-23k so a fair saving on a new trailer.

Used ag trailers with blower kits seem pretty rare.

The truck would only do about 3 miles a week on farm roads, run on red diesel basically just a mobile donkey engine to blow the feed.

Could I expect big bills? I know nothing about lorries.

Just pricing the whole job up at this stage.

Buy the lorry as could almost buy 4 for the price of the new trailer and no constant hitching and unhitching.

 

[Daniel]

Just another thought. Do you know anyone local with a lorry who could come in every so often and do the job for you? Might be cheaper all round and a fixed price.

Yeah there are some companies that do it but to be efficient you still need to buy in your ingredients and store them handily for the lorry to access, the only real saving is the hammer mill and feed transport which isn't the most expensive part.

 

[Daniel]

If you bought an old artic trailer with a donkey engine on it and used a dolly to move it about, would it be unstable when tipped?

http://www.commercialmotor.com/used-vehicles/advert-detail/958051/2001-crane-fruehauf-bulk-blower

 

[Steevo]

Yeah there are some companies that do it but to be efficient you still need to buy in your ingredients and store them handily for the lorry to access, the only real saving is the hammer mill and feed transport which isn't the most expensive part.

Sorry, I was meaning someone with a blower lorry rather than a mill and mix unit.

 

[Andrew]

If it's all private land and the blower is decent get the truck. As others have said, a lot less hassle, should do you a good few years.
If something goes wrong it'll cost a lot less than 10k to cut the cab off and weld a drawbar on.

 

[milkloss]

if on private land all the time, then go for the 8k one, will give very little bother, might want to consider a double drive if going in fields at harvest,

biggest problem is the annual test and maintenance, but you won't need that on private land

Private land is not always as private as you think it is and some tard in hiviz won't like it. Sorry, that was a bit negative

 

[Daniel]

Sorry, I was meaning someone with a blower lorry rather than a mill and mix unit.

Ah ok, yeah but they would need to be in twice a week.

At the moment the plan is for the lorry/trailer to be the holding bin for the finished feed. The mill mixes up 1-2 ton batches and dumps it straight in the trailer. After 8 batches or so you take the trailer down to the shed, I envisage it milling a batch in the afternoons, one of us taking it down the shed in the morning on the way to work, blowing it in whilst doing some stockmanship and taking the lorry back to the mill at lunchtime.

 

[JP1]

If you bought an old artic trailer with a donkey engine on it and used a dolly to move it about, would it be unstable when tipped?

http://www.commercialmotor.com/used-vehicles/advert-detail/958051/2001-crane-fruehauf-bulk-blower

Yes unfortunately

 

[Hilly]

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Is this the sort of thing your wanting to do Na the best advert for either race I like the nissan tho !

 

[Daniel]

There is another option, we have one of these dreadful contraptions with a new metering unit on it.

It could be possible to lengthen the drawbar on an existing trailer and make our own.

In one sense it's more sensible to use existing tractors to do the job, we have 3 so there's always one available. It's one less power unit to maintain.

 

[puntabrava]

Hi all.

I'm pricing up a chicken feed mill and need a way if moving the feed from the mill to the sheds.

One option is a Bailey trailer with blower kit, but you're getting near £30k for an 18 tonner.

The other is a used lorry, for example:

http://www.garrett-commercials.co.uk/man-tga-32350/153

That ones done over 900k miles and is £8k, there are lots about that have done 500k miles and are about £18-23k so a fair saving on a new trailer.

Used ag trailers with blower kits seem pretty rare.

The truck would only do about 3 miles a week on farm roads, run on red diesel basically just a mobile donkey engine to blow the feed.

Could I expect big bills? I know nothing about lorries.

Just pricing the whole job up at this stage.

Garrett would have a very good reputation. All the local hauliers deal with him for some servicing and disposing of end of life kit.

 

[Beef farmer]

If you bought an old artic trailer with a donkey engine on it and used a dolly to move it about, would it be unstable when tipped?

http://www.commercialmotor.com/used-vehicles/advert-detail/958051/2001-crane-fruehauf-bulk-blower

If your tipping on the flat, and not driving about with it tipped, that would Be just the job.

 

[Hilly]

How many hrs would a million mile truck have done ?

 

[Cowabunga]

How many hrs would a million mile truck have done ?

Around 40,000 hours if mainly on the road. Up to 60,000 if stood loading and blowing for significant periods at an educated guess.