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The neatly designed dual purpose Ifor Williams livestock trailer is less dual purpose of the top takes a sweaty hour to remove. It gets left on and another trailer used instead.
Aubrey McCullough from Co Down has a very simple method which involves nothing more than using the jack on the drawbar. He uses a home made frame that goes under the rear of the container, and two supports which hold a bar in the front.
He uncouples the trailer, applies the hand brake and undoes the bolts which secure the container to the flat bed. He then lowers the jack so the front of the trailer drops and goes to the back and pushes the frame which he made from 2 x 1in box section under the container. Once in position he lifts the jack high, and can then slip a piece of timber through the front handles and has it resting on the two side frames.
Lowering the jack leaves the container supported on the rear frame and the front timber - allowing the pick-up to be re-coupled and the trailer base towed away.
Putting the container back on the bed is done using the same method in reverse. The main trick is to have the jack well greased!
The home made rear frame props up the livestock container, allowing it to be lifted sufficiently to allow the base trailer to be removed.
A pair of stands support the front bar which holds the front of the container
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