- Location
- North Yorkshire
I looked at buying a flatbed.no best thing is to not to have to take the fudgin thing off at all
Have you seen the prices!!
Ifor Williams livestock container is removed with ease
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Have you seen the prices!!
gone silly, not worth it so much now, used to be able to get one at good value relative to other stuff and for how useful they are.I looked at buying a flatbed.
Have you seen the prices!!
Another way is two lengths of twin wall on the forks from the rear,doesn’t mark the roof and quick.
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
No room over my ramp
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I managed it last weekend, was a swine to get the box off, and ended up jacking the rear end as it's a tri axle, it didn't want to lift the back end when dropping the jockey wheel.
Bloody box was frozen to the flat bed
Bloody box was frozen to the flat bed
Drop the ramp.
- Location
- The North
just get a flat bed as above, i would always want whats not on, got a 12 ft livestock and 14 ft flat with sides, use them both loads would do me head in swapping the box every time!
farmideas
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- Location
- Herefordshire and West Wales
With all this I could write a book on it! thanks for all the inspirational ideas. Can I come round and see for myself? Catch me on [email protected]
farmideas
Member
- Location
- Herefordshire and West Wales
I think struts on the uprights might help stability. With it off the flat bed you could do a quick lift and put the frame on blocks. I really enjoyed reading all these comments
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!
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The home made rear frame props up the livestock container, allowing it to be lifted sufficiently to allow the base trailer to be removed.
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A pair of stands support the front bar which holds the front of the container
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
I'd do a lot of swapping for £3k
- Location
- The North
i got mine from york machinery sale for £1600 5/6 years ago its worth more now than what i piad for it, a clever man plays the long game
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I wish I'd have snared a decent one back then, biit I had less need for one, and could borrow one from time to timei got mine from york machinery sale for £1600 5/6 years ago its worth more now than what i piad for it, a clever man plays the long game
I'll give you £1650 for yours?
- Location
- The North
ive been lucky, but to be fair i saw loads of cheap ones in-between now and then, even then i could not be arsed with idea of swapping the bodies plus flat seems just right at 14ft, had a 12 before it and it was never big enough.I wish I'd have snared a decent one back then, biit I had less need for one, and could borrow one from time to time
I'll give you £1650 for yours?
im sure prices will ease, i priced a new 14 ft livestock trailer just before they went up, that would have been a brilliant buy i would have made around 3/4k on it!!! but there was nothing really wrong with my 12 footer so i just serviced it instead, was really the right thing to do.