Livestock containers

[The Seeker]

Can anyone tell me what sort of numbers of fat lambs 45 kg you can fit in 22" 24" 26" stock boxes? im hearing you can fit 140 in a 24" ? Any help apprecaited thanks

 

[Little squeak]

How wide?

 

[goodevans]

Can anyone tell me what sort of numbers of fat lambs 45 kg you can fit in 22" 24" 26" stock boxes? im hearing you can fit 140 in a 24" ? Any help apprecaited thanks

I guess you mean feet not inches so about 60 in a 24 ft per deck

 

[casper74]

Can anyone tell me what sort of numbers of fat lambs 45 kg you can fit in 22" 24" 26" stock boxes? im hearing you can fit 140 in a 24" ? Any help apprecaited thanks

I have a 24ft Graham Edwards box no decks, and can get 55-60 fat lambs in it 45kg+

 

[Downtrodden Dad]

140 42kg lambs in my 26 foot 2 decks, comfortable, but enough.

 

[Al R]

Assuming a container is 8’ wide as opposed to 5’6”, it’s 1.45x bigger.
25x 45kg lambs comfortable in a 12’ pickup drawn box give’s 35 lambs for 8’ wide by 12 foot length.
70 lambs for 24’, double for decks brings 140 lambs. Depending on the deck system 140 would be comfortable on 24’.

 

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Just a heads up if the new transport regs that are under get approved as they are written then their will be a allometric equation to determine how many animals will be allowed in a stock box, have a look at the consultation to get an idea of numbers.

 

[hally]

Just over 100 in our 22x8 box

 

[Al R]

Just a heads up if the new transport regs that are under get approved as they are written then their will be a allometric equation to determine how many animals will be allowed in a stock box, have a look at the consultation to get an idea of numbers.

Any idea if it will apply to old builds to or only relevant on new builds like these sort of regs usually are?

 

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Any idea if it will apply to old builds to or only relevant on new builds like these sort of regs usually are?

@JP1 is more up to speed than me but as far as I am aware all cattle transport is affected.
It is a devolved issue thought and NFU Scotland appear to be making head way with the Scottish government whereas the English government are not being very cooperative. Seemingly a lot of pressure and individual response letters from anti farming groups though

 

[JP1]

Any idea if it will apply to old builds to or only relevant on new builds like these sort of regs usually are?

When the new regs come in (detail not agreed yet) it will apply to all vehicles

 

[DieselRob]

Assuming a container is 8’ wide as opposed to 5’6”, it’s 1.45x bigger.
25x 45kg lambs comfortable in a 12’ pickup drawn box give’s 35 lambs for 8’ wide by 12 foot length.
70 lambs for 24’, double for decks brings 140 lambs. Depending on the deck system 140 would be comfortable on 24’.

Your assumptions are made based on being able to get the full width of the 8’ trailer, the reality is that you loose width at either side plus gate space etc, I wouldn’t put more than 120 finished lambs in the 24ft box I have use of, 6 bins of 20 and if the buggers are wet then they can still be an arse to get in

 

[sean m]

Can anyone tell me what sort of numbers of fat lambs 45 kg you can fit in 22" 24" 26" stock boxes? im hearing you can fit 140 in a 24" ? Any help apprecaited thanks

my 3 decker holds 25 lambs easily in every 10ft section.plenty of room

 

[The Seeker]

Ok folks thanks for the input, food for thought.

 

[windymiller]

Not much difference between a 2 compartment 24ft and a 3 compartment 26ft I'd of thought, by the time you have the extra gates. Depending how woolly they are, 120 to 130 in our 24 footer.

 

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my 3 decker holds 25 lambs easily in every 10ft section.plenty of room

Out of curiosity would your lambs have 20cm clearance from their heads (not shoulders) with three decks?

 

[sean m]

Out of curiosity would your lambs have 20cm clearance from their heads (not shoulders) with three decks?

yes,they have very short legs,m'lud

 

[sean m]

yes,they have very short legs,m'lud

 

[sherg]

We can get 150 45 kilo lambs in our 26ft box hydraulic ramp you wouldn't do it otherwise.
150 40 kilo lambs is more comfortable though

 

[Jim75]

30ft Stewart can get about 150-155 which is comfortable