New flat trailer
- Thread starter Dog
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Just get a bale trailer and hire a hero with a low loader to move 360.
The extra weight of a multi purpose trailer won’t do you any favours in the field in a year like this one
Bailey,Smyth,Stewart etc
2 x Local plant hire firms have JPM low loaders,both have said they wouldn’t have another.
The extra weight of a multi purpose trailer won’t do you any favours in the field in a year like this one
Bailey,Smyth,Stewart etc
2 x Local plant hire firms have JPM low loaders,both have said they wouldn’t have another.
Spencer
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- Location
- North West
Bailey flat deck is only one I can think of, we have one and is good. Ramps are heavy on your own though. If all your shifting is straw then maybe a bale trailer would be better and separate low loader? We do a lot of haylage/silage and regularly have trailer up to full weight, which our bale trailers aren’t rated for and wouldn’t carry consistently without damage.. just my 2p
john432
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- Location
- Carmarthenshire
Things I would look at is the running gear, s cam brakes and preferably ADR axles, as the parts for them are readily available and not too expensive .
We have a JPM low loader which we haul our 13 t digger on and use for bales, it does what it's made to do and wasn't too dear, it's not exactly a high-tech but of kit just need a good build with axles that you can bits for easily in years to come .
Give Malcolm at Chippenham farm sales a ring he will do you a good price and deliver anywhere in the country.
Give Malcolm at Chippenham farm sales a ring he will do you a good price and deliver anywhere in the country.
Would a 14t flat trailer be build much heavier to put an 11t machine on ?
- Location
- Yorkshire
- Location
- Yorkshire
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Wouldn't most 25ft bale trailers be rated 10-12ton anyway so shouldn't require all that much more steel to get to 14ton.
Marshall should always be a consideration when considering trailers as far as I'm concerned.
At the very least buy British plenty of trailer manufacturers locally to choose from, no need to go to the mainland.
Marshall should always be a consideration when considering trailers as far as I'm concerned.
At the very least buy British plenty of trailer manufacturers locally to choose from, no need to go to the mainland.
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Tarw Coch
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- Location
- Bottom of Wats Dyke
That’s a fair extension, unless the axles are fairly well back in the first place there would be a danger that it would be back heavy,
I have a 30foot tri axle trailer I put a 2 foot extension on for lugging straw and with the extension, the center axle is only about a foot behind the center of the trailer, it doesn’t put much weight on the draw bar which isn’t good for grip in sticky conditions and being finely balanced can be a bit twitchy on the road.
If it wasn’t for you mentioning wanting to add an extension I’d have suggested one of these
I bought this last year to move my 5 toner amongst other jobs, it replaced a multi purpose dump trailer, as this has a beaver tail, the ascent is much shallower than my previous trailer with ramps making loading much more pleasant along with the fact that it is more versatile as a low loader, I have rescued a couple of broken down tractors for others with it.. My experience with ramps on the multi purpose trailer would mean I wouldn’t recommend ramps, a proper beaver tail of some sort is much better.
Personally I like the flip over ramps like this has for a general purpose trailer although standard ramps and a cheese wedge are a slightly cheaper option.
This is on 445/45r19.5 tyres, again much better than the twin wheels which tend to gather mud between the tyres I. Less than ideal conditions and will drag far more out onto the road.
As for quality of JPM, well, it’s not a Bailey or a Broughan but it doesn’t come with their price tag either, it really does depend on your budget and workload but for a trailer I probably only use on a dozen or so days a year it suits my requirements, it certainly isn’t lacking in steel, wether it will last as long as a premium brand I don’t know but as far as I’m concerned, the worse thing affecting it’s lifespan and other trailers and machinery on the farm is the fact that I haven’t as yet put a shed up to keep it in when not in use, something that would no doubt be detrimental to the lifespan of even the best quality trailers on the market.
James
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- Location
- Comber, Down
What about the likes of the kane hyd beaver tail