Small stock trailer

[GAM]

Hi All,
I am about to buy a small stock trailer and as usual what make and what size?
I have looked at Rob Astley & CLH trailers, and feel the CLH although more expensive is the better engineered!

Now, Size?
As with everything on here I found size matters! not sure myself...
Is a 4'6" x 7'6" to big to pull behind a quad bike?

 

[Cab-over Pete]

We have two Bateson trailers, never any bother and tow nicely. A 6x4 and a 9x5 (I think!) . Very nice little trailers.

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

If you buy one of the trailers you've mentioned get it with a lift up roof
Borrowed a small trailer to go to a ram sale and made a purchase
When we got him home couldn't get the sod out even after leaving trailer open for an hour had to go in with a hurdle to get him.

 

[neilo]

I have a CLH and happy enough with it for a likkle trailer at the price. However, the tyres are absolute shite, and the cheapest available. Make sure you carry a spare and, when you replace them, make sure you spend a tenner a piece extra and put better ones on.

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Hi All,
I am about to buy a small stock trailer and as usual what make and what size?
I have looked at Rob Astley & CLH trailers, and feel the CLH although more expensive is the better engineered!

Now, Size?
As with everything on here I found size matters! not sure myself...
Is a 4'6" x 7'6" to big to pull behind a quad bike?

Depends on the quad and the terrain.
We do put ours that size behind a 570 can am, and it handles it fine on sensible going. Hitch is a bit low for it on the quad ideally though and can ground out a little if well loaded

 

[neilo]

If you buy one of the trailers you've mentioned get it with a lift up roof
Borrowed a small trailer to go to a ram sale and made a purchase
When we got him home couldn't get the sod out even after leaving trailer open for an hour had to go in with a hurdle to get him.

Was he a big, strong ram, that had never seen the outside of a shed?

 

[GAM]

Depends on the quad and the terrain.
We do put ours that size behind a 570 can am, and it handles it fine on sensible going. Hitch is a bit low for it on the quad ideally though and can ground out a little if well loaded

We have a Honda 420, mostly level land..

 

[Poorbuthappy]

We have a Honda 420, mostly level land..

It will handle it loaded sensibly, but will look awfully big behind it!
How much you likely to use it thus, and how much on the road?
A cheap 5x3 is ideal for a lot of quad work.

 

[neilo]

It will handle it loaded sensibly, but will look awfully big behind it!
How much you likely to use it thus, and how much on the road?
A cheap 5x3 is ideal for a lot of quad work.

That’s what I have. The CLH is awful behind the quad, the hitch obviously being much lower than on a truck. I used it once on the quad I think, but only ever use a cheap 5x3 trailer on the quad now.

 

[Poorbuthappy]

That’s what I have. The CLH is awful behind the quad, the hitch obviously being much lower than on a truck. I used it once on the quad I think, but only ever use a cheap 5x3 trailer on the quad now.

Used to haul all my ewes and lambs out from the shed with a 7x4 clh 6 doubles at a time with a 420, then 500 honda when I lambed indoors . Was a bit interesting when wet on the slopes...
My new clh is 4'6" x 7'6" and the hitch is different making it ride too low, so it certainly isn't ideal.

 

[Al R]

We have a Honda 420, mostly level land..

Had a 7x4 CLH trailer for 16 years, originally ran on a Foreman 500 and a 350 2wd when we had to, only had 420’s since and it’s fine on them on wet ground with 6 ewes and 12 small lambs in. Can turn out a serious amount of stock with a few miles travelling with 1 of them compared to a few 5x3’s only holding 3 ewes. Tyres are sh!te on them so I put the tyres off a logic bale carry trailer on, rated to almost a tonne I think, you can put rams in and it it’s the machine on the front will be the limiting factor not the tyres.
Width with these tyres on makes it won’t go through a 8ft gate, after someone did 20+mph through a 8 ft gate and bent both stub axles we had them welded in a lot closer so it’s nearer 7’.
these tyres:
Low ground pressure tyres (23 x 10.5 – 12)

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Was he a big, strong ram, that had never seen the outside of a shed?

I don't buy that sort of ram
He was just a stroppy sod who would have liked to give me a headache if I went into him
And if he'd been in a shed he didn't go on living in such luxury

 

[Agrivator]

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Scroll down to the road-legal stock trailer with the raisable? roof.

 

[Agrivator]

Bespoke Cattle Crushes

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And what about this for a novel idea!!!

 

[neilo]

Bespoke Cattle Crushes

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And what about this for a novel idea!!!

It’s not that novel. A great idea though (but more simply built by others) and highly recommended.

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[GAM]

We have a Honda 420, mostly level land..

Just been offered one with 13" wheels and not flotation tyres, whats your opinion please?

 

[GAM]

That’s what I have. The CLH is awful behind the quad, the hitch obviously being much lower than on a truck. I used it once on the quad I think, but only ever use a cheap 5x3 trailer on the quad now.

Just been offered one with 13" wheels and not flotation tyres, whats your opinion please?

 

[GAM]

Used to haul all my ewes and lambs out from the shed with a 7x4 clh 6 doubles at a time with a 420, then 500 honda when I lambed indoors . Was a bit interesting when wet on the slopes...
My new clh is 4'6" x 7'6" and the hitch is different making it ride too low, so it certainly isn't ideal.

Just been offered one with 13" wheels and not flotation tyres, whats your opinion please?

 

[neilo]

Just been offered one with 13" wheels and not flotation tyres, whats your opinion please?

Where do you want to use it? On road or off?
I’d not want to use 13” road tyres behind a quad regularly when it’s wet, but occasional use wouldn’t be an issue.

There’s nothing wrong with the wheels on the CLH, just the cheap tyres they choose to fit on them, to shave a few pennies off I suppose. That size wheel is fine for road use, and at road speeds.

 

[JP1]

How many trailers d you want to run. Personally I'd have one 4ft 6in wide x 7ft long so you can carry the quad in the trailer as well as with

Can't beat my Gamic

ATV trailer

Can anyone point me in right direction for a trailer for bike that can have ramp and big enough to tow the quad but also double as a trailer for moving ewes & lambs. Cheers.

thefarmingforum.co.uk

But if you're doing loads of off road turning out ect, you'd want a 5x3 on balloon tyres