What’s the best 30ft tractor drawn livestock trailer?
- Thread starter Sheepykid
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Would that be a painted body or galvanised? Would be keen to stay with galvanise as I’m not far from the coast.
The paint is two pack which is very long life , the rest is Galvinised.
- Location
- Orkney Islands
I hope you have loads of space around your yard and wide roads to turn into your fields as 30 feet trailer wont be very manoeuvrable. But to answer your question I would say a Stewart with galvanised chassis.
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
We've a 32ft Stewart, it seemed huge for a start, but you get used to it.
One thing to be mindful of is width of body, we've a 27ft paton, ex lorry container on another trailer and don't get many more cows on 32ft.
One thing to be mindful of is width of body, we've a 27ft paton, ex lorry container on another trailer and don't get many more cows on 32ft.
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How many fat cattle would you get on that box? Would you have sheep decks to?
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
16. No but have sheep decks in paton. Would get 14 in it.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
- Location
- Northumberland
What ever you buy get Alloy or galvanised.
We have a Stewart 30' with slam doors and sheep decks. Alloy deck will last forever the trailer is just painted and is showing its age now.
We have a Stewart 30' with slam doors and sheep decks. Alloy deck will last forever the trailer is just painted and is showing its age now.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
That is why i bought that old one, its alloy ! I have had steel ones in the past they just rot away.
- Location
- Hockley Essex
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
What do you mean by best?
Value for money?
Best for operator?
Long life?
Biggest capacity ?
If you're moving a lot of sheep and cattle, I'd say you need to decent fly to roof ramp
I agree about lorry width bodies, even those vary with the types of side pressing
My vote for best goes to Plowman - a lorry operators body
If it's mainly sheep I'd talk to Dan at Gamic about a box with two 15ft lifting trays
Value for money?
Best for operator?
Long life?
Biggest capacity ?
If you're moving a lot of sheep and cattle, I'd say you need to decent fly to roof ramp
I agree about lorry width bodies, even those vary with the types of side pressing
My vote for best goes to Plowman - a lorry operators body
If it's mainly sheep I'd talk to Dan at Gamic about a box with two 15ft lifting trays
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Whats the platform on the front for ?
What do you think it's for , it makes checking the full load very safe .
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
The roof is open (as it's legal in Ireland like that) with a roll over tarp I think
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I didnt know, ive never seen that before , load o crap that id cut it off.
It would be 50:50 sheep and cattle use. An both in the same day. So having it convert from one to the other quickly would be good. Like the fly to roof.
I did enquire about a Houghton. But it’s nearly twice the money of a Hudson or JHC.
It’s not all about the price but still it’s a awful lot of money when it’s double.
I’m not keen on the bale trailer types it seems very high up for the weight side of it. I’ve known a few fall over when on bale trailers.