Horse Power Requirements 24ft Cattle Trailer

GiveMeStrength

Hey folks.

I'm looking for a little advice on cattle trailers. Anyone any experience with a 24ft cattle trailer. What horsepower would you need to tow one of these ?

Done deal has some tuffmac ones 22x8. They look good in the pictures but I have no experience of them. I was reading some negative feedback on another thread about bad bearings, etc in their jeep trailers. That might not apply to the tractor drawn ones though.

Ideally I'd like to get a trailer that was as low as possible, I think Cattle walk up a ramp a lot easier if its lower. Thats why I liked the Tuffmac ones. I have a jeep and trailer at the moment but I think that the cost of moving cattle greater distances is more economical with a larger trailer.

Any advice appreciated.

redzerologhlen

GiveMeStrength wrote: »

Hey folks.

I'm looking for a little advice on cattle trailers. Anyone any experience with a 24ft cattle trailer. What horsepower would you need to tow one of these ?

Done deal has some tuffmac ones 22x8. They look good in the pictures but I have no experience of them. I was reading some negative feedback on another thread about bad bearings, etc in their jeep trailers. That might not apply to the tractor drawn ones though.

Ideally I'd like to get a trailer that was as low as possible, I think Cattle walk up a ramp a lot easier if its lower. Thats why I liked the Tuffmac ones. I have a jeep and trailer at the moment but I think that the cost of moving cattle greater distances is more economical with a larger trailer.

Any advice appreciated.

Them tuffmac and johnson trailers look too lightly built for my liking but to answer your question I have a friend with a 22ft single axle lynch trailer and there would be a lot more stuff in them and he manages away no bother with a 115hp zetor, I doubt 2ft extra in a lighter trailer will make much of a difference.

6480

90 hp would do the job but i hope their would be good brakes on trailor

Juniorhurler

Have pulled one with a NH TL90 several times. She won't run away up hills but will do the job.

Tipp Man

hmm - a 24 foot trailer will hold what 14-15 finished cattle. Thats a fair bit of weight going up a hill and even more going down a hill when they put the push on. Cattle are a totally different proposition to silage or grain which are dead weights

I certainly wouldn't be using it on anything under 100 hp 4wd. Ideally 115 i reckon

Tipp Man

Also i have heard that the trailers with the low wheels are much harder pulled than higher wheels - the balance is all wrong

Could be wrong though

GiveMeStrength

Thanks for the advice. No one around here with a tractor drawn trailer that sise to ask. Towing a dump trailer with a solid load versus cattle that are moving around inside the trailer are two different things. No doubt I'll be looking at a lot of trailers before I make the plunge. I see two manufactures on the web that really seem to stand out.

http://www.fentontruckandtrailer.com/NEW24ftCattleTractorTrailer.htm

And

AMT Engineering in Louth. They don't seem to have a website but they have a good ad on dnedeal.

It's always the same pay off one loan straight back into debt for something else

The tractor is been changed first and no doubt that's another thread alltogether.

Juniorhurler

Tipp Man wrote: »

hmm - a 24 foot trailer will hold what 14-15 finished cattle. Thats a fair bit of weight going up a hill and even more going down a hill when they put the push on. Cattle are a totally different proposition to silage or grain which are dead weights

I certainly wouldn't be using it on anything under 100 hp 4wd. Ideally 115 i reckon

Why 4wd? For road work it makes little to no difference. A good set of weights will make up for the loss of the heavier front axle.

Tipp Man

Juniorhurler wrote: »

Why 4wd? For road work it makes little to no difference. A good set of weights will make up for the loss of the heavier front axle.

4 wheel braking for starters

Also much more stable than a 2wd when you have a load of cattle behind

Not necessary on a small trailer but 24 ft is a good sized cattle trailer, it needs a good sized tractor in front

redzerologhlen

GiveMeStrength wrote: »

Thanks for the advice. No one around here with a tractor drawn trailer that sise to ask. Towing a dump trailer with a solid load versus cattle that are moving around inside the trailer are two different things. No doubt I'll be looking at a lot of trailers before I make the plunge. I see two manufactures on the web that really seem to stand out.

http://www.fentontruckandtrailer.com/NEW24ftCattleTractorTrailer.htm

And

AMT Engineering in Louth. They don't seem to have a website but they have a good ad on dnedeal.

It's always the same pay off one loan straight back into debt for something else

The tractor is been changed first and no doubt that's another thread alltogether.

AMT seem to make a nice trailer alright. If you are buying new price a lynch aswell, he will make to your own spec as far as I know and they are very well finished and not to high to load. My friend that has one says its very steady on the road and well balanced. http://www.lynchtrailers.ie/alumcattle.html

1chippy

would it seriously be possible to put 14-15 finished cattle in a 24 ft trailer. we have an 8 x 16 which would equate to 2/3 the size which would mean i could fit 9-10. 7 sucklers was the most i squeezed in.

farmer_dave

Have you looked at the self levelling Rolland Trailers?

http://www.remorquerolland.com/liste-produits.php?gamme=B%E9taill%E8re&lang=uk