Builders trailer

Green farmer

Just looking to get a 8ft twin axel general purpose / caged builders trailer for drawing turf, bags of animal feed and bits and pieces. Any recommendations as to ones are very easily towed by a car. Thanks in advance.

Kevhog1988

Green farmer wrote: »

Just looking to get a 8ft twin axel general purpose / caged builders trailer for drawing turf, bags of animal feed and bits and pieces. Any recommendations as to ones are very easily towed by a car. Thanks in advance.

New??

Theres a crowd called f40 trailers do excellent ones. Ill get you his number now

Green farmer

theemigrant wrote: »

New??

Theres a crowd called f40 trailers do excellent ones. Ill get you his number now

I saw their ad on donedeal ok, look like a fine trailer. I also see nugent ones for reasonable money. Anyone know what their like to pull ?

Miname

Nugent r ones are good trailers but I've found them a bit harder pulled than the Ivor Williams. The main thing I'd suggest is get the ones with the drop down sides, they are far more versatile but they do have a higher base height which might be off a bit for towing. Whatever you buy make sure you have to give it a good lift onto your drawbar because the last thing you want is all the weight lying on the front wheels when your towing.

Kevhog1988

Green farmer wrote: »

I saw their ad on donedeal ok, look like a fine trailer. I also see nugent ones for reasonable money. Anyone know what their like to pull ?

Ive a single axle f40 and a tractor trailer, great trailers tbf

Grueller

Miname wrote: »

Niger ones are good trailers but I've found them a bit harder pulled than the Ivor Williams. The main thing I'd suggest is get the ones with the drop down sides, they are far more versatile but they do have a higher base height which might be off a bit for towing. Whatever you buy make sure you have to give it a good lift onto your drawbar because the last thing you want is all the weight lying on the front wheels when your towing.

+1 on the drop down sides. Can be loaded and unloaded with pallet forks etc and can remove sides to carry slightly wider loads. Ve sure whatever you buy is plated etc for weights and all as these could get subjected to a test sometime and no point not future proofing a purchase.

weatherbyfoxer

Have an ivor williams 8x5ft here can put a 2 ton pallet put in with forklift or teleporter... great trailer as most williams are.You will pick one up 2nd hand for around €1500 i spent somwhere around 2000-2500 on the new one

Looked at the f40 trailers and thought them a bit light even for €1000 euro new..maybe their better now as that was a few years back but i still reccomend a 2nd hand williams for the bit extra over the f40

Green farmer

I hear what yer saying about the flat back trailers alright, but they might be a bit strong for the car ( it's good up to 1.8tonne) The ifor would be my favourite, but I got a price of over €4 grand for one , once you add on the cage. Maybe they misquoted me ? Puts it out of my reach , so was looking for alternatives up to €3,000. Maybe the second hand ifor would be an idea. Anyone have an aerlite ? I know the livestock versions are right good , or graham edwards etc ? I like the idea of easily towed.

josephsoap

what kind of a car will you be towing it with?

I bought a trailer like this one https://www.donedeal.ie/trailers-for-sale/8x4-galvanised-trailer-meshside-ramp-brakes-lights/9807677 a few months ago for €1200, I have a VW Passat tdi and it can fly max load I would ever really pull with it is 2 bulk meal bags.

The only problem with this trailer is it is not 'plated' which may be an issue in the future ?

Zr105

Green farmer wrote: »

I hear what yer saying about the flat back trailers alright, but they might be a bit strong for the car ( it's good up to 1.8tonne) The ifor would be my favourite, but I got a price of over €4 grand for one , once you add on the cage. Maybe they misquoted me ? Puts it out of my reach , so was looking for alternatives up to €3,000. Maybe the second hand ifor would be an idea. Anyone have an aerlite ? I know the livestock versions are right good , or graham edwards etc ? I like the idea of easily towed.

I would t think there'd be a whole pile of a difference in a weight between a plant type and a drop side, Both would be plated for either 2.7t or 3.5t depending on which ya go for

Cran

Have a Stanley one here can't fault it and pull it with the car ocassion

ml100

Had a look at 8x4 Nugent and Ivor Williams last year at ploughing last, the Ivor Williams is a higher rated trailer, 2.7 tonne the Nugent is 2 tonne, Ivor Williams looks the better trailer but is 700-800 euros more expensive, I think the Nugent 8x5 flat bed trailer isn't much more expensive than the Ivor Williams 8x4 (think they were around €3400 with mesh sides, the way sterling is gone may be more now). What are the flat bed (drop side) trailers like behind a car ? are they too big. BTW you'll need a BE driving license for the Nugent and Ivor Williams trailers.

Bonzo Delaney

We had an 8x5 ifor willams from 96-2000 tipper great trailer the only thing that drove us mad was if your carrying 8x4 material it was a pain to load and pull stuff out of sideways very little space to play with.
Traded it in for a 10x5 ifor tipper still going strong
I'd recommend a 10 ft to anyone not that much bigger for manoeuvrability (if that's a word) but big enough to make life a whole lot easier.

simonhm

ifor williams are king

Reggie.

You could try Carey trailers outside rochfortbridge. I have one here last 5 years and not a bother on it. €1200 new with mesh sides. Brakes were 500 extra I think.

kay 9

Hudson have exceeded iw standards on livestock trailers. Never had a flatbed hudson but bet they're a goodun

dohc turbo2

Have a 12x6"6 here , bought new of murphy trailers , well built and lovely to pull, I looked at loads of trailers when buying and what I noticed was the ifor Williams had a light fabricated draw bar and majority were split and welded , where the trailer I bought had channel iron and was strong

farawaygrass

simonhm wrote: »

ifor williams are king

Not anymore IMO. Bit like Nokia phones, they were the only ones to get one time but then the compitition caught up and passed them out

9935452

dohc turbo2 wrote: »

Have a 12x6"6 here , bought new of murphy trailers , well built and lovely to pull, I looked at loads of trailers when buying and what I noticed was the ifor Williams had a light fabricated draw bar and majority were split and welded , where the trailer I bought had channel iron and was strong

Was the Ifor drawbar a swanneck or channel iron drawbar.
The older ones had a channel iron drawbar and new ones swanneck. The channel iron drawbar used to crack the welds but the swan neck were stronger.
The reason the cracked were they were eithre overloaded or loaded incorrectly.
Someone may have been towing with a tractor (no give in draw bar)
and all the weight over the draw bar and probably overloaded.

The father one day saw a 18ft triaxel ifor williams pulled into a tyre place with a puncture. loaded with 11 bales of silage being pulled by a jeep.

Muckit

Reggie. wrote: »

You could try Carey trailers outside rochfortbridge. I have one here last 5 years and not a bother on it. €1200 new with mesh sides. Brakes were 500 extra I think.

I wouldn't consider brakes an optional extra. Either does the law!

I'd agree with others. Buy a plated factory trailer. Most now are galvanised. Look on it as a lifetime investment and over 30years it's a cheap Investment.

There's a reason a cheap trailer is cheap. Look at hitches, brake system, wheels, suspension and overall finish. Compare like with like.

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

I wouldn't consider brakes an optional extra. Either does the law!

I'd agree with others. Buy a plated factory trailer. Most now are galvanised. Look on it as a lifetime investment and over 30years it's a cheap Investment.

There's a reason a cheap trailer is cheap. Look at hitches, brake system, wheels, suspension and overall finish. Compare like with like.

At that time they were optional. Trailers very well made. I know a large contractor that buys all his jeep trailers off him as they lasted longer than any other branded trailers he had