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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1128456" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>Dun, I have one of those flatdeck trailers... I bought the trailer new (I'd build it myself now considering how lousy a job they did), then I found a stock rack on an indian reserve, and lengthed it to fit. It bolts down with 6 bolts, slides on, and usually lives on a couple pieces of firewood. It works pretty good, sure I could get more into an aluminum livestock trailer of the same size, but I'd never pay that off either. I can haul my calves to the sale barn in one load, I'm usually a little overweight, but the sides are high enough no one can see I have anything in it... Last year I had 16 calves for a live weight of 10,500 lbs, the year before was 17 for 11,500.</p><p></p><p>It's only 1 trailer to insure, it takes about a half hour to get the rack on, 10 minutes to take it off. I also built a pipe rack for the trailer so I can haul 40 ft irrigation pipe, should be able to fit about 40 pieces of 3" on there, and it sits 4' above the deck, so if I go to an auction I can still get other stuff on there, though a tractor wouldn't work. The trailer is a bumper pull, so any truck can hook up to it and tow it, should my truck break down.. I've been lucky so far</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1128456, member: 9096"] Dun, I have one of those flatdeck trailers... I bought the trailer new (I'd build it myself now considering how lousy a job they did), then I found a stock rack on an indian reserve, and lengthed it to fit. It bolts down with 6 bolts, slides on, and usually lives on a couple pieces of firewood. It works pretty good, sure I could get more into an aluminum livestock trailer of the same size, but I'd never pay that off either. I can haul my calves to the sale barn in one load, I'm usually a little overweight, but the sides are high enough no one can see I have anything in it... Last year I had 16 calves for a live weight of 10,500 lbs, the year before was 17 for 11,500. It's only 1 trailer to insure, it takes about a half hour to get the rack on, 10 minutes to take it off. I also built a pipe rack for the trailer so I can haul 40 ft irrigation pipe, should be able to fit about 40 pieces of 3" on there, and it sits 4' above the deck, so if I go to an auction I can still get other stuff on there, though a tractor wouldn't work. The trailer is a bumper pull, so any truck can hook up to it and tow it, should my truck break down.. I've been lucky so far [/QUOTE]
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