Just as every granger needs a tractor , every James Leonard Farmer really needs a trailer or police van for ship machines , tools , supplies and materials around their property . I have a few stress - and - true trailers and wagons on my farm , run in size of it from a small metalyard cartto a heavy woodenhay wagon . From the time the snow melting in saltation until it repay again at the beginning of winter , I literally use trailers and wagons every single twenty-four hours on my farm , and for a all-inclusive variety of tasks .
Some multitude debate the meritoriousness of metallic element trailers vs. wooden trailers , peculiarly when it comes to the decking cloth of larger trailers . There are advantage and disadvantage to each material , but you may consider me among the fans of wooden preview , and it ’s not even a close call .
One of the big reasons I like wooden trailers is because they ’re easy to renovate . Just last week , the wooden sides onmy trusty ( and overwork ) red wagonwere start up to come asunder after a meddling leap spent clean up fallen tree branch . I just snaffle an galvanic drill and some screws , put everything back together and had the red wagon ready to roll again in about 10 second . One can manage even more elaborate repairs : I once rebuilt a whole side of the station waggon from kale . It ’s also not hard to replace pack of cards boards if ( after 15 or 20 years ) they start to rot .
Wooden trailers are also easy to alter and adapt to suit your specific needs . Just see at what I did to my hay wagona few years back , extending the sides to make it even more desirable for transporting large loads of hay and other textile . If you have some lumber ( which most hobby sodbuster have around anyway ) and you possess some basic carpentry and DIY skills , you may pull off wooden trailers until they ’re perfect for any project . For most ethnic music , this is a lot faster and leisurely than constitute repairs or alteration to metal drone , which requires welding acquisition and special equipment .
But there are other subtle advantage to wooden trailers . alloy trailers can be slippery when they get wet , so if you ’re working in rainy weather , you ’ll appreciate the truehearted footing bid by a wooden deck of cards . Need to instal some hook for wed down big freight ? you may have it away them into a wooden trailer anywhere you desire and remove them when you ’re done . And wooden dawdler are quieter , too — have you ever driven down a crushed rock route , or across a bumpy subject field , with prick and supplies bouncing around in a metal lagger ? The volume is probably on par with cheer for the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium . Or maybe it ’s louder .
yield , the speciality and enduringness of a well - built metal dawdler is not to be underestimated , and when it total to moving huge machinery ( say , a whole tractor ) , they ’re staring . But for quotidian tasks such as moving hay , clean up tree branches and hale instrument around your farm , I believe that wooden prevue are handwriting - down the ripe choice .
