Trailer colours, beacon use, etc

massey 6480 said:
What size did you order. . Work collected there trailer off them last week. Very happy with the finish .
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28ft tandem, I think, there was lots of debate about size, they make nice stuff, decent people too, bought a spreader of them about 20years ago and a few trailers since, we are getting a folding ladder with it, we'll see how that works out.
 
ithastopay said:
28ft tandem, I think, there was lots of debate about size, they make nice stuff, decent people too, bought a spreader of them about 20years ago and a few trailers since, we are getting a folding ladder with it, we'll see how that works out.
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One for here is a 26ft but 30ft on the second row from the slopes on the racks . What tyres ye going for . Went with the 550 /60 here .
 
gone said:
Black seems to be the new black.
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At the risk of being controversial. Super trailer and no doubt they look the business in black but is it the safest colour to paint a trailer from a visibility perspective? As the trailer gets older, paint and reflective markings dull down, dirty lights on the road late at on a winters night etc, would a different colour trailer be more visible? Just throwing it out there....
 
Barrowsider said:
At the risk of being controversial. Super trailer and no doubt they look the business in black but is it the safest colour to paint a trailer from a visibility perspective? As the trailer gets older, paint and reflective markings dull down, dirty lights on the road late at on a winters night etc, would a different colour trailer be more visible? Just throwing it out there....
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Never thought about that, but now that you say it.
I think my new one might be coming in Black, but not sure they might do it red to keep the 2 of them the same.
 
Barrowsider said:
At the risk of being controversial. Super trailer and no doubt they look the business in black but is it the safest colour to paint a trailer from a visibility perspective? As the trailer gets older, paint and reflective markings dull down, dirty lights on the road late at on a winters night etc, would a different colour trailer be more visible? Just throwing it out there....
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You've just knocked the resale value of some fendt tractors...
You may have a point, I reckon the golden straw and the fact it'll have to moved with an armed escort team will keep it safe and visible.
 
Barrowsider said:
At the risk of being controversial. Super trailer and no doubt they look the business in black but is it the safest colour to paint a trailer from a visibility perspective? As the trailer gets older, paint and reflective markings dull down, dirty lights on the road late at on a winters night etc, would a different colour trailer be more visible? Just throwing it out there....
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Very true. While a new black trailer does look the business and I'd agree they do stand out-unfortunately as mentioned on a dark wet night these trailers will be nearly invisible except for reflectors and lights. I'm kinda surprised that there isn't a law against black work vehicles.
Joseph Cyril Bamford who was the brains behind JCB used bright yellow on all his machines to maximise visibility for safety reasons. Obviously every machine today can't be yellow but I think his decision for high vis machines must have saved lives over the last half century.
MF30
 
MF30 said:
Very true. While a new black trailer does look the business and I'd agree they do stand out-unfortunately as mentioned on a dark wet night these trailers will be nearly invisible except for reflectors and lights. I'm kinda surprised that there isn't a law against black work vehicles.
Joseph Cyril Bamford who was the brains behind JCB used bright yellow on all his machines to maximise visibility for safety reasons. Obviously every machine today can't be yellow but I think his decision for high vis machines must have saved lives over the last half century.
MF30
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So where do you stand on black cars or black vans?
Black is said to be the most unsafe followed by silver, personally I find silver cars worse.

Surely a new trailer with 3 sets of lights and reflectors will be safer than many of the trailers and trailed implements on the road that are badly maintained with fewer lights and in most cases rarely washed which has a much bigger effect imv.
 
ithastopay said:
So where do you stand on black cars or black vans?
Black is said to be the most unsafe followed by silver, personally I find silver cars worse.

Surely a new trailer with 3 sets of lights and reflectors will be safer than many of the trailers and trailed implements on the road that are badly maintained with fewer lights and in most cases rarely washed which has a much bigger effect imv.
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Black cars also just don't stand out on a dark night obviously. I'd have thought silver would be among the safest.
A nice bright blue or red trailer couldn't be faulted for standing out in twilight or just before lighting up hours but the bottom line is that if customers are willing to pay for a black trailer then the manufacturer will paint it black. Our neighbour has a new black trailer and it's very smart looking but I just can't help feel that something will be brought up along the line about "safer" colours.
MF30
 
Silver and grey cars are awful to spot especially at around dusk or if there's a bit of mist in the air, have more than once met them at half 4ish in the morning with no lights on and you're almost on the bonnet of them before you see them. Mine is grey and I run the daytime running lights purely because of this otherwise I'd prefer to leave them off
 
Why has black become so popular with trailers and i see alot of tractors with black rims around now.
I think black is a rotten color on machinery
 
johndeere6920s said:
Why has black become so popular with trailers and i see alot of tractors with black rims around now.
I think black is a rotten color on machinery
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Our trailer is coming in black as when we first started talking to Sam about building a bale trailer, he said, would ye take a black one, I don't think I've ever sold a black bale trailer, when it came to picking a colour a few months back, he said what colour, I said you wanted to build a black one and we don't care. There's no difference in the price.
I'll ring him tomorrow and if it's not painted we'll get it changed, otherwise I'll get a blown up picture of the arse of a jcb and stick on the back rack.

It's certainly not black for reasons of flash or to get notice.
 
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I think yellow would be the best colour when on big roads so drivers might see it from a distance.
Good flashing strobe lights on the back are good too.

A lot of markers at sea are black as they are easier to see.
 
CORK said:
I think yellow would be the best colour when on big roads so drivers might see it from a distance.
Good flashing strobe lights on the back are good too.

A lot of markers at sea are black as they are easier to see.
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We have one of those on the back of the diet feeder, it travels to a rented farm during the winter months and it's usually in the dark, it's useful, cars tend not to drive as close as they normally would, however sometimes I find they are slower to overtake even when there's a safe opportunity.

Beacons are too common and in use so much that I think other drivers take little notice of them.
They certainly help with other drivers being aware of meeting an oncoming tractor, but no longer send the message of something wide or oversize, is approaching, beacons wreck my head in the cab at night going the road.
 
ithastopay said:
We have one of those on the back of the diet feeder, it travels to a rented farm during the winter months and it's usually in the dark, it's useful, cars tend not to drive as close as they normally would, however sometimes I find they are slower to overtake even when there's a safe opportunity.

Beacons are too common and in use so much that I think other drivers take little notice of them.
They certainly help with other drivers being aware of meeting an oncoming tractor, but no longer send the message of something wide or oversize, is approaching, beacons wreck my head in the cab at night going the road.
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When I worked in Scotland, the trailers used to have a flashing beacon (no LED strobe lights back then) under their rear - super job to let cars know there was something slow ahead.
 
ithastopay said:
Our trailer is coming in black as when we first started talking to Sam about building a bale trailer, he said, would ye take a black one, I don't think I've ever sold a black bale trailer, when it came to picking a colour a few months back, he said what colour, I said you wanted to build a black one and we don't care. There's no difference in the price.
I'll ring him tomorrow and if it's not painted we'll get it changed, otherwise I'll get a blown picture of the arse of a jcb and stick on the back rack.

It's certainly not black for reasons of flash or to get notice.
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You could get him to put lights on it. :scratchhead::scratchhead:
 
CORK said:
When I worked in Scotland, the trailers used to have a flashing beacon (no LED strobe lights back then) under their rear - super job to let cars know there was something slow ahead.
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Same when I worked in Cornwall. It was a penalty point offence if caught on the A30 with no rear working beacon. Some hardship keeping them working on up and over tailboards on spring-less trailers.
 
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