BENIC BCT30 TRAILER
Lift calves once from the ground. Plucks Engineering, the New Zealand agents for Benic Trailers, offers a design developed by farmers and veterinarians. This design cuts handling time by over 50%, makes overloading calves impossible, and greatly reduces the risk of navel infections.
Transport: up to 30 calves
Towed mass: 1,400kg
Trailer by herd Size: Approx 1100 Cow Herd = 50 born per day
Double sized: 30 Calf Trailer
Best Operating Procedure
Plucks have spent more time in the field last year with the farmer and realised that the video showing the best operating procedure would benefit new or existing staff prior to calving.
The main points of the video show the following in the order of events to minimise handling and lifting:
- Placement of the Sling over the u-shaped Belly Rails.
- Approach the trailer from an angle to keep your head to one side of the overhead rail.
- Placing calf rump first on rails.
- Keep the calf legs outside of the breast rail until you hang them on the rails.
- Two different Sling lift techniques.
- Calf front legs tucked in.
Key Advantages
1. Cut Handling by Over 50%
Streamline your workflow with our Benic Trailers, which ensures efficient calf transport, significantly reducing the time and effort required because you only have to lift the calf once.
2. Impossible to Overload with Calves
Give yourself peace of mind knowing that your Benic Trailer is designed to handle the correct number of calves through the individual slings, eliminating concerns about overloading.
3. Adjustable Chest and Rump Rails
All models of Benic trailers cater for different breeds by having adjustable chest and rump rails for longer or shorter breeds.
4. Adjustable Neck Rail
All models of Benic Trailers have an adjustable overhead neck rail that ensures your calves stay snuggly in position once loaded.
5. Massive Reduction in Staff and Calf Injuries
6. Far Less Risk of Navel Infection
Benic Trailer’s innovative individual sling system provides a hygienic and secure environment, significantly lowering the risk of navel infections—no More Stacking in like sardines, lying and falling over each other on your trailer.
7. Easy Trailer Handling for Tagging & Tubing
Effortlessly manage tagging and tubing with a design that presents all the heads facing the same way back at the shed at a comfortable working height.
8. Stress-Free Navel Treatment
Easy access to your calf navels while resting in their slings; slings are designed to ensure no cross-contamination between calves.
Beyond Efficiency
Comfortable Transportation
Each calf is fully supported and transported in a hygienically clean, comfortable, and secure manner, reducing the likelihood of injury and infection.
Weather-Protection Design
Our solid headboard protects against wind chill and mud during the transition from paddock to shed, ensuring the well-being of your calves.
Innovative Sling-Rail System
Patented comfortable, strong, and robust slings made from weatherproof fabric secure each calf, providing comfortable support during transport.
Easy Loading and Unloading
The Benic Trailer system is designed for easy loading and unloading, requiring Staff to bend down only once throughout the entire process.
Tailored to Your Farm
Choose from various Benic model options to suit your farm, including tow-behind, Euro-Hitch front-end loader model and 3-point linkage, and different designs for varying herd sizes.
Anti-Rollback Latch
Overhead sling rails have built-in anti-rollback latches to ensure your calves don’t move around while in transit.
Built to Last
Crafted in Plucks Engineering workshop in Rakaia to the high NZ standard (AS/NZS 2980), our trailers are fully hot dip galvanised inside and out for decades of corrosion protection.
What Trailer size do I need?
Before selecting the ideal calf trailer, ponder these crucial factors for a seamless fit:
Consider the starting date of your calving season, aligning your choice with the demands of your operation, and when you would need to order a Benic Calf Trailer, then speak to Plucks Engineering in advance.
There's nothing worse than machinery letting you down at the critical moment. Don't settle for imitations.
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Testimonials
"We purchased two rollers, one from Pluck's and one from another company; in the first year, the other company roller was sent back because it leaked, and five years later, the Pluck's roller has never been touched."
Andrew Horne
DUNSANDEL
“It is vital for the roller to be the right fit for moving around the farm with stock and mowing. They don’t break down and we like the prompt service from Pluck’s.”
Dan Symonds
ALFORD FOREST
“We were looking for new trailers as ours had passed their use by date. In a large farm of 1050 cows, a high staff numbers situation, with a team of 5 we were looking to keep things simple and look after staff and animal welfare. When we saw the Benic calf trailer, it immediately stood out as a trailer that would be good for staff, loading at standing height, but also importantly very easy on the calves.
Having the calves hanging rather than standing in a trailer means they can’t fall over and be trampled. This is very helpful for calves that are not long born and we are finding calves arriving at the calf shed in much better condition, clean and no more bleeding navels. Although sometimes a frustration for the team, the set number of slings on the trailer has meant that trailers never get overloaded to save a trip; far better for the calves.
The Benic trailer encourages our staff to treat the calves better by not throwing them in a trailer over the top and or throwing too many in a trailer to save a trip. We recommend the Benic calf trailer.”