The East of England Showground was the place to see the latest developments in the world of chaser bins and haulage trailers. Manufacturers came in force from across Europe – and some from closer to home – to show their new machines, including Hawe, Staines, Jones, Herron and NC Engineering.

Hawe RUW 4000

Last year’s Lamma saw Hawe’s range of chasers debut on the JPM stand, but a mid-season switch around saw Suffolk Farm Machinery take on the import job.

The company is offering both grain and beet chasers to shuffle crop from the harvester to the edge of the field to fill waiting trailers.

The beet version is available on tandem axles with a 25cu m capacity, or a tri-axle arrangement that is beefy enough to carry 40cu m of crop. A wide discharge web means unloading the 30t of beet can be finished in two minutes.

Most of the big machines will be specced with front and rear wheel steer, but because the front axle is positioned well forward the body the trailer takes less pulling than usual. A 230hp tractor should suffice in most conditions.

The chaser comes with its own on-board hydraulic system that can pump out 150 litres/min, but the tractor’s pto dictates the speed of the discharge web.

The big appeal of Hawe’s trailers is the ability to mount different bodies on the same chassis. The switch takes just 15 minutes and it means one trailer can be kept busy with muck spreading and silage carting, as well as hauling beet or grain, throughout the year.

The asking price is £85,000, but heavily depends on how carried away you get with the options list.

Staines dump trailer

Staines Trailers has been making steady progress in recent years, increasing its range of silage, dump and bale trailers and upping output from its Devon factory since its Lamma debut in 2013.

The company’s latest creation is a tri-axle setup designed for shifting heavy loads of concrete and hardcore. The load luggers have a 22t/9cu m capacity and come with Irish-made Granning axles and tough Hardox bodies.

The top-spec setup also comes with air and oil load-sensing brakes, and you can expect to get one on-farm for about £19,000. Lower spec versions made with lesser grade materials can be yours for closer to £16,000.

Jones Engineering roots chaser

To help tackle the perennial problem of trailers dragging mud on to the road, Doncaster maker Jones Engineering has come up with this novel-looking roots chaser.

The model on display at this year’s Lamma show was designed specifically to tackle challenging Northern Irish conditions and it sits on four chunky 710/50 R26.5 tyres.

It is designed to replace the use of standard trailers and can unload a total of 8.5t from the harvester. This is then transported to bulker lorries waiting at the headlands.

For unloading, there’s a full-width belt at the bottom of the main hopper that feeds into a webbed cleaning elevator. This shakes soil off the crop before it Is loaded into the lorry. The surplus crud is then jettisoned back into the field using an elevator.

All components are hydraulically driven via the tractor’s hydraulic circuit, but a separate pto-powered pump can be added if more oomph is required.

Shell out around £55,000 and it’s yours.

Herron 16T trailer

When the time comes to upgrade the old grain or silage trailer, UK farmers are already spoilt for choice.

But now there’s yet another name creeping in from Northern Ireland. Herron trailers are built in County Down and already have a big following in their home market, Scotland and, bizarrely, New Zealand.

At this year’s Lamma show the firm was looking to expand its presence in England by recruiting new dealers.

One of the trailers on show was a 16-tonner with up-and-over hydraulic tailgate, sprung drawbar and commercial high-speed axles. It also comes with a single tipping ram three-quarter-inch pipes for speedy tipping.

List price is £18,400.

NC dump trailer

Irish manufacturer NC has come up with a clever take on the dump trailer that allows it to safely carry plant equipment as well as soil and rubble.

At the rear of the dumper there’s a hydraulic tailgate that lowers and a purpose-built set of ramps that lock securely on to the back of the trailer.

To improve stability while loading machines into the trailer, the maker has also added a pair of support jacks.

Tough Hardox steel has been used in the floor and there are protected anchor points for lashing down any machines that are loaded in the back.

The trailer is available in three sizes – 12t, 14t and 16t – and the 14t version on show at Lamma had an on-farm price of £13,600.