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set up Lynch Trailers, Donal reveals that the business began almost unintentionally in 1959 when Dan Lynch made a tractor trailer from the remains of a Commer lorry and advertised it on the Cork Examiner. There were few telephones at the time, so the advert simply read ‘New 9ft x 6ft tractor trailer for sale, contact Dan Lynch, Coolea, Ballyvourney, Co. Cork’. As Dan used to say himself ‘the road was black with cars’ as people came from far and near to buy the trailer. Realising then that a huge demand existed, Dan began to manufacture various tractor trailers and the business grew from there. Whilst non tipping flat trailers were the norm at the start, the tipping trailer was quickly introduced which paved the way for larger grain and silage trailers etc...Since then, without interruption, Lynch Trailers have been manufacturing trailers in Coolea village. Now known as Lynch Trailers, in times gone past they often referred to in the Cork – Kerry region as the ‘Coolea Trailer’. In 2001, Dan’s son, Dónal took the reins and set about both expanding the product line and establishing Lynch Trailers as a national brand. For a while the company expanded into the smaller jeep drawn trailers as well as tractor drawn trailers. Dónal says ‘In my earlier years here, our product range consisted mainly of the smaller car & jeep trailer ranges and a lot of farm tipping trailers’. In 2002 the company manufactured its first tractor drawn aluminium cattle trailer and in the intervening years this product range has developed to be a very into a large part of the business. ‘By 2008 cattle trailers had become a significant part of the business but I still felt that our cattle trailer didn’t really stand out from other trailers on the market. It was at this stage that we moved to the all aluminium trailer and introduced features such as the seam welded floors, galvanised slurry tank, galvanised dividing gates etc. I wanted to differentiate our trailers from those of our competitors and we certainly succeeded in that. Although some other companies have since copied some features such as the galvanised slurry tank, the Lynch cattle trailer is still the only trailer on the market where slurry doesn’t come in contact with painted steel. The slurry only comes in contact with either aluminium or galvanised steel – both of which resist corrosion’ It is obvious from our conversation that the long life of his IRISH TRACTOR & AGRI
A 20ft beet, grain and silage trailer
A 16ft aluminium cattle trailer
trailers is a key design characteristic. ‘Yeah, I have traded in trailers that were made here over 40 years previous. I’d like to think my son or daughters will be able to say the same. ‘ Looking around the factory yard I notice an array of trailers ready for delivery including bale trailers and various tractor or farm tipping trailers. Donal says ‘We make a lot of bale trailers all year round. The demand for bale trailers has increased significantly in recent years. We also make a lot of farm tipping trailers. Our farm tippers are a good bit stronger than most other trailers of that type on the market. I suppose we have always specialised in farm tippers more than other manufacturers. I think most people now realise that a well made trailer is almost a lifetime investment. Trailers with the right specifications that are well designed, well built, and well finished lose very little value over their
lifetime and continue to perform for decades’ The recent development of a brandnew manufacturing facility leaves the business in a very strong position going forward - a veritable one-stop shop for all trailer needs: “We had been adding to the old workshops as we went along but in 2014 we took the plunge and built a new state-of-the-art facility on the same
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Lynch Trailers,
Cúil Aodha, Macroom, County Cork. Tel: 026 45044 Mobile: 087 2775752 Email: sales@lynchtrailers.ie www.lynchtrailers.ie
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