jinman
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- Joined
- Feb 23, 2001
- Messages
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- Location
- Texas - Wise County - Sunset
- Tractor
- NHTC45D, NH LB75B, Ford Jubilee
Texvet, you said you are getting semi-trailer loads of hay. Are they delivered on the typical flatbed trailer that is 4' or more off the ground? If so, that upper stack will proably be around 11' or more to the center of the bale. I've unloaded a 2-high stacked gooseneck trailer with a 45 hp compact (just over 5000 lb). I could easily reach the top row and raise the bales enough to lift them off the trailer, but the gooseneck's bed was less than 3' off the ground. I'd back away slowly from the trailer on a flat gravel driveway about 8' and then drop that bale down to a foot high before transporting it to my ground stack. If it had been on the upper tier of a semi-trailer, my loader would not have reached that high. The earlier advice to get a tractor with a loader that can reach up to 12' high is great advice as RPW suggested. I think once you find a tractor that has a high loader reach, you'll be fine on stability and weight.