Grand L5740 pushing it's reach ...

tdan300 · Jul 30, 2009

I say "JOB WELL DONE" I have L5740 and love it. I traded up from a B7800 - no comparison. I use a 55 gallon drum with 800# of concrete in it for a counter weight while I handle haylage as well as dry round bales. I have no problems with this set-up. I have a 20' gooseneck flatbed with a 5' dovetail, and I can haul 14 dry round bales on it by stacking two rolls of 5 on their side with a top roll of 4 centered. I have no problem setting the top ones in place. The L5740 is an awsome tractor for what I need done. The B7800 was a good one also - just not big enough to constantly handle round bales (used a 3-pt spear). As always, when having a load like that high, level ground and slow and steady WITH SEAT BELT ON.

DamonH · Jul 31, 2009

DraftHorse said:
Great pics. Two questions - 1) - what was the approx weight of the bales and (I am assuming about 1500lbs each -32 x 1500 =48000 or 24 tons) and 2) - Did you reach across the trailer for both upper and lower rows, or did you load from both sides?

1). I'd guesstimate they were closer to 1100 then 1500.

2). We reached across on the bottom row, then loaded the top from both sides.

DamonH · Jul 31, 2009

tdan300 said:
I use a 55 gallon drum with 800# of concrete in it for a counter weight while I handle haylage as well as dry round bales.

That's not a bad idea. Do you have water in your tires? We don't, but plan on filling them soon. We normally throw the disk on with a railroad tie or two to give us extra weight, but we left the hay fork on so we could get the bales closer to the road in a more timely fashion.