Hauling Hay

[Iowachild]

Here are a couple pictures of our horse hay we went and got last weekend. There are 156 bales and they weights 60-65 pounds. 46 bales on the truck and 110 on the trailer.

Feel free to post any pictures you have of hauling hay. I know I like seeing them and am sure other people do too.

Ed

Just out of curiosity, how far did you haul the hay? The fenders look awfully close to rubbing the tires. I had 2 tons of gravel on my trailer rated for one ton one time, but I only went about 1/2 mile.

 

[Rancher Ed]

Just out of curiosity, how far did you haul the hay? The fenders look awfully close to rubbing the tires. I had 2 tons of gravel on my trailer rated for one ton one time, but I only went about 1/2 mile.

I believe it was 35-40 miles. It was all two lane roads at 50 or 55mph though, no freeway. The fenders have about 2" between them and the tire.

We haul 2 yards of gravel in the truck every once in a while but the place we get it is only 3 or 4 miles away. It handles it fine but I don't think I would want to go on the freeway with it.

Ed

 

[atgreene]

170 +- on this load. Only one on the Subaru.:laughing:

 

[dieselscout80]

Nope, no air bags. It is a 1 ton and is down on the helper springs though. Some of the bales were closer to 70 pounds but the average weight was between 60 and 65 pounds. We figured we had just under 10k of hay. Almost 7k on the trailer and close to 3k on the truck. When you add in the tongue weight I figure we had between 3500 and 4000 pounds on the truck plus there were 6 of us in the cab. (only 3 adults plus 3 kids, around 725 pounds total)



The deck is 20'.

Ed

Thanks I'm trying get setup to haul 150 in one load and I have a k3500 single rear wheel 8' bed and a 18' trailer. I may have to go higher on the trailer, but the bales I buy are closer to 50lbs.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Thanks I'm trying get setup to haul 150 in one load and I have a k3500 single rear wheel 8' bed and a 18' trailer. I may have to go higher on the trailer, but the bales I buy are closer to 50lbs.

If the bales are tight you can easily stack 150 on the trailer without much difficulty. It would only be 6 tiers high if you stack 25 per tier. I get 25 per tier on a 16' trailer so you should be able to stack more then I can.

 

[slowzuki]

Shouldn't have much trouble, our F350 without trying holds 60 or so on the truck, in a pinch we get about 100 on it with the tailgate down (it has a longer than normal tailgate though). Our little 5x8 trailer hold 40 bales, so your trailer should hold a lot more.

 

[Rancher Ed]

Thanks I'm trying get setup to haul 150 in one load and I have a k3500 single rear wheel 8' bed and a 18' trailer. I may have to go higher on the trailer, but the bales I buy are closer to 50lbs.

You should have no problem. We often stack 6 high on the trailer but with these heavier bales we were at the weigh limit of the trailer going 5 high. With the 20' trailer we can get 22 per tier (11 on each side) and we have a 18' trailer also that we get 20 per tier (10 on each side). So if you went 6 high you could put 120 on the trailer easly and just have 30 to put on the truck.

If the bales are tight you can easily stack 150 on the trailer without much difficulty. It would only be 6 tiers high if you stack 25 per tier. I get 25 per tier on a 16' trailer so you should be able to stack more then I can.

Do you have a deck over?? On our car hauler trailers we can do 2 bales end to end, or 4 side by side, going across the deck so I am wondering how you get 25 per tier on a 16' trailer.

Ed

 

[Robert_in_NY]

You should have no problem. We often stack 6 high on the trailer but with these heavier bales we were at the weigh limit of the trailer going 5 high. With the 20' trailer we can get 22 per tier (11 on each side) and we have a 18' trailer also that we get 20 per tier (10 on each side). So if you went 6 high you could put 120 on the trailer easly and just have 30 to put on the truck.



Do you have a deck over?? On our car hauler trailers we can do 2 bales end to end, or 4 side by side, going across the deck so I am wondering how you get 25 per tier on a 16' trailer.

Ed

No deckover, just a utility trailer. One row down the center and the sides pointing out to the edge. They stick over a little on each side but not much and no where near the edge of the fenders.

 

[Rancher Ed]

No deckover, just a utility trailer. One row down the center and the sides pointing out to the edge. They stick over a little on each side but not much and no where near the edge of the fenders.

Wow. You guys must have smaller bales there. Our trailers have 82" wide decks and two bales end to end stick out 1-4" on each side. If we put a row down the center first we would be as wide or wider than the fender. Our bales are just a little longer than two bales wide and they stack very nicely. Most of the time the bales will weigh around 50 pounds but we got some really good bales this year and the hay itself is excellent.

Ed

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Wow. You guys must have smaller bales there. Our trailers have 82" wide decks and two bales end to end stick out 1-4" on each side. If we put a row down the center first we would be as wide or wider than the fender. Our bales are just a little longer than two bales wide and they stack very nicely. Most of the time the bales will weigh around 50 pounds but we got some really good bales this year and the hay itself is excellent.

Ed

My bales are 35" long and weigh 50-55 pounds. Two bales at 35" long is 70" and one lengthwise down the center flat is another 18" bringing me to 88" wide. Your bales must be pretty loose making it tough to stack very high.

 

[Rancher Ed]

170 +- on this load. Only one on the Subaru.:laughing:

Atgreene, interesting way of stacking the bales, kinda like a pyramid. Nice looking load.

My bales are 35" long and weigh 50-55 pounds. Two bales at 35" long is 70" and one lengthwise down the center flat is another 18" bringing me to 88" wide. Your bales must be pretty loose making it tough to stack very high.

OK. Our bales are 42, maybe 43" long so if we put one down the center we would be looking at 102" wide or a little more. These 60-65 pound bales are nice and tight and stack very nicely. In the past the 50 pound bales might have been a little loose but not enough to make a diffenence, they still stacked fine. I guess it depends on the baler, how well it will pack the bales.


The first picture is of the guy we bought from hauling back to his barn. It is a mid 2000s Dodge 3500 SRW 4x4 and the 30' trailer has tandem duals.
Second picture is of us with 9 round bales.

Ed

 

[Diamondpilot]

Right there is a good example of a guy pulling a real load with a SRW 1 ton. 17 bales at 1000# each and a trailer that is about 6,000# empty puts him at around 23,000#. See it every day of the week around here but I guess they do not see it in some parts like posted in the other thread.

Chris

 

[slowzuki]

Exactly, that is a normal gooseneck load on a farm truck around here.

 

[Rancher Ed]

Chris, these bales weigh between 800 and 900 pounds so the load a little less than 21,000#. Still a good load. I wouldn't say this kind of load is common around here but it is certainly not unusual.


I am thinking you guys will get a kick out of these last two photos. We had 3 bales left to get and no trailer available so we just put them all on the truck. It was a little top heavy but it was all back roads and did fine.

Ed

 

[atgreene]

Atgreene, interesting way of stacking the bales, kinda like a pyramid. Nice looking load.

Yup, saves trying to tie the load down. We've gotten pretty good at loading hay due to the rough roads around here.

My '98 gm 2500 that I used to have I hauled a Moritz 23' gooseneck and routinely hauled 250-300 bales. Heaviest load was palleted mulch out of Jolly Gardener. 27000 lbs across the scales. Drove it 30 miles to my brothers hardware store. Didn't plan on being quite that heavy.

 

[downslope]

Exactly, that is a normal gooseneck load on a farm truck around here.

Yes, a normal gooseneck load. But in the other thread some were saying it would be an OK normal load with a BP trailer.

 

[ptwohig]

A light load of corn Stalk, we shorted this load 7 bales as it was our last one for the day.

 

[CCOUGHRAN1]

With the severe drought we have had this year, I have been burning up the roads trying to stock pile hay for our livestock. Looks like I will start haying the cattle next week.

The first two pics are old pics, everything else is from the past seven days.
Heavy load
2003 dodge 6spd, 32' trailer. 15k tare, 19,500 in hay gross 34.5k

2002 Dodge 2500 6spd, 32' trailer. 10-5x6 rolls.

Load I had brought in last week 23-5x5-1/2 rolls

Load I had brought in last night 23- 5x5-1/2 rolls

5 bales I moved the other day. If I had a hay van, I wouldn't have to hassle with the tractor.

Had a lease pasture sell this week, so I loaded up the last few rolls and panels I had out there and moved them yesterday.

Square bales we hauled last Saturday.

 

[JD5000]

Thanks I'm trying get setup to haul 150 in one load and I have a k3500 single rear wheel 8' bed and a 18' trailer. I may have to go higher on the trailer, but the bales I buy are closer to 50lbs.

I have a flatbed with a 16' deck that I can put 153 on if I stack 7 high. Looking for a trailer with a 20ft deck so I can get 200+

 

[RDrancher]

Not much hay around here this year with so little rainfall. Luckily, construction has really picked up this year! I have a line on hay from Kansas and the farmer delivers, so we'll be bringing in a few semi loads.

Here are a couple photos from last year delivering cow hay from Weatherford to Gainsville (about 75 mi one way.) Six loads over three days. A bit much for a SRW F-350 (and a wee-bit overweight), but it paid the bills!