Hauling Hay

[foreman Etexas]

I didn't get pictures of the two loads I saw yesterday, but I wish I did. The were stopped in Madisonville, Tx at I45@Hwy75

It was two one ton Dodge trucks with 32' trailers. Each truck had 32 - 3x3x8 alfalfa bales. Now I have bought bales in that dimension that weighed anywhere from 750# up to 950# per bale.

When I have my 32' hooked up to a one ton dually, I am right at 15k tare

Those guys had to be running between 39,000# and 45,400# loaded.

If there was a new black dodge dually hes is out of fairfield.I will try and get a picture if they are loaded again when they are leaving out. I gets some photos of mine if I can find some hay(grass rnd).

 

[CCOUGHRAN1]

If there was a new black dodge dually hes is out of fairfield.I will try and get a picture if they are loaded again when they are leaving out. I gets some photos of mine if I can find some hay(grass rnd).

These were ~2007-2008 silver and white trucks. The silver was a megacab.

I buy some of my alfalfa from a guy in Fairfield, Chad Lancaster. Been trying to get two semi loads delivered for the last month... seems that it's harder and harder to get good quality without having to pay 400-450.00 ton delivered. Same hay was 200.00 ton delivered last year.

 

[foreman Etexas]

These were ~2007-2008 silver and white trucks. The silver was a megacab.

I buy some of my alfalfa from a guy in Fairfield, Chad Lancaster. Been trying to get two semi loads delivered for the last month... seems that it's harder and harder to get good quality without having to pay 400-450.00 ton delivered. Same hay was 200.00 ton delivered last year.

I hear that there is also a guy there just out of oakwood that has the small bales of alfalfa,he hasnt been able to get the big bales due to the poor quality hes been finding. There has been alot of 18wheelers coming from the palestine area havent ever cought any stopped,so dont know were its coming from. I do have a number to a guy in bryan that I have bought the big bales from before,havent talked to him since last year if you would like it.

 

[RHP]

Here is the 5 tons I hauled about 150 miles last year, over Stevens Pass from Palisades to Snohomish WA. Airbags, commercial 19.5" tires on the SRW, exhaust brake and left plenty of room between me and the cars ahead.

 

[CCOUGHRAN1]

I hear that there is also a guy there just out of oakwood that has the small bales of alfalfa,he hasnt been able to get the big bales due to the poor quality hes been finding. There has been alot of 18wheelers coming from the palestine area havent ever cought any stopped,so dont know were its coming from. I do have a number to a guy in bryan that I have bought the big bales from before,havent talked to him since last year if you would like it.

I am sure interested in his contact number.I'll be in Bryan tomorrow morning picking up a load of roping cattle and feed, could arrange to pick up some 3x3 bales if I take the appropriate stock trailer.
Additionally, I have a weekend place across from Center Ranch between Centerville and Crockett, not far at all from Oakwood, so if you don't mind sharing the info on the Oakwood guy too, it will sure be appreciated.

Thank,
Chris
ccoughran@gmail.com

 

[slowzuki]

Not a great angle but 6 tier of 54 bales/55 bale alternating plus about 20 on the 7th tier. 27 ft deck bumper pull trailer. 50 lb bales. So handy to 350 bales / 17,500 lbs. Trailer weighs about 2500 lbs.

We don't go far on the road. If they hadn't loaded the 20 top bales so far forward we would have loaded the bed with 40-50 bales too.

2.5" receiver on the truck but as you can see the WD hitch is not installed. Gets hung up in the field.

 

[Renze]

here is a pic in an old thread, of my bale trailer: Since we dont have pickup trucks in Holland, its a tractor drawn trailer but i've hauled trips of 20km with it.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...d1214581192-home-made-bale-trailer-afb007.jpg

Meanwhile, this "test load" for the photo, is about getting its average load to avoid having to do a 20km trip twice, so i busted two hubs and a tire last year.
Past summer holiday i bought a used 8t tandem on 13/75R16 wheels, to replace the 4t tandem on 10-15 tires. I just had to cut some wheel arches for the bigger wheels

 

[slowzuki]

Renze is that wrapped balage? If so, I'm amazed the trailer is still together! That is a load!

 

[Renze]

Slowzuki, yes you see that right. Its wrapped haylage for horses, quite dry. We like it allmost hay, just before it gets dusty. I guesstimate the bales to be 300-350kg. so these 20 bales is 6 to 7 ton.
Because of the space frame and 18mm waterproofed anti-slip plywood floor, the empty trailer weight is only 1200kg (with the small tandem like on the photo) according to the scales at the scrapyard last summer.
Here is the TBN build description: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/118921-home-made-bale-trailer.html

For highway axles there is no derating when these axles are used in tandem: Agricultural axles can be loaded to 2/3 of the max load when used as a tandem, so i really underestimated the tandem: Twice i busted a hub when turning, the part in which the outer wheel bearing sits, splattered apart, flush with the wheel flange.

The new tandem has 6000 casted into the hubs, so that makes 12 ton: take 2/3 of that because of tandem skidding forces, so i have an 8 ton tandem under it now.
With just 1.5 ton empty weight and 2 ton carried by the drawbar, i could load about 8.5 ton, so even wet sloppy bales i could carelessly load as much i can And i made a solid drawbar behind it, to pull another borrowed hay wagon on the longer trips

 

[slowzuki]

How can you wrap at that light of weight? Here you need to be below 14% moisture or over 35% or so to have them keep when wrapped. A normal big square balage bale weighs 1000 kg or so.