Moving large square bales, with no machinery. Let’s do this.

[WM75Guy]

Easy keepers are lower end, non-picky horses

Horses are the easy keeper part even at the high end, the owners not so much.

 

[rontaki]

That could be done, but we are talking about $250 worth of hay. It’s already a small enough delivery with one vehicle and trying to unload bales using the “hold my beer and watch this” method with a rope around a tree to pull the bale off. I don’t think anyone of sound mind would drive 2 men in 2 different trucks to make what? 50-100 bucks?
It’s all a moot point now because she balked at my delivery charge price anyway.

Maybe she will call you again, once she finds out what the others charge. If she does find a lower price, she will have to find another due to the first one going out of the business.

 

[zzvyb6]

I've had customers complain that my small squares are TOO HEAVY and they can't carry them ! No problem. Just re-bale 1 into 2. Same price each. While you wait !

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Triple the price per bale, offer "free shipping"!

Give a quantity discount for more bales ...

 

[Gregster613]

Lots of thought went into this. I could get a “2-fer” with a 25’ tandem and a moffet. Nobody around here uses them for hay and the reason is the rear steering wheels are really small on the buggy and hard to control on hay field bumps.
I did find this truck yesterday, but bed is only 22’ long. I thought it was a really sharp older truck though. $22,000

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I lost your train of thought here - aren't your bales 4x4x5 = 5' long? 5x2=10' total length, truck bed is 22' long? Why won't this rig work?

 

[Hay Dude]

I lost your train of thought here - aren't your bales 4x4x5 = 5' long?

Just my small feed hay bales are 4x4x5 and I only make ~100 per year. The predominant size is 4x4x8. I make about 900 of them per year.

5x2=10' total length, truck bed is 22' long? Why won't this rig work?

It would work if I was making only 5’ long bales, but 25’ is better since it’ll fit both 5’ or 8’ long bales.
(5x4 =20’ or 3x8 = 24)


22’ is a “bad” length because it’ll only fit 2 rows of 8’ bales and leave 6’ of wasted space.

25’ is perfect for either length.

But I do love the 22’ Old square body Freightliner with the 855 Cummins

 

[Gregster613]

Just my small feed hay bales. I only make ~100 per year. The predominant size is 4x4x8. I make about 900 of them per year

It would work if I was making only 5’ long bales, but 25’ is better since it’ll fit both 5’ or 8’ long bales.
(5x4 =20’ or 3x8 = 24)


22’ is a “bad” length because it’ll only fit 2 rows of 8’ bales and leave 6’ of wasted space.

25’ is perfect for either length.

But I do love the 22’ Old square body Freightliner with the 855 Cummins

22’ is a “bad” length because it’ll only fit 2 rows of 8’ bales and leave 6’ of wasted space. Okay now I understand fully! Plus, the customer has walked away from your deal anyhow! To bad for her as she doesn't understand the mechanics of it anyhow. You really got a lot of useful suggestions for your dilemma in this thread though. I think the best is to get the dump trailer eventually though. Hate to read about your truck going away though after you put so much time & $ into it!!

 

[airbiscuit]

 

[airbiscuit]

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7274905811451792673

 

[Hay Dude]

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7274905811451792673

Maybe you’d have more fun posting in Arly’s thread where you can post pictures of farm machinery nobody on here will ever use?

 

[airbiscuit]

I was just adding to the thread drift

 

[Hay Dude]

I was just adding to the thread drift

That’s ok, I’m actually going in the other direction, looking for “dollar store” solutions to shoving a few 1,000lb blocks of hay off of a flatbed truck or trailer.
Buying winches, cranes, 1/2 million dollar farm loaders & related machinery isn’t really practical for $250 small loads of hay.

 

[airbiscuit]

I thought you were looking to push bales off the back of your Ram 5500 -thus the $55 (removable) winch option. Good luck finding a Dollar Store solution.

 

[Hay Dude]

I thought you were looking to push bales off the back of your Ram 5500 -thus the $55 (removable) winch option.

I don’t understand how a winch would pull the bale off the bed and I already have a winch on the truck.

Good luck finding a Dollar Store solution.

We have already found a few. PVC rollers, a 4x4 under one side of bale, some slippery sheets of material, tying a rope to a tree to pull bale off, or a second truck pulls bales off my truck, etc.

Topic is beat to death.

 

[Gregster613]

I don’t understand how a winch would pull the bale off the bed and I already have a winch on the truck.


We have already found a few. PVC rollers, a 4x4 under one side of bale, some slippery sheets of material, tying a rope to a tree to pull bale off, or a second truck pulls bales off my truck, etc.

Topic is beat to death.

I'm curious as to which choice you decided on? Have you made a fresh delivery and used your choice yet? How did it go?

 

[Hay Dude]

I'm curious as to which choice you decided on? Have you made a fresh delivery and used your choice yet? How did it go?

No the original customer who wanted me to deliver 2 bales into her field decided not to buy from me, but it got me to thinking how to unload bales the next time it happens.

 

[Gregster613]

No the original customer who wanted me to deliver 2 bales into her field decided not to buy from me, but it got me to thinking how to unload bales the next time it happens.

Okay I got it. From what I read in the replies you've gotten several well thought out ideas to try. I think the easiest would be a chain/strap to a tree or something solid and just drive off pulling the bale off the truck but you do need the solid source.

 

[Hay Dude]

Okay I got it. From what I read in the replies you've gotten several well thought out ideas to try. I think the easiest would be a chain/strap to a tree or something solid and just drive off pulling the bale off the truck but you do need the solid source.

Yeah and as you know, trees aren’t usually in a convenient spot near where the customer wants the bale dropped.

Lots of good ideas were discussed here. Some a little cooky, but all in good fun.

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

Down the road from me there is a sheetrock delivery truck for sale similar to this... Go big or go home?