Overloaded equipment hauler??!!

[NIsaacs]

Do I need a dually to tow this? The home-made pipe looking thing is a one ton hay pallet (4'x7'). When I bring in a load of hay, I off load on to pallets and store in the hay barn. When someone needs a ton, I just load it with the Bobcat. Even if they haul thier own I let them use the pallet, then they bring it back. Works good and keeps the hay off the ground. The pic of the hay is a pallet made out of wood (5'x8'). I also use standard 40"x48" small pallets for partial loads.



Nick

 

[goodguys75]

is that one ton of hay??? lower pic

 

[Bill Stockard]

is that one ton of hay??? lower pic

Those bales must be like those that my late father used to bale. . about 100 lbs each. Talk about work hauling them and stacking in the barn!!



Bill

 

[NIsaacs]

is that one ton of hay??? lower pic

Yes, it's a little decieving tho. There are 7 bales per tier on the first 4, then 5 on the top, for a total of 33. They are 60# bales. I delivered a ton to a customer, and my back haul was the push mower and tiller, they need a little work.



Bill, I can't lift the 100/120# bales so I buy the small ones. Most horse people seem to be women so that helps them too. All the feed stores here buy from the Phoenix area and sell the 3 wire/twine bales and only Alfalfa, so I try to keep grass or grass/alfalfa mix, usually from Utah or New Mexico. I am mostly just buying myself a job, "the haul" the rest of the work is to keep me healthy and off the couch



Nick

 

[Bill Stockard]

Yes, it's a little decieving tho. There are 7 bales per tier on the first 4, then 5 on the top, for a total of 33. They are 60# bales. I delivered a ton to a customer, and my back haul was the push mower and tiller, they need a little work.



Bill, I can't lift the 100/120# bales so I buy the small ones. Most horse people seem to be women so that helps them too. All the feed stores here buy from the Phoenix area and sell the 3 wire/twine bales and only Alfalfa, so I try to keep grass or grass/alfalfa mix, usually from Utah or New Mexico. I am mostly just buying myself a job, "the haul" the rest of the work is to keep me healthy and off the couch



Nick

I can still lift 100-lb bales but at my age, I don't want lift very many. :-laf Big round bales handled with a tractor loader was the best thing to happen to the hay business. Unfortuantely, by the time they came along I had graduated from college and left the farm. Yep, I know what you mean about a job to keep your backside off the couch. If it comes to sitting on the couch all day, I'd just as soon they go ahead and "plant" me in the graveyard.



Bill