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<blockquote data-quote="ToddFarmsInc" data-source="post: 542060" data-attributes="member: 8301"><p>That is a pretty slick setup there John. I like the concept of not having to get on and off the tractor all the time. That is pretty neat.</p><p></p><p>For years on our farm, we just use flat bed hay wagons. We have a couple of large ones that we can stack 11 bales on. (are bales are small, 5ft Dia. X 5 Ft Across) We stack them 4 long X 2 Wide, and then set one row down the middle between the bales 3 long. We have rarely ever had them roll off the truck this way, even without strapping them down. We have one flat bed truck with a hoist, and a goose neck traler with a hoist, and when I can get a couple of friends to help out, I can stay in the tractor out in the field and they can haul and dump for me, and then I have a large pile to clean up later. The benifit of using standard flat beds is that you can use them for other things too, like hauling limbs, square bales, hay rack rides, etc. Specialized hay transports are for the serious hay hauler, that's all you can do with them. </p><p></p><p></p><p>If you are handy with a welder, you can make something like this. I made this trailer a few years ago, out of an old truck running gear and some old water pipe. I don't have any cost into this trailer but the welding mig wire and gas, and the time. (it sure is nice having an ample supply of scrap iron around.)</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/TallPod/pipewagon.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Since this inventory photo was taken, I have dropped the origional truck axels, and added a standard wagon front axel, and a walking tandum rear axel from an old fertilizer spreder. It rides like a dream through the hay fields now. If I had to do it over again, I might have used a little heavier walled pipe. The wagon holds up really well, as long as you don't apply too much down pressure with the loader when placing bails on the wagon. It's not a wagon I would just turn a typical highschooler with to load up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ToddFarmsInc, post: 542060, member: 8301"] That is a pretty slick setup there John. I like the concept of not having to get on and off the tractor all the time. That is pretty neat. For years on our farm, we just use flat bed hay wagons. We have a couple of large ones that we can stack 11 bales on. (are bales are small, 5ft Dia. X 5 Ft Across) We stack them 4 long X 2 Wide, and then set one row down the middle between the bales 3 long. We have rarely ever had them roll off the truck this way, even without strapping them down. We have one flat bed truck with a hoist, and a goose neck traler with a hoist, and when I can get a couple of friends to help out, I can stay in the tractor out in the field and they can haul and dump for me, and then I have a large pile to clean up later. The benifit of using standard flat beds is that you can use them for other things too, like hauling limbs, square bales, hay rack rides, etc. Specialized hay transports are for the serious hay hauler, that's all you can do with them. If you are handy with a welder, you can make something like this. I made this trailer a few years ago, out of an old truck running gear and some old water pipe. I don't have any cost into this trailer but the welding mig wire and gas, and the time. (it sure is nice having an ample supply of scrap iron around.) [img]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/TallPod/pipewagon.jpg[/img] Since this inventory photo was taken, I have dropped the origional truck axels, and added a standard wagon front axel, and a walking tandum rear axel from an old fertilizer spreder. It rides like a dream through the hay fields now. If I had to do it over again, I might have used a little heavier walled pipe. The wagon holds up really well, as long as you don't apply too much down pressure with the loader when placing bails on the wagon. It's not a wagon I would just turn a typical highschooler with to load up. [/QUOTE]
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