need help building hay trailer "unloader"!!

[jthayes]

I need help with ideas to build an unloader for my hay trailer. I only have one tractor and my hay field is 17 miles away. I am currently using my tractor to load the trailer, I drive 17 miles home, then push the hay off. My trailer is a
flatbed gooseneck w-w trailer, 8x20 feet. I was thinking if I could build
something down the middle of the trailer then raise it to push the hay off the sides? I haul 5x5 round bales. Any and all ideas would be appreciated.

its me its me

john t

 

[rjmack]

might help to have a picture of the trailer loaded, also pictures of the underside of the trailer to see what the structural looks like.

 

[jthayes]

good idea. will try to get pics the next few days.

 

[shinnlinger]

How much $ you want to spend? A loop of stout rope around the bales tied to the barn and drive forward will unload. On the other hand, I have seen old schoolbuses that can self load and unload and a gooseneck that swung out to self load in Farmshow.

How many bales can you haul with your trailer? 5? Do you wrap your bales in the field? Is it a drop tail so the tires are under the deck or does it have fenders? A winch on the trailer and a snatch block and you could parbuckle the bales over the side to load starting at the tail and working forward. Then you could leave the tractor at home, but I suppose the tractor is already in the field to make hay.

If you have a fendered trailer you could put down some timbers that were a whistle higher than the fenders and load the bales on top of that to make rolling the bales off the side easier. I bet a lawn tractor could have some 2x extended up off the back or the front at an angle and could be used as a pusher to roll the bales off.

 

[Johndeere3720]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/176095-easily-coolest-thing-i-have.html If you made something like this with a bale "clamp" you could lift the bales of the trailer and even stack them.:thumbsup: Mount it up in the front end of your trailer so it doesnt take up hay storing room and have it so it pivots like an excavator.

 

[Egon]

A hydraulic tilt deck might suit your needs?

Rigg up an electric winch with continuous cable that will push the bales off the back and then return to position at the front of the trailer?

 

[Renze]

I need help with ideas to build an unloader for my hay trailer. I only have one tractor and my hay field is 17 miles away. I am currently using my tractor to load the trailer, I drive 17 miles home, then push the hay off. My trailer is a
flatbed gooseneck w-w trailer, 8x20 feet. I was thinking if I could build
something down the middle of the trailer then raise it to push the hay off the sides? I haul 5x5 round bales. Any and all ideas would be appreciated.

its me its me

john t

An uncle of mine in Canada, having a trucking company, showed me pictures of his home built trailer: in the mid of the trailer, over the entire length, he has a rack with crossbars on top. In the vertical tubes there are cylinders to move it up and down, and the crossbars have spikes: When he pushes this down, all 3 layers of bales are securely held in place.

At the barn he moves this rack 2 feet up and tips the bales off to both sides: he also made a rack on top of the bed, which tip to both sides. It doesnt take more than half a minute to unload.

 

[CCOUGHRAN1]

Hard to beat a hay van for hauling rolls.

 

[jthayes]

all good ideas. keep them coming. i am leaning toward either a winch on the rear of the trailer or putting a plate down the center of the trailer that
raises hydraulicly. i want to just unload this trailer fast and go get another
load. i haul 8 5x5 rolls on bottom and 3 rollls on top.

john

 

[Johndeere3720]

all good ideas. keep them coming. i am leaning toward either a winch on the rear of the trailer or putting a plate down the center of the trailer that
raises hydraulicly. i want to just unload this trailer fast and go get another
load. i haul 8 5x5 rolls on bottom and 3 rollls on top.

john

What if you made the whole bed tilt either left or right? The others shown woud get the top bales stuck between the racks so you couldnt put them back down.