New Hay Trailer

[ddivinia]

That's a pretty interesting trailer, Darin. I have never seen anything like that...I live in the east. I guess they are common in ranch country out west.

To dump, there's no hydraulics?...I noticed on the Red Rhino website...It's done by leverage? A long metal handle acts as a fulcrum to tilt the body? The bales stay put without racheting them down when transporting? I suppose it would be a good trailer to transport telephone poles, and the like too. Very interesting!

No hydraulics - they offset the rake a tad so they roll off pretty easy. There is a big lever there, but that is used more to reset the trailer than dump them off. The weight of the bales keeps them down, but there is a double lock on the actual mechanism to keep it down.

These trailers are very handy. You have have a bunch of bales spread all over the place and you can have somebody drive the truck and you just shove them on and keep moving. If you are working alone, you bring the bales to the tractor. Still much better than one bale on the rear and one on the front.

D.

 

[texasjohn]

ddivinia, I do just like you do... almost...

I have a rear hay fork with a gooseneck ball installed... so, I haul the 5 bale trailer into the field with the tractor to the vicinity of 5 bales, drop the trailer on its front jack, use FEL spike and rear fork to bring 2 bales at a time to the trailer, load them up, spear one final bale in front, pick up the 5 bale trailer and head for hay storage with 6 bales. Works good when I'm by myself and it's not too far to storage area.

As you said, best way is to have a pickup driver in the field while you use tractor to load bales, then head to the storage area.

Redbug, yes, trailer can be used to haul long narrow objects... or sometimes I chain down 3 or 2 round bale feeders to it and move them from pasture to pasture.

 

[Renze]

Only 3 pipes? Still have axles (brakes on one axle), hitch, lights, etc. The main "pipe" as you call it is 3/8" thick. .....
......Also, no they aren't cheap. I paid $3750 for it.

Brakes, lights, tandem axle, all for just $3750... With the current rate of the US $ i think its a bargain... At the company i work, we sometimes build trailers with just 2 axles and a frame, onto which a bodyworker mounts a refrigerated box.
A galvanised 5th wheel chassis on dual tires, 2x 4 ton tandem, air brakes and suspension, license and tags, runs into the 10.000 Euro....

 

[chh]

There are actually several brands of these available, but I think Gobob has the best of this style for the money. I have been thinking of getting one also, but I'm waiting to see how many calls I get to have have delivered, before I get one. They are sure a lot easier that a gooseneck equipment trailer and better on the highway than the 2 wide 6 bale trailers(I have one of those).

 

[mark.r]

ddivinia, I do just like you do... almost...

I have a rear hay fork with a gooseneck ball installed... so, I haul the 5 bale trailer into the field with the tractor to the vicinity of 5 bales, drop the trailer on its front jack, use FEL spike and rear fork to bring 2 bales at a time to the trailer, load them up, spear one final bale in front, pick up the 5 bale trailer and head for hay storage with 6 bales. Works good when I'm by myself and it's not too far to storage area.

Similar set up with the exception this being a 5th wheel (I believe) and no rear hay fork?

http://www.agrisurfer.com/mirror.as...inal/9e6890a1-f313-46f2-8719-b7dc25687431.jpg

http://www.agrisurfer.com/mirror.as...inal/a6d0d654-0e8f-4804-b509-4b869885b98d.jpg

 

[ddivinia]

There are actually several brands of these available, but I think Gobob has the best of this style for the money. I have been thinking of getting one also, but I'm waiting to see how many calls I get to have have delivered, before I get one. They are sure a lot easier that a gooseneck equipment trailer and better on the highway than the 2 wide 6 bale trailers(I have one of those).

You will want one just to move stuff out of the field - saves that much time.

D.

 

[chh]

I just spent several hours this week loading a 30' gooseneck. I sold the last of my hay and they were hauling it 50 miles. They guy hauling started out with me loading 17 for him, dropped to 12 after the 2nd trip.(overheating his truck on the hills). I loaded him out and he had a guy with a larger tractor than he had unloading him. It was a 3 ring circus. My truck was in the shop so I didn't/couldn't price the hay delivered. After it was all said and done I'm glad I didn't try that trip. I wish I had gotten a couple of pics to post. He insisted on having them loaded 6 long and 2 wide(5.5'x5' bales) and they ended up hanging about 2' off the back of the trailer. I had to hold the back one up with the FEL while he put the ratchet straps on. He did put a strap across the back 2 bales in addition to the straps running lengthwise though. The dump trailer would have been much easier and faster, but I still don't know if I'd have been willing to do that trip.

 

[ddivinia]

I just spent several hours this week loading a 30' gooseneck. I sold the last of my hay and they were hauling it 50 miles. They guy hauling started out with me loading 17 for him, dropped to 12 after the 2nd trip.(overheating his truck on the hills). I loaded him out and he had a guy with a larger tractor than he had unloading him. It was a 3 ring circus. My truck was in the shop so I didn't/couldn't price the hay delivered. After it was all said and done I'm glad I didn't try that trip. I wish I had gotten a couple of pics to post. He insisted on having them loaded 6 long and 2 wide(5.5'x5' bales) and they ended up hanging about 2' off the back of the trailer. I had to hold the back one up with the FEL while he put the ratchet straps on. He did put a strap across the back 2 bales in addition to the straps running lengthwise though. The dump trailer would have been much easier and faster, but I still don't know if I'd have been willing to do that trip.

Man, that sounds like a train wreck.

I am thinking I might rent mine out some. $100 a day. You break it, you pay to fix it. Not a lot to break anyway. Also, I don't have to mess with pulling it.

D.

 

[GaryBDavis]

Darin,

Do you need a tag for this trailer or does it not need one because it is considered a farm implement? Farm tags here in Texas aren't that expensive and I have them on my equipment trailers, but I've never seen one on a dedicated hay buggy or hay trailer. Heck, there isn't even a place to mount one on my single bale hay buggy. I'm guessing that farm implements like plows and such that get towed down the road don't need tags, but I've never really looked it up.

 

[ddivinia]

Darin,

Do you need a tag for this trailer or does it not need one because it is considered a farm implement? Farm tags here in Texas aren't that expensive and I have them on my equipment trailers, but I've never seen one on a dedicated hay buggy or hay trailer. Heck, there isn't even a place to mount one on my single bale hay buggy. I'm guessing that farm implements like plows and such that get towed down the road don't need tags, but I've never really looked it up.

Well - that is a good question. I bought the trailer in Oklahoma. I had to get a Ranch number from the State of Oklahoma - which is very easy to do by the way.

I guess I would not need it really. I don't have one on my baler, disc, etc.

Since farm tags are so cheap on trailers - I went down and pay the $6 or so and got a tag on it. I figure it will save me some headaches with the cops that don't know anything about farming, etc.

I just put the tag right on the back with a couple self tapping screws. I didn't mess with a light. Time will tell if I need one. I will use this trailer int he field mostly, but might as well make it street legal.

D.