Was looking at some Cali. and Ohio river flood pitures and saw this. Hay puller

 

Hmmm doesn't that look like fun?

Hope he isn't going far. Doesn't look like he has any straps on that load whatsoever.

 

Yeah, I see hay loads like that go up and down my road all the time but I have never seen one of those round bales fall off!

 

You wouldnt want to,

I saw one fall off of a truckbed once, the guy had it too close to the tailgate edge, and he took off too quickly, and it just fell off, some of the strings burst, the bale didnt completely undo, but it was pretty embarrasing having him pull over to try and get the bale out of the road...

PS: The truck was a half ton ford... already weighed down alot, and the bale wayy outta place..... I aint got nuttin against fords, but i do against the brainiac driver....


TxDiesel007

 

Don't those round bales weigh like 1000 lbs each?

 

You never strap down round bales.

 

Not very well stacked either, looks like he's getting ready to lose a couple of them in the second and third row from the front.

 

The Department of Agriculture has just recently banned round bales of hay......It appears the cattle were not getting a square meal...

 

HaHaHa

BTW, those bales can weigh ut to 2200lbs, but those are probably ~1200-1500.

Chris

 

Those look like they're 5X6 bales, so they probably average between 950-1100 lbs each. ( Depending on what type of grass they are, moisture content, ect.)
Thats a real common sight around here at least. You wouldnt beleive how stable a load like that can be without being strapped. Its not unheard of around here to be driving along and find one or two of those along side the road where they have been lost, ussually its the guy who trys hauling one in teh bed of his half ton or puts two of them up on a flatbed. The fun part is being right behind one when it comes off.
They push them off to the side, and if they cant recover them they just burn 'em.
I have hualed two on the flatbed on a few occassions, but havent lost one yet...

 

Usually I see the Dodge's hauling 12-14 bales and keeping up with traffic. We occasionally get calls on a loose round bale or 2 and have to get the road comission out, sometimes even get the plate. Usually the square bales that people lose are toast before they can get picked up.

I've hauled 6 a couple times, on the flat bed. Just stay about 45 mph with a chase vehicle. Was gonna try eight when we had some nice dry ones, but the guy couldn't get two more in position.

 

Looks like his farm is about to be inundated by floodwater. I sort of doubt he's too concerned or has the time to worry about stacking them correctly.

 

I've accidently dumped a load of big rounds before with a 95 3500 CTD + 36' gooseneck. I was driving along at about 35mph on a sandy road and met the fuel delivery truck coming the other way. I got off to the side of the road to let him go past and it must have been too close to the ditch. *WHUMP WHUMP WHUMP WHUMP WHUMP* I looked back and I'm suddenly only hauling 5 bales. I had to radio for the tractor to come help me get the other 13 bales out of the neighbor's knee-high corn. I wish I could have seen the look on the fuel guy's face when he saw the load go.

Here's your math problem for the day:
18bales averaging 2100lb + 7700lb truck + 15800lb trailer = Happy Cummins

brandon.

 

Man thats a heavy trailer.







I mean the trailer itself not the load.

 

Ya really I want pics of that trailer. I thought my 30 ft Corn Pro was heavy.