I haul 150-200 or so square bales on my bp car hauling trailer. It is 20' long. We stack 5 or 6 rows high depending on bale weight. If they go 110#s, we stack 5 high, lesser weight 6 high. We use 2 straps lengthwise, catch in about 1 foot from the outside edge of both sides, then 2 straps across the load at the front and rear, again about a foot in from the edge. We use those yellow 20K or maybe it's 30K DOT approved straps. Never had any problems or need for more straps, the load rides smooth when you have that much weight holding it down to the road.

I don't bother loading up the bed, but you could carry additional there as well.

CD

 

So really square isn't square but rectangular and round isn't round by cylindrical?

 

Yes basically, they also make big and small square bales

 

Small square bales are about 18"x18"x36" or thereabouts, and large square bales are 4'x4'x8' or thereabouts. Small aquare bales can range from 60 #'s to 120 #'s, and large square bales can range from 800 #s to 1200 #'s. Large round bales are around 4-5, sometimes 6' diameters and around 4' lengths. Similar weights to the large square bales. Weights vary depending on whether grass or alfalfa or mixes.


CD

 

Probably because you won't find many old farmers tossing "rectangular" and "cylindrical" around. Or maybe they're just all 2-dimensional people and they only look at things from one side.

The large round bales can be either 4' or 5' in width and anywhere from 4-6' in height. Most around this area all had 5' balers, but the 4' wide seems to be getting more popular, especially among the guys that raise hay for sale. Easier to truck since they sit well on the trailer, plus they get more bales per acre with the smaller size.

 

Buy the hay by the ton...........that way it doesn't matter what size bale you get.

 

That's not true. A half ton of square bales is heavier than a half ton of round ones.











j/k!!!

 

A ton is a ton. You say 1000 lbs of square is heavier than 1000 lbs of round? I don't understand your logic. I pay by the amount of weight the scale shows.

 

It's alot easier to buck a ton of 3 string bales than a one ton bale but both weigh the same on the scale.

 

No what he is trying to say think is the amount of you get for the weight, your right by what your saying. Best example i can give is that i deal in earth materials a yard of dirt weighs less then a yard of san or gravel so technically your getting more yardage of soil then gravel or sand, same thing applies to his thinking to the round vs square. a lot of folks due it by the bale due to the lack of scales in alot of areas

 

My humor appears to have gotten lost in space.

j/k = just kidding

 

I was hoping you were kidding.....the old pound of feathers vs a pound of lead he.

 

i have a 25' gooseneck equipment trailer and it has a gvw of 22.5k. I have had 192 bales on it a few times. Facing the rear of the trailer, i lay 2 wide which is 8ft, and come all the way back which is 24 bales on the first layer then the next is length wise on the sides and crossed in the middle and build like Legos. lol. I take it to california legal height and let me tell you what, we bale ours at 125# and they aren't fun to load that high but heck 4 guys can do it in about a hour & 30-45 min and not kill ourselves. With the help of pallets, and a backhoe with fork attachment. You load the bales and lift to the two guys up top. It's good fun on a thursday night with a 30 pack or two of beer...


With that being said i'd use the car hauler and run it that way. You can fit probably 64 bales on it. Where the horse trailer is probably 40 at best.

Hope this helps.

 

On my 32' goosneck flatbed I put 180 ,3 wire, 120 lb. bales. I also have a 28' enclosed trailer and the most I can stuff in it is around 100. We have to haul our hay approx 50 miles but it is up and down mountians in Az.