So whats the most you have towed
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Wow!
We really do need a deckover now. Last year when we bought the equipment trailer we had a hay source only 15 miles away. This year we had to haul from just over 90 miles away (Midlothian/Maypearl/Waxahachie area). When you can only get 9 bales on one trailer and 6 on the other you have to make a lot of trips.
Last year the lowboy equipment worked well for moving the tractor and hauling some hay when either of us got off of work. This year we had to get all of our hay moved at once, they guy was replanting his cornfields in winter wheat and the bales had to go. Hope he gets enough rain to set a crop. This was from his corn crop that didn't make. He cut and rolled it (partial ears and all) and took his payout from crop insurance. I think he did better than he would have just selling a crop that made!
These rolls are not stubble - they are the whole plant with 3/4 made ears. Each roll weighed on average 1150#. Still no challenge for the '03. The '01 puffed a little when tasked with the same load. I have actually pulled larger (well, heavier) loads in our stock trailer - but I don't have any pictures handy to upload.
Dry Creek
We really do need a deckover now. Last year when we bought the equipment trailer we had a hay source only 15 miles away. This year we had to haul from just over 90 miles away (Midlothian/Maypearl/Waxahachie area). When you can only get 9 bales on one trailer and 6 on the other you have to make a lot of trips.
Last year the lowboy equipment worked well for moving the tractor and hauling some hay when either of us got off of work. This year we had to get all of our hay moved at once, they guy was replanting his cornfields in winter wheat and the bales had to go. Hope he gets enough rain to set a crop. This was from his corn crop that didn't make. He cut and rolled it (partial ears and all) and took his payout from crop insurance. I think he did better than he would have just selling a crop that made!
These rolls are not stubble - they are the whole plant with 3/4 made ears. Each roll weighed on average 1150#. Still no challenge for the '03. The '01 puffed a little when tasked with the same load. I have actually pulled larger (well, heavier) loads in our stock trailer - but I don't have any pictures handy to upload.
Dry Creek
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LOL
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Not quite that much...
But these two are among the most, the top pic is at 23,700 lbs GVWR, the bottom is a total of 30,400 lbs, both WITHOUT factory overloads... Hey its a 3/4 ton, gimme a break LOL, theres a guy on here that towed 42K with his for over 3K miles tho, doubt ill catch him tho... anyways here goes...
Hope yall enjoy
Rick
But these two are among the most, the top pic is at 23,700 lbs GVWR, the bottom is a total of 30,400 lbs, both WITHOUT factory overloads... Hey its a 3/4 ton, gimme a break LOL, theres a guy on here that towed 42K with his for over 3K miles tho, doubt ill catch him tho... anyways here goes...
Hope yall enjoy
Rick
Horses only would weigh approx 7200 lbs (8 of them right?) and the trailer doesnt look heavy enough to make up the rest?
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all of the horses are saddled up, tacked up, and have their trail packs (although in the bed of my truck at the time). there are 8 horses on there, Not one of them was under 1000 lbs for sure, Most horses do weigh in at 900-1200 lbs, so the weight was estimated with tack and riding packs on. and a donkey, so thats how i got my numbers. I went up due to the tack being on there, the trailer is that heavy, it has been weighed before, although it cant be seen, the floor has been further reinforced due to that being a stock trailer that is used almost daily. more steel has been added, the boards are non existant, as diamond plate aluminum flooring now exists along with the further reinforcement...
I also didnt take into consideration that I had a full truck with me, five other passengers....
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It was just a passenger with me, I did also have two spare truck tires and two spare trailer tires in the bed, The truck weight is about an estimate tho, I will admit that, I know its 7800 lbs with me and a full tank.... anyways I made sure to ask the man who sold us the hay bales what they weighed, and he said they were 1300 lb bales, reason that they were so much is that they were not quite so clean either, they did have dirt, and mud packaged in them, they were "junk" hay for the corriente steers that we have to rope.
Most coastal haybales weigh around 800-1000 lbs, and i can agree, most haygrazer bales weigh in at the same, But im goin by what was told that they weighed, and pushing them off the trailer was no easy feat either, my passenger and I could tell they were much heavier than what they should weigh...
Now why buy junk hay? well at 45 dollars a bale, with a severe drought in texas up until recently, we werent left with a choice....
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We use two different sized round balers down here; most newer ones bale about 900-1K #, but our old Vermeer spits out the big ones that can push 2K# each.
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4x4 dually I dont really care what he says it weighs I enjoyed the pictures anyway.
Actually I deal in horses and hay and haul alot of both so Im just comparing as I have to estimate the weight on both when buying or selling!
Actually I deal in horses and hay and haul alot of both so Im just comparing as I have to estimate the weight on both when buying or selling!
