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Guess I should be happy that it was all at slow speeds... A similar thing happened about 1 1/2 years ago when I was pulling home a load of hay (about 7-8 ton in big squares) from the auction barn about 30 miles away. Basically the seller loads up their wagon and brings it to the lot. Some other guy buys it, and either puts it on his own wagon, truck, or trailer(not very common) or they just hook on and tow it home. We're one of those that hook on and drag it home, hoping it really is a good running gear underneath. (sadly, not ussually the case) I was about 1 mi. form the farm, just got up a hill, when it sounded like a steel 55 gal. drum got under neath the wagon. I pull over to find the right rear tire across the road and all the studs had sheared off the hub, leaving me completely helpless. Of course I couldn't get it to move again with my 2 wd 1/2 ton Ford now that it was on the gravel shoulder. I called dad and he called the neighbors who happen to have a payloader. They helped us gimp it into the parking lot of a bar the was only about 50 ft. away, where I jacked it up, took off the hub and pressed in new studs. The bearings were shot but I didn't care and I put the busted studs in a bag, with a note telling what happened and that he should atleast replace the bearings and check the others, along with my cell number. I get a call asking what the heck happened. When I mentioned how far I was from the sale barn, he just about flipped out asking why the he!! we would pull a wagon so far... But isn't that always a risk you take when you put YOUR wagon under the hay on the auction block? Farmers come from all over to buy hay if the season was bad, which it was that year. He calmed down a little and we almost bought hay direct from him, but then he said a few other things that didn't sit well with me or my dad so we said screw it... Donovan from Wisconsin
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