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Hauling round bales w/ 3/4 ton truck?

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Brent

07-14-2004 05:34:25




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The other day I rented a 24 foot goose neck with 5' dove tail. I was pulling it with my 1992 Chevy 3/4 ton 4x4. I was hauling 11 round bales at approximately 1500lbs/roll (16,500lbs). I was just hauling them about 1/4 mile down the road, but the truck seemed to do fine and stopped fine too. Do you all think that this is too much weight for the truck to safely haul? I not sure if I need to pull this with a one ton dually or if my single wheel 3/4 ton will be fine. Just curious.

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Mike

07-15-2004 19:22:59




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 Re: Hauling round bales w/ 3/4 ton truck? in reply to Brent, 07-14-2004 05:34:25  
People like you scare me.The combined vehicle weight has to be at least 25000 lbs.More fodder for the ambulance chasers.



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thurlow

07-14-2004 15:13:09




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 Re: Hauling round bales w/ 3/4 ton truck? in reply to Brent, 07-14-2004 05:34:25  
Brent, seems like a lot of effort to move hay only 400-500 yds.....rent trailer, load hay (tractor front-end loader??, skid-steer??) move hay 1/4 mile, unload hay (2nd loader? 2nd person?, walk back and forth?)and..... start over. 1/4 mile is not "much" further than I would rather move it 2 bales at a time with a tractor (front-end loader and 3-point bale forks). Personally, when moving a couple of miles or less, I use two 24 ft flatbed trailers(four bales each) hooked together, tractor with front-end loader (one bale), 3-point hitch drawbar, spring loaded device to hold tongue of front trailer off of ground, trailer pin with 4 ft handle/extension which allows me to hook and unhook from the tractor seat.....move 9 bales at a time and never leave the tractor. When moving longer distances, I also haul 11 bales at a time with a goose-neck flatbed..... using a one ton truck. Obviously, I don't know what your situation is.....you may be doing the best you can with what you've got to work with..... .

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Hugh MacKay

07-14-2004 13:58:33




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 Re: Hauling round bales w/ 3/4 ton truck? in reply to Brent, 07-14-2004 05:34:25  
Brent: Chris is right, it doesn't matter how large or small your truck is, you exceed those GVW ratings and in the case of an accident your in big trouble. Your tires also have a rating stamped on them and exceeding that one can be bad news as well. You'll probably never have any problems as long as you don't have and accident. DOT are too busy chasing down big rigs to bother with you.

That possible accident however will turn out to be your fault, and that is the unfortunate part. Watch out for the guys that have missed a few payments on some luxury buggy.

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Chris

07-14-2004 13:31:42




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 Re: Hauling round bales w/ 3/4 ton truck? in reply to Brent, 07-14-2004 05:34:25  
When your truck was made, depending on the configuration, it was rated at doing so much work. This information is on the plate stamped on the drivers door. One important piece of information is the GVWR and GCWR. They stand for Gross vehicle weight rating and gross cargo weight rating. I am not saying you can't do more than this, but from the factory, your truck is only certified for a certain gross vehicle weight rating- this includes truck, trailer, passengers, cargo, fuel, everything. If you are exceeding this weight and have any kind of traffic incident you could be in big trouble and void all insurance coverage etc.....

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casey

07-14-2004 09:58:45




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 Re: Hauling round bales w/ 3/4 ton truck? in reply to Brent, 07-14-2004 05:34:25  
does the truck have an automatic tranny? if it does i would strongly suggest putting the biggest tranny cooler you can find on it. the radiator cooler might not be enough. carquest here (or napa) sells the big ones for about $75. they plumb in to the current lines and mount in front of your radiator. also do trans flushes every 20k-30k and you shouldn't have any problems. if it's manual sorry for the long post.

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kyhayman

07-14-2004 07:48:27




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 Re: Hauling round bales w/ 3/4 ton truck? in reply to Brent, 07-14-2004 05:34:25  
That's what I normally haul with a 3/4 ton. If you have to scale you may be over, depending on trailer weight and how you are plated.



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txblu

07-14-2004 06:41:35




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 Re: Hauling round bales w/ 3/4 ton truck? in reply to Brent, 07-14-2004 05:34:25  
If you don't tump over going around a curve (which any truck could do that) the main concern is brakes. You can take all day to get the load rolling but you may have to stop fast. If the trailer has brakes and you have enough hp and gear ratio sounds like you're there.

Mark



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James in NC

07-14-2004 06:27:05




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 Re: Hauling round bales w/ 3/4 ton truck? in reply to Brent, 07-14-2004 05:34:25  
Thst is the same load that we haul we a 3/4. Just take your time with longer trips



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