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Now that's a load of straw!

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Philip d

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This is my neighbour hailing 44 five foot bales today lol.
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No I wouldn't recommend it either ,not sure how he manovered in and out the lane ways without spilling some in the ditch but apparently he made out fine.
 
What does a five-foot round bale of straw weigh? At 500 lbs each he's at 22K plus the wagons. Really would depend on the length of the trip and traffic, but there is no way that tractor would stop that load in a panic situation, pretty risky. You can bet two trips would be less time than one with an overturned fourth wagon or, heaven forbid, a vehicle collision. I know the BTO neighbor bent the drawbar on a BIG MFWD tractor and large grain cart. Now their 1100 bushel carts only get pulled by articulated tractors.
 
I figured the second post on this topic would be somebody complaining about how unsafe he was.
With out knowing if he was going 1 foot, a block, a mile or if he even left his field.




I was right.
 
I bet it would be around 500# for sure. It was a quiet
road and a short haul but was pretty risky. I've used
3 before we got our steel ones which we now use 2
and 3 was bad enough.
 
that,s a load I am glad I will never pull. I do pull that much with a super B semi and is way safer. Not saying he is not operating safely as he may have no hills and only doing 5 mile an hour
 
I don't see the problem!

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I know it's not as heavy as his load, but mine is a 2wd. Bale spear on the back of tractor. Took them from my farm, up a state road 4 miles to a barn for storage. This was back on 2004.

Met a State Highway Patrol just as I got there, and we never visited....lol.

Too many wimps on this forum!
 
It's pretty obvious, there are no hills around, and the roads are WIDE....what's the problem?? That is his loader tractor and it saves running back and forth to the field. I would do it too, if I had someone to help hook the wagons.
 
I'll bet the hitch pin on the front wagon isn't rated close to weight of all the wagons and load which its having to handle,all fun until an accident and someone gets hurt
or killed.
 
We used to pull three to the elevator years ago. Would put one 300 bushel in front and a couple of 150's behind it. Pull it with an 806 about 10 miles each way. Never had a problem.
I put about 46 4x4 on my semi trailer to haul whether it is to the shed or to TX. TX is about 1000 to 1800 miles depending on where in TX.
 
We haul over 1200 bu. in 3 wagons from the river bottoms to home every year with no problems. You just have to use your head and slow down well in advance of a stop or turn. Pull them with an 8300 mfwd and then switch to the 4320 or 4520 to pull them to the pit.
 
Ive hauled 24 (3 trailers) at my cousins. That is enough to play with for me. I usually figure dont watch the back one when you are going out of some places, just figure it will be fine, and it is. If you worry too much about the back you dont pay attention to what is in front of you which is more crucial. My cousin told me once, You do that quite well. Ever thought about being a truck driver? I said no...lol.
 

Sweet, I like it but I wouldn't want to try and stop it! DOT would have you stopped here for towing more than 2.
 
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