I sold my hay wagon and I been thinking of getting one of those heavy duty rear hay spears with the gooseneck ball on it. We have a 24ft flatbed trailer and I thought it would be nice to be able to load it with round bales and haul them out of the field. But I was just wondering if the tractor would handle a load like that. Ive seen a guy do it but round bales can add up in weight real quick. Just wondering if any of you guys do it? Looks like it would make the front real light with that much weight on the 3pt.
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I've always thought that the hitch point is too high for safety on that setup, but a lot of folks do it. I have a friend who hauls nine big rounds with what you're talking about, but he always carries a bale on the front loader, and that's with a Ford 5000. Ten bales total. A severe overload on that particular tractor, I think.
I have a spear like you're talking about, with the gooseneck ball, and it looks like the tractor could rear pretty easy under load, and I shudder to think about making a turn on a downhill grade with a heavy load behind.
My opinion, for what it's worth.
Good luck,
Paul
I have a spear like you're talking about, with the gooseneck ball, and it looks like the tractor could rear pretty easy under load, and I shudder to think about making a turn on a downhill grade with a heavy load behind.
My opinion, for what it's worth.
Good luck,
Paul
Anonymous-0
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You would need a very heavy built hitch to do that,not the cheap ones like you see in catalogs.Like a cat 2 John Deere quick coupler with a ball fastened on top, you would also want the hitch all the way down, if something would break, guess where the trailer hitch may land?
Tx Jim
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My neighbor hauls hay with a tractor & GN trailer. He doesn't have to get off tractor to hitch/unhitch. Field to barn would be okay but road travel @ 20mph+ sounds unsafe to me as definitely not enough braking power.
buickanddeere
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Any brakes on the trailer?
In Europe there are truck trailers hauled all over the place at 38mph but not with highway tractors. Field tractors with compressors to supply air brakes are used.
In Europe there are truck trailers hauled all over the place at 38mph but not with highway tractors. Field tractors with compressors to supply air brakes are used.
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