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Hauling Square Bales of Hay on a Gooseneck Trailer

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bill carlton

10-15-2006 11:54:06




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Hay is in short supply in my area(North Florida-South Georgia) because drought conditions allowed only one cutting this year.

I usually get hay hauled to me, but had to contract with someone located approximatley
1.5 hours away. I was able to get 200 bales, but I must pick it up.

I have a gooseneck trailer that is 8 feet wide and 32 feet long with a 25,000 pound capacity, including the trailer, leaving me about 18,000 pounds to load. The trailer has hydraulic over electic brakes. I have a Ford F-350 diesel with automatic transmission to pull it with.

I know that small, square bales vary in size and weight somewhat, but would it be realistic to try to haul 200 bales at one time, given the truck and trailer set-up that I have? I don't want to get too much weight on the trailer and having it push the truck around.

Thanks

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Jerry/MT

10-16-2006 16:41:06




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 Re: Hauling Square Bales of Hay on a Gooseneck Tra in reply to bill carlton, 10-15-2006 11:54:06  
I have a an F350 Powerstroke and my gross combined weight is limited to 20,000 lbs. That means the weight of the truck and the trailer + payload combined cannot exceed 20,000lbs. Your F350 weighs about 6600 lbs so you have 13400 lbs of trailer and cargo you can haul. Your trailer probably weighs about 4000+ pounds, so that gives you about 9,000 +/- pounds of actual payload to haul. The fact that your trailer is rated for more weight is immaterial;it's weight you can't use. You'll need a bigger combined weight rating on the tow vehicle to use the additional capacity.

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Luke S

10-16-2006 06:33:42




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 Re: Hauling Square Bales of Hay on a Gooseneck Tra in reply to bill carlton, 10-15-2006 11:54:06  
No problem. I have a 48' trailer that I do not load completely but I put up to about 300-325 50-60lbs. bales on it and pull it with my 92' Dodge one ton dually with the stock 160hp cummins. My trailer weighs in around 8,000lbs empty. I have done this a lot and have had great success.



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bill carlton

10-16-2006 04:32:20




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 Re: Hauling Square Bales of Hay on a Gooseneck Tra in reply to bill carlton, 10-15-2006 11:54:06  
Thanks everyone for the information.



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Larry NE IL

10-15-2006 16:08:40




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 Re: Hauling Square Bales of Hay on a Gooseneck Tra in reply to bill carlton, 10-15-2006 11:54:06  
Shouldn't be a problem at all. My bales average just over 55lbs and I loaded my 34' goosneck with 250 bales and hauled them from NE Illinois to my daughters house in Virginia with my Dodge diesel.

I haul that many as a rule when delivering locally too.



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mjbrown

10-15-2006 13:52:22




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 Re: Hauling Square Bales of Hay on a Gooseneck Tra in reply to bill carlton, 10-15-2006 11:54:06  
Take lots of rope/straps etc. and boards to tie the load on good. Neighbor of mine once had to pick up hundreds of bales he spilled off his tractor trailer in a busy city intersection.



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Sam#3

10-15-2006 12:18:17




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 Re: Hauling Square Bales of Hay on a Gooseneck Tra in reply to bill carlton, 10-15-2006 11:54:06  
Six tons, Will make four tiers high on a thirty-two foot wagon.



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mjbrown

10-15-2006 12:02:34




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 Re: Hauling Square Bales of Hay on a Gooseneck Tra in reply to bill carlton, 10-15-2006 11:54:06  
Easy! If they are 60# bales that would only be 12,000#. You will be lucky if they weigh that much. 200 bales would only be about 1 1/2 -2 wagon loads.



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