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Yorktown, TX | I'm looking for an inline hay trailer. One that dumps all of the bales at once in a single row. I'm looking for a 40' trailer to haul eight bales at a time. What trailer is the best from your experience? I'm looking at Hay Van, HB Manufacturing, Red Rhino, and Orange Ox. Right now, I like the looks of the Red Rhino. Just looking for someone that has had experience with this type of trailer. Also, with a 40' trailer, will I be able to push the bales (8 6'x5' bales) forward with a JD 260 or NH 180 Skid Steer, or will it tip to the back? Thanks for any information. |
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Parsons Kansas | I've got an inline trailer that dad and I had built. It's 32 foot and will haul 6 5x6's. I load with a Gehl 5635 skidsteer. Sometimes the bales will be hard to push up there on the trailer. Especially the last two bales. It does make a difference how long the bales have been sitting and how wet they are on the bottom as to how well they slide. Don't know how well a 40' would work. I do know a fellow can haul alot of hay in a day with one of these.
We built this one and a bumper hitch one. I sold the bumper hitch already and this one is for sale too. Not trying to sell you a trailer just showing a pic. When we were looking at trailers I didn't like how the necks were built so I copied this off of a goosneck cattle trailer. Good luck Darren
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W.C. Mo. | Make sure you have a big enough pull vehicle. I have seen people have trouble pushing wet bottomed bales to the front of trailer without sliding pull vehicle. (hard on trannys) These trailers work excellent with new or dry hay but after the bales settle one person may have trouble tripping the unloading mechanism and we have to push over bales with a loader. These trailers are not good for older hay as when they flip off, they tend to explode. Other than that they are a fast unloading trailer.
Personally, I have burned up too may transmissions and motors on 1 ton pickups moving big bales. Have gone to a semi and 48 ft trailer that will haul 23 5x6 bales with plenty of power and brakes. I bought a good tractor and trailer for less than 1/3 the cost of a pickup.
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SW Missouri | I agree with you on the wet bottomed bales, but there are a few tricks I have learned when this is a problem. First if you are loading them by yourself and don't have someone to hold the brakes, I like to turn the truck so it is at about a 45 degree angle from the trailer. This helps keep the truck from sliding the rear wheels and is easier on the tranny. Then if the bottoms are really wet I just spin or roll the bale a quarter turn so the wet spots on the side.
I have tried several brands of inline trailers. Owned one and sold it to a nieghbor so I could get the brand I wanted. The one I would recommend is the E-Z Haul Haytrailer. They are made by T&B Welding in Lockwood, MO 417-232-4122. www.haytrailer.com. They have been making them for several years and I think they used to make the Orange Ox/ Red Rhino for GoBob. The main reasons I like it best is the latching system and it dumps better than any I tried. The brand we had you had to dump it down hill or it wouldn't dump. Also the tandem axles are a couple feet farther towards the back of the trailer. On the trailer we had the number 5 bale hit on both tires and you would have to push it off by hand 90% of the time. With the E-Z Haul we never had to push hay off ever.
I agree with you Greasegun on the semi vs. pickup thing. I bought a $6000 truck and a $1500 40' flatbed and haul 20 at a time with ease and airbrakes. |
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Yorktown, TX | Do you have any pictures of the latch? Also, did you use 3" with a 3 1/2" sleeve or 4" with a 4 1/2" sleeve for your tilt part of the trailer? If it wasn't in Kansas, I would probably be interested, and I would really like a 40' trailer. |
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Parsons Kansas | I have to look at the latch. I do have more pics. I will post some more tonight and try to have you some answers. Darren |
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Ste. Rose, MB | This is what's most popular out this way. Move 14-16 bales at a time with one tractor. No need to have the loader handling bales a couple of times. Really user friendly. We have a 14 bale model, that's around 18 years old & still picks 2500+ bales a year with very little that goes wrong. These two units were originally designed by a guy 10 miles from my place. He then sold the patents to Highline & Bourgault. http://www.bourgault.com/balemover/rbm1650page1.htm 
http://www.highline.jbeck.ca/en/node/30 
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Yorktown, TX | Thanks for the pics, but that will not work for what I want to use it for. I feed and sell hay. My hay fields can be up to 15-20 miles away from the cows, and I have to go down the road. I haul the hay right after I bale it so I can fertilize, and the bales will be at the different places. I also will probably use it to haul hay from Yorktown, Tx to Comfort, Tx and Fredericksburg, Tx (around 150 miles) for our cows. I could use a flatbed, but don't really need to since my parents go every weekend, and he would rather pull this thing than a heavy flatbed with an outside width of 10'. |
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| Just started selling the Red Rhino trailer from GoBob, I'am located in North Dakota so were a along way apart. If your intrested in the Red Rhino contact GoBob and they will put you in touch with a dealer in your area. I research these trailer for a long time and found the Red Rhino to be the best. I'am using a 40' on our farm and it works great, we sell all our hay and use a semi and 40' flatbed also but there are customers that don't need loads that big. With the Red Rhino 8 bales , 70mph down the road loaded, 30 seconds to unload and on the road again. |
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SW Missouri | Whats the hay market like down your way? |
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Yorktown, TX | Pretty good, but it is diluted with crappy hay that is cheap. I know a guy that baled behind the state mowing tractors, hauled the hay to his house and is selling it for $60 a bale, and people are hauling it off fast. I guess they don't worry about hardware disease. Most of the ranchers down here don't care about the quality, and some can't even figure out how much less hay there is in a smaller round bale. They figure it is only a foot difference. I have my regular customers that buy all my hay, but the open market is all over the place. |
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