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SW Ohio | Kinda same idea, use metal where you can. First set we did lately was refurbished 8 ton gear with 16" truck tires, 8" channel stringers with 2x4 bolted on the side, 2x6 or 2x8 cross boards for the floor, leave a one inch gap for trash clearance, turn the grain down like a frown for no warping, screw to 2x4 with SS deck screws, put another 2x4 top and bottom of the outside edge, bolt every third one. We add some other unique features, channel back stops with place to tie and store ropes, front rope hooks, front step/tongue protector, lots and lots of large bright reflectors on all four sides high and low, plate to attach magnetic lights, rear hitch, telescopic tongue, etc. These are 8x20 for three blocks of ten Steffen 950 accumulator bundles, seven high makes 210 bale load and two ropes front to back is all you need to secure, not counting gear we had about $1000 in treated wood and steel and parts. We can buy rough sawn Amish beds here for $700-800 8x20. Have plans to make some 8x27 if we can find some nice tandem gears.
A.few things we might do different is lean the backstop back about six inches at the top rather than true 90 degrees, make the length at least a foot more than needed for your blocks, add a flip up front floor board for hauling round bale, at 9 feet might be better to use 4x4 cross beams and run boards lengthwise. A couple of bought wagons have school bus frames for stringers and rough sawn oak floor and front and rear backstops.
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Anyone have any plans for hay wagon flat beds?
