by "MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
Published 06/05/2017 at 16:00
by "MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
Published 06/05/2017 at 16:00
Tags: truck yeah
STARS: 3
I worked on a hay farm over the summers while I was in high school. It was hard work, but I enjoyed it and I got to be outside most of the time. One thing I learned while there is how to properly load a truck with hay bales. Most people don’t believe me when I tell them you can get 50+ bales on a regular 8 foot bed pickup.
Here’s some instructions I came across that shows you how to get 53 bales on a truck if you use a tie down.
http://www.hayexchange.com/articles/EQ_Hay_Loading.pdf
We usually loaded 50 bales with the top row be 3 bales in a row the long way on top and didn’t use any straps and in the 3 years I worked there I remember only once did we lose a bale while driving. We never delivered far, maybe 5 miles at most and stayed below 40mph on the drive.
So now you know the answer to “How many bales can you fit on a pickup?” should you ever get asked.
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
06/05/2017 at 16:06, STARS: 3
A: All the bales.
"Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever" (rustanddust)
06/05/2017 at 16:08, STARS: 4
"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
06/05/2017 at 16:09, STARS: 3
I use to hay on my grandparents’ farm. Yeah, no straps, but we definitely lost a few from the back of the C/K, including the one I was sitting on once. That sucked.
Now they’ve gone to round bales. A cow can’t even get a square meal no more.
"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
06/05/2017 at 16:14, STARS: 1
I worked on farm during hay season, but I put them on a 12' flat bed. The farmer bought rusty cc/lb truck, put on regular cab, then made custom flat bed. So many bales could fit on it.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
06/05/2017 at 16:14, STARS: 2
Im pretty impressed with the lack of squat on that old Ford.
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
06/05/2017 at 16:20, STARS: 0
Doesn’t the rear ride like a foot higher than the front when they’re unloaded?
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
06/05/2017 at 16:28, STARS: 3
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
06/05/2017 at 16:29, STARS: 4
Bonus: the hitch now dig troughs while you drive!
"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012)
06/05/2017 at 16:30, STARS: 3
they always be cutting corners...
"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
06/05/2017 at 16:31, STARS: 3
and will damage your ankles instead of your shins. it’s brilliant design.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/05/2017 at 16:35, STARS: 2
Oh yeah, you an fit plenty of bales. What’s fun is throwing them up into the loft, especially the last few on the bottom.
"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
06/05/2017 at 17:28, STARS: 0
I don’t think it’s a foot, maybe 6 inches, but yes they ride quite a bit higher than the front when empty
"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
06/05/2017 at 17:28, STARS: 0
Yea that sounds like it would suck
"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
06/05/2017 at 17:29, STARS: 1
Especially when it’s 90 and humid outside, so inside the barn is 100 and more humid
"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
06/05/2017 at 17:31, STARS: 0
Nice. The guy I worked for would only drive regular cab long bed because even that was difficult to squeeze through some gates and drives on some people’s properties.
"Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner)
06/05/2017 at 18:10, STARS: 2
Was expecting a roll in the hay in the bed of a truck story.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/05/2017 at 18:14, STARS: 2
And it doesn’t matter because you have to wear jeans and long sleeves, or you’ll be very sorry. You can always tell whose never done it before; they’ll be the ones wearing shorts and t-shirts.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
06/05/2017 at 22:00, STARS: 1
I always did it in a T-shirt anyway (well, no throwing into the loft, as we didn’t have one, but loading into the truck, and then into the barn), and just dealt with my arms being scratched up.
However, it’s responsible for my disdain for shorts to this day.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
06/05/2017 at 22:01, STARS: 1
Can confirm, have loaded 53 bales into the back of a pickup exactly that way.
However, when the bales are lighter, and you don’t have a good way to tie it down, you are more likely to lose one or two. Heavier bales don’t move around as much...
"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
06/05/2017 at 22:12, STARS: 0
Same here, always wore a t-shirt. I still generally wear pants when I work in the yard and my wife always asks why
"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
06/05/2017 at 22:13, STARS: 0
Haha I wish. I was not a ladies man in my youth
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/05/2017 at 22:38, STARS: 0
Ouch.
"ateamfan42" (ateamfan42)
06/06/2017 at 09:55, STARS: 1
For the 2nd layer, we used to run a row longitudinally down the center, which pushes the lateral bales out over the bed sides a bit more. This gives a wider base for layer 3. We had one guy work for us that I think could get 75 bales on a pickup this way-- and we usually didn’t have ropes (but we were generally only transporting a few miles down the road).