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The cold dog thread turned into shade-tree Dr. Phil between the guys that post on here all day and a new guy.
It's the fuuckin' internet!
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Holy balls, how the [bleep] can a question about a bale of hay go on for so long. Many folk have a deep and abiding interest in watching grass grow. I find it fascinating myself.
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my chevy has that much weight on it everyday . 8ft bed ,ladder racks,front extra deep toolbox and 2 side boxes all loaded with tools. plus every inch behind the seat is full.
the guys that i see hauling round bails a lot tear the beds to pieces in a few years. i know of 2 farmers that have fords and the sides are ready to fall off the beds on both. a guy near me has one of those haybail forks mounted in the back of his chevy . he hauls them hanging off the back of the truck almost every day with a chevy. with all that weight hanging behind the bumper thats like having 2 bails in the bed.
put a whole pallet of deminsional shingles in the bed of a 8ft behind a toolbox . that will test your truck.
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So your Chevy is the F150 he's asking about?
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Often, I want to say, "Look what they've done to my thread Ma".
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What we need around here Richard is a lot more moderators to make sure these threads stay on topic!
Christ sakes now I'm gettin' all frothed up!
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Speaking of round bales, time to haul some.
Later.
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Buy a trailer if you don't want the truck to be damaged in the loading/unloading process
Handling the weight isn't as big a problem as getting it in and out without screwing up
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Holy balls, how the [bleep] can a question about a bale of hay go on for so long. maybe you're not a dumbass.
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Holy balls, how the [bleep] can a question about a bale of hay go on for so long. That's exactly what I thought before I even opened this thread... Now, if somebody would just post a question asking what chainsaw they need to buy to cut down an 8" apple tree, in their MIL's backyard, we would have a real thread! If it helps, I had a yard of gravel on my 1/2 ton Dodge once. Bwaahaaahaaa.
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A big difference in a 250 and a 150 is free floating axles and hubs vs. the semi floating ones on a 150. I have seen the axle housing bend from too much weight, misaligning the splines. Part if the equation is how much the load will spread to the front wheels also, AND how much does that bale weigh when you do something like hit a dip or berm in the road, or cross railroad tracks.
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What we need around here Richard is a lot more moderators to make sure these threads stay on topic!
Christ sakes now I'm gettin' all frothed up!
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Speaking of round bales, time to haul some.
Later. Better have a beer, Sam.
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Weight distribution is very important. There is a big difference between a single cab 8' bed and a four door with a shorter bed, in how the weight rides on the truck. A decent round bale is heavy and big you have little room to place it.
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he could keep the 250 for what he will get for it and use the 150 for show, the 150 will pack a good bale as long as bale does not spread the sides ,a 250 will pack 2 at a time depends on size a 350 will pack 3 1200 lb bales at a time if you have the balls to do it as I have done many times. my 350 right now has 125 gallons of diesel a 5th wh rack and a 48 36 by 30 tool box loaded to the hilt plus tire chains ,tow chains and a back seat loaded with tools , somewhere in the neighbourhood of 14000 lbs . that's a standard everyday load .norm
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Bump for further, deeper, harder.... discussion.
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You probably know someone with a flatbed trailer, the guy who you buy the hay off of? Pay him to haul all of it at once. 35 milesx2x6bales=420 miles for you. He will save you some money and a lot of time. If you cant move them this will not work.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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I hauled a BUNCH of them with my old '06 2wd V6 F150, dad hauls 'em with his (literally) falling apart '95 F150 all the time. I haul 'em for dad when he needs help with my '96 4x4...never had any problems moving them yet...(can't be that much of a job anyway, my younger brother hauls 'em for dad with a Dodge ).
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point is, any full size truck will haul a freakin bail of hay.its not a big load for any 1/2 ton pickup.
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In case anyone was wondering.....
Looking at those bales, I'm pretty sure I could get the whole thing in/tied to my Saturn. I'd have to take the bale apart and stuff it in by hand though and I would probably need a couple of big tarps and lots of rope.
Prob'ly wouldn't be able to use the mirrors either.
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You will be fine with a half ton as long as you dont mind seeing your bed sag. We have a guy on the farm that use to haul wet round bales home in his dakota. That was real funny looking.
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