Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Can a Ford F150 haul a Round Bale of Hay?

But you're leaving out the most important part:


It's not really a matter of whether or not it can handle the weight.

If you have ever moved large bales of hay, you know it's not all that easy to do with any precision

Putting it in the bed of a truck usually means using a front end loader that can't reach far enough from the back, and will have an even harder time loading from the side

I don't give a crap if my trailer gets banged up

I solved the problem by finding someone who would deliver the bales for just a little more per bale

Just because I had a picture.

For $500-$700, you can buy a little 5x8 or 6x10 trailer to haul the hay. You'll get 22 mpg out of a 1/2 ton, vs. 14-15 out of a 3/4 ton during daily driving, so you'll still come out way ahead over 5-10 years. Plus, the trailer will be easier to load and unload.

If you could somehow work a question about purchasing a chainsaw into this thread, we could hit 10 pages easy....

I watched a guy put a bumper pull backhoe trailer on an F150 King Ranch, short bed 4x4. There had to be 2000# tongue weight alone. I would have killed him if he had done this to my truck. The bumper was 6" off the road! Hauled the trailer with a big truck on it 20 miles with no apparent damage! I would say a round bale is no problem on an occasional basis. I wouldn't put one in my Ranger but my F250 no problem!

I would not worry about loading or driving it, but unloading it without bending, scratching, breaking or torquing something would be the exception rather than the rule.

FWIW, I run a 1,600 lb tote for deliveries in my Tacoma all the time, no problem. Rent it out and never had a pickup with problems hauling it.

Well, except the woman with the 16 year old son who refused to strap it in and then hit the brakes hard. She needed a new rear window......

Yes.

I've had 1/3 to nearly 1/2 cord of oak on an F150. I'd not be concerned about a round bale.

I once bought lumber for my shop from a yard 75 miles away.....I hauled it home and checked the weight on the certified scales of the local grain elevator....the weight of the lumber was 3,800 pounds....I went slow and it was "uphill" all the way.....I don't recommend this but I did it!

That is a LOAD for a 1/2 ton, damn!

But weight isn't the problem with a round bale, (possibly)beating the sides out is.