Hauling round bales?
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TWO GUNS
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Don't know how big ya'll round bales of hay are up there, but down here, I don't think they will even fit into a RTV, but if they do, that center of gravity would be spooky. </P>
The wise thing to do is get a small trailer, and pull 'em down the road. That would do it !!!</P>
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The wise thing to do is get a small trailer, and pull 'em down the road. That would do it !!!</P>
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Hi Doggman, If you are talking about the big round bales, I would say not to do it . Out hay was dense and weighed about 1600 lbs a roll. Among other things,it would probably spread out the sides of the bed. Then when you spear it with the the spear on the tractor loader,to take it off , you would have to push to get the spear in . I think this would be rough on the unit. There are some smaller round balers out there and I don't know what they weight bales they put out. The big ones I was talking are about 5 feet tall. We quit feeding big bales when we got the feed/mixer wagons.These are each connected to a dedicated tractor. Now we get 18 wheeler loads of corn gluten from Memphis ,the same of cotton seed and gin mote. {Stored under the big barn} I load this with the Cat 252B.We add minerals, mix and drive by troughs we made out of split big oilfield pipe {weighs 86 lbs a foot after split } and auger the mixed feed out.I made lanes around the troughs with electric fencing and run the cows out with the RTV when they are though eating . This is how we can farm amost a 1,000 acres with just us 3 and we have free time. and have nice looking animals.We use to have 2 hired hands when we did the hay.Using the RTV and feed wagons made a big difference here but just not with big hay bales. I sprayed selective herbicide on so much pasture with the RTV that we didn't even use the clipper this year. Now you neighbor would love that idea.Good Luck, Bordercollie[&]
doggman
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I should have stated that these are small round bales. I don't know the weight but they are short and squat. I bet they weigh under800 lbs. There's no doubt they'll fill up the whole bed and be hanging out over the sides a bit. I guess we'll just size it up and see. </P>
Up here in the hardscrabble Missouri Ozarks we're still raising beef cattleusing theprehistoric ways. Open range closed only 50 years ago and lots of the old families are just getting the news. Round bales are the new thing and high school boys still make summer money putting up square bales in the lofts. If I mentioned "gluten" to my neighbors they'd think think it was something you do when you lick the flap on an envelope...</P>
Bordercollie, my girlfriend works for one of the biggest animal feed nutrition companies. They really have some remarkable supplements and minerals - and more coming down the pipe every day for ruminants and swine. (I was amazed that they measure the hatch-to-market time for poultry in days and hours. Every minute you can shave off that time is $$$.) The fact that you don'thaul hay is probably the way of the future. </P>
On the other hand I was in a store this week thatwas really promoting thenewest idea, best tasting beef ever - grass fed beef! We had a good laugh - but people were buying it. </P>
Up here in the hardscrabble Missouri Ozarks we're still raising beef cattleusing theprehistoric ways. Open range closed only 50 years ago and lots of the old families are just getting the news. Round bales are the new thing and high school boys still make summer money putting up square bales in the lofts. If I mentioned "gluten" to my neighbors they'd think think it was something you do when you lick the flap on an envelope...</P>
Bordercollie, my girlfriend works for one of the biggest animal feed nutrition companies. They really have some remarkable supplements and minerals - and more coming down the pipe every day for ruminants and swine. (I was amazed that they measure the hatch-to-market time for poultry in days and hours. Every minute you can shave off that time is $$$.) The fact that you don'thaul hay is probably the way of the future. </P>
On the other hand I was in a store this week thatwas really promoting thenewest idea, best tasting beef ever - grass fed beef! We had a good laugh - but people were buying it. </P>
Hi Doggman, I know what you mean. Until 7 yrs ago, We and the hired hands would go to the feed mill get ground corn, have it sacked in those big white sacks by the 100lbs and haul it home 10,000 lbs at a time. Then every fall, We hauled cotton seed in old silage wagons from the gin. This we would sack up in burlap sacks. Then we would load up the old pick up 3 X until the bumper was almost vertical and put it out in the troughs by the sack and bucket. It was dangerous as cows would push you aside to get the food. Then, we would use the tractor and put out the round bales in hayrings and would have craters in the pasture from the cows standing around the hay rings in wet weather. We also had some hay trailers made out of old cotton trailers and would just pull them around. This would even bog to the axle in wet weather and you probably know how tall they are.Haha the best thing that ever happened was when our help got arrested and we had to get mechanized. No help makes you do that. We have saved enough $ on salaries to pay for the used equipment we bought many times over.Plus, it doesn't get arrested .Haha! Good luck and let us know how it goes. I forgot to mention that the mechanized part includes this wonderful RTVused constantly on the farm for rounding up, tagging,fence fixing ..everything.. YES!!!!!!!!!!!! BORDERCOLLIE
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I've heard of guys doing it before without problems.
Yea Doggman that grass is a necessity ,I forgot to mention that we plant some winter grass Marshall Rye , for limited grazing. We divide that pasture into paddocks with temperary electric poly wire and plastic posts, and let the cows on for about 2 hrs a day then feed them with the wagons . After about 2 hrs a day they will still eat rye grassbut it will just waste if you know what I mean.We only feed wagon them when the native grass dies down.Ipush them off the rye with the RTV. Those cows will hearthe colliesyipping, see the RTV and just start leaving the rye. The dogs don't even leave the RTV after the first few times.Amazing ... Soon they will start leaving as soon as they see the RTV coming .they learn that. Good luck! bordercollie[&]
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I bet those cows got the rye scared out of them when they saw that the pooches grew a fast set of kick resistant wheels. </P>
I was sitting in the middle of the RTV one day fiddling with something and one of my Shelties, Lotus, jumped up on the seat behind the wheel - so wetook the opportunity to have adriving lesson. Word spread and now they both want to help with the driving duties. </P>
One of my photographer friends doctored up a comical picture of the dogs in the RTV. I'll see if I can find it and post it. </P>
One thing for sure is that the RTV will never replace is man's best friend. </P>
I was sitting in the middle of the RTV one day fiddling with something and one of my Shelties, Lotus, jumped up on the seat behind the wheel - so wetook the opportunity to have adriving lesson. Word spread and now they both want to help with the driving duties. </P>
One of my photographer friends doctored up a comical picture of the dogs in the RTV. I'll see if I can find it and post it. </P>
One thing for sure is that the RTV will never replace is man's best friend. </P>
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Doggman, I bet Kubota would like to see that picture too! Now that would sell some machines. and Two Guns, Thanks.! I intend to keep this RTV rolling alright .. Until "they "roll over me withthe dozer should "they" win.{ mentioned in a previous post} The folks like ya'll here at the forum area real plus for RTV owners... and I thank everyone.!! Bordercollie[&][&]