hay haulage

hayman21

im curious as to how many small square bales of hay you could fit on a 30 ft long 8 ft 3 wide flatbed truck....thinking of buying hay this summer and would to have an idea what the truck would carry....i accept theres no exact answer as bale sizes vary but all information would be much appreciated....thanks

Johnnyr

The dimension of a small square bale is 14" high, 18" deep and usually 36" in length. However length is adjustable, so may vary.
Based on your truck dimensions you could fit 54-60 per row. So if you have 8 rows, then ca.450 bales.
Number of rows will depend on how stable the load is and also if there are any low briges, utility wires, big branches, etc. on your route.
Get an experienced person to give you a hand making load, as its no fun loosing part of the load, especially now as there is so much traffic on the road.

reilig

hayman21 wrote: »

im curious as to how many small square bales of hay you could fit on a 30 ft long 8 ft 3 wide flatbed truck....thinking of buying hay this summer and would to have an idea what the truck would carry....i accept theres no exact answer as bale sizes vary but all information would be much appreciated....thanks

You'll find it hard to get small square bales to buy now because of the labour involved in stacking them, loading them and taking them off. The majority of hay sellers will have round bales or large square bales with a suitable machine to load them. Also, the majority of farmers buying hay don't want to have to handle small square bales because they have tractors and facilities to feed larger bales.

You'll fit 14 4x4 round bales on the flat of your trailer. You should easily bring 3 rows. that's 42 round bales or equivalent to over 600 square bales (taking that there is an average of 15 square bales per round bale)

Casinoking

From someone who has drawn an awful lot of square bales over the years, If you build them properly you'll get 45 bales on a row on that truck. I wouldn't go a whole lot more than 8 rows which will give you 360 bales. I make some square bales too depending on demand if that's any use!!

hayman21

thanks for the reply lads.its all a help.....wouldnt be doing it to make a lump of money out of it,just do it for a few people in the locality....im from mayo and there seems to be a fairly high demand for small square bales....its probably half and half between them and round bales....neway men thanks again

ruxpin82

a bit off topic , but still.......

check out this link, takes the work out of small bales:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eku5MlKJOiM&feature=related