BearKiller

The trouble with buying roll hay is that they can roll up a lot of crap and it still looks good.

Also, on a long haul, you can't get near the total-digestible-nutrient content per load with roll hay as compared to good square bales.

This makes it necessary to make more trips for the same amount of usable feed.

Don't even consider roll hay that isn't stored inside from day one.

Outside hay, all you get is mold.

riata_ag

You shoudl have no problems with your 2500..............Yes, as you can see in my little picture I drive a flatbed dually, but back in 2002 I bought a 2500 single wheel and I hauled over 2000 round bales one summer with that truck 15 bales at a time.......15 x 1100=16,500+7200(32' trailer)=23,700 lbs.

I don't know about about the newer trucks but the springs were so stiff on my '02 that I had absolutely no problems with this load.....in the field or on the highway at 70 mph.................

keep in mind that the ground is pretty flat here in Texas.............I couldn't pull that much weight through the hills of central kentucky...........

I did notice the rear tires wearing a little faster than with my dually's.......I think that can be expected given the weight placed on single tires........

Its broad as it is long...........buy four rear tires at one time versus buying 2 rear tires twice as often................

Good Luck with your hay.........................

need12v

I don't mess with hay, but I haul some straw every now and again, and the best way I've found is a 48' Van behind the aeromax. 502 bales and I could have put another stack in, just didn't need them.
I'm thinking about hauling some straw soon though. Might pay for that EZ and set of injectors I want pretty bad...

DodgeCowboy

Here is one of many of the loads of straw i haul for the store as you can see someone took the bigger tarp out of the box. this load was four bales high x 14 long with a total of 112 bales at about 85lbs a bale at the tall end of 4 tons.

Dusty Ratcliff

where in Va are ya goin'???? just curious & seems like everyone else already covered all the hay haulin ?'s, so I just thought I'd say hi, & see if I might know where you were gettin the hay????? Dusty

0425004x4

Dusty, I get it from a guy up towards the mountains, can't remembe the name but I am not getting it now, it will be later in the year that I am talking about getting it. Thanks for all the help and advice guys.

TRCM

hay's a lot cheaper up north. like 2 bucks or less a bale.

I have considered getting a load or two to bring down here and sell.....

BearKiller

Hay is a bulky commodity that will soon eat itself in a truck bill.

Let's say that hay is going for $4.50/bale in Viet Nam, KY.

It can be bought for $1.75/bale in Hong Kong, TN.

It is 275 miles one way from Hong Kong, TN to Viet Nam, KY.

Your trailer can haul 200 bales and gooseneck trucking is paying $2.50/loaded-mile.

Before you load a bale, the trucking is worth $687.50.

Profit of $2.75/bale on 200 bales = $550

Trucking of $687.50 less profit on hay of $550 = loss of $137.50.

You would be better off to pay the higher price at home.

0425004x4

The high price at home is around $10-14 per bale for premium Alfalfa hay. NC does not produce Alfalfa hay so the high price at home is not worth it in anyway when I can buy it for $3.00 per bale in VA. You would be right if I lived somewhere else, but where I am, all the hay comes from up North.

DodgeCowboy

Try running a feed store yo udont even want to know how many loads of straw and alfalfa and grass hay i go though a year it is crazy and now iam at the point were iam down to my last 130 bales of alfalfa iam out of grass hay and on the hunt to find some tell my main guy gets his cut this summer and i have about 1400 bales of straw left.

TRCM

I agree Bearkiller...IF the prices are that close. But they aren't.

Well, like was said, if you can buy it at $1 - 2 per bale, and sell it at $10-12 per bale...

and alfalfa is even more of a profit margin.

if I was to do it, it'd be for me, not for some trucking company.

I can fit 250 bales on the trailer @ let's say 2 bucks each = $500

The trip would take me about 300 bucks in fuel & food = $ 800 total spent

250 bales @ only 8 bucks each = $ 2000

$ 2000 - $ 800 costs = $ 1200 profit

If sold for $ 10 per bale, the profit goes up to $ 1700

Lrdchaos

Holy Crap....that's a lot of firewood in your gallery.....

blackdiesel

those pics were taken in the fall. there was approx 175 cord (128 sq. ft) and its ALL gone. i cannot believe that the lodge it sold it to burnt all of that.

texaspower19

we aint got no hay at home, but my grandpa pattend way to bale up cotton burs about amonth ago. the cows dont like it very well but it keeps them alive.

Iron Mike

Here is one of many of the loads of straw i haul for the store as you can see someone took the bigger tarp out of the box. this load was four bales high x 14 long with a total of 112 bales at about 85lbs a bale at the tall end of 4 tons.[/QUOTE]
85lb bales of straw . Are they wet?