No Hydraulics Gooseneck Hay Hauler
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"It lets me haul 14 bales at speeds of 50 to 60 mph behind my pickup and then dump them all at once with no need for hydraulics," says James Donner, Newfane, N.Y., about the gooseneck hay hauler he built on a mobile home chassis.
The 24-ft. long bale handler is fitted with two long bale cradles - one on either side - that can be dumped one at a time or together. An 8,500-lb. electric winch, mouthed at the front of the trailer, provides power to dump the trailer via steel cable that's threaded back through pulleys on the trailer chassis. There's a 12-volt battery on front of the trailer to power the winch. Donner hooks the battery up to the generator on the pickup so it re-charges on-the-go.
He built a gooseneck hitch to mount on front of the trailer so he can pull it with his pickup. The bale-carrying cradles are made out of 2-in. dia. steel pipe and angle iron.
Donner loads the trailer from the back, sliding the bales on with his front-end loader and pushing all the loaded bales forward until the trailer is full. He can get seven 4-ft. bales on each side.
"When I dump, the bales land on the ground in straight rows so it's easy to make two long continuous rows of bales," says Donner.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, James A. Donner, 2784 Beebe Rd., Newfane, N.Y.14108 (ph 716751-6290).
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No Hydraulics Gooseneck Hay Hauler HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Bale Handling (5) 18-1-11 "It lets me haul 14 bales at speeds of 50 to 60 mph behind my pickup and then dump them all at once with no need for hydraulics," says James Donner, Newfane, N.Y., about the gooseneck hay hauler he built on a mobile home chassis.
The 24-ft. long bale handler is fitted with two long bale cradles - one on either side - that can be dumped one at a time or together. An 8,500-lb. electric winch, mouthed at the front of the trailer, provides power to dump the trailer via steel cable that's threaded back through pulleys on the trailer chassis. There's a 12-volt battery on front of the trailer to power the winch. Donner hooks the battery up to the generator on the pickup so it re-charges on-the-go.
He built a gooseneck hitch to mount on front of the trailer so he can pull it with his pickup. The bale-carrying cradles are made out of 2-in. dia. steel pipe and angle iron.
Donner loads the trailer from the back, sliding the bales on with his front-end loader and pushing all the loaded bales forward until the trailer is full. He can get seven 4-ft. bales on each side.
"When I dump, the bales land on the ground in straight rows so it's easy to make two long continuous rows of bales," says Donner.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, James A. Donner, 2784 Beebe Rd., Newfane, N.Y.14108 (ph 716751-6290).
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