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Hauling a square baler

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Farmboy

04-17-2002 13:43:13




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I need advice. I am going to look at baler about 50 miles from home. I hate the idea of dragging it home from that far. Will it fit on a 16 foot trailer?? Any advice would be appreciated.




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Barney-South Ga.

04-23-2002 05:28:36




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 Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Farmboy, 04-17-2002 13:43:13  
Sorry for the double post! I don't know how I did that!



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Barney-South Ga.

04-23-2002 05:26:46




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 Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Farmboy, 04-17-2002 13:43:13  
When I haul a square baler it's because I have to go more than 50-75 miles. When I do, I back the baler up on a trailer with the plunger/flywheel side tire down on the edge of the bed of the trailer, and a ramp on the other side of the trailer so the smaller wheel will have enough lift to clear the trailer. When the baler is far enough on the trailer,I place some very square and flat wooden blocks on the trailer at the edge under the axle of the pickup assembly.I then block up under the pickup side of the baler. I jack the pickup side of the baler up just enough to remove the ramp which of course is positioned on the ground besides the trailer on the drivers side. I then chain everything down and cross chain again. I tighten everything good with chain bucks. I try to place my chain bucks so I can watch them from my mirrows if possible. Now you have your baler loaded and the overhang is on the drivers side. This has two unique advantages: 1. You can see the overhang easily so if any shifting of the load is encountered, you will probaly see it in the highest and lightest part of the baler first-the pickup section. 2. You can safely meet on- coming traffic because you don't have to guess if your knocking over mailboxes or bridge railings, You are able to drive toward the edge of the road watching the over hang line up with the center line of the highway. One more important note. I always stop and check my load binders after I've started and went a few miles or if I've encounted rough road. I have never had a problem with the Ga State Patrol when hauling this way. The baler is only hanging over a small amount if you consider the width of the highways, so it's not wider than the highway is what I'm saying. I think everyone that has replied to you about this is correct except for one neg. comment, and it's plain to see he don't have a clue. Good luck and have fun! I love to haul balers!

Baney-South Ga.

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Barney-South Ga.

04-23-2002 05:24:33




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 Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Farmboy, 04-17-2002 13:43:13  
When I haul a square baler it's because I have to go more than 50-75 miles. When I do, I back the baler up on a trailer with the plunger/flywheel side tire down on the edge of the bed of the trailer, and a ramp on the other side of the trailer so the smaller wheel will have enough lift to clear the trailer. When the baler is far enough on the trailer,I place some very square and flat wooden blocks on the trailer at the edge under the axle of the pickup assembly.I then block up under the pickup side of the baler. I jack the pickup side of the baler up just enough to remove the ramp which of course is positioned on the ground besides the trailer on the drivers side. I then chain everything down and cross chain again. I tighten everything good with chain bucks. I try to place my chain bucks so I can watch them from my mirrows if possible. Now you have your baler loaded and the overhang is on the drivers side. This has two unique advantages: 1. You can see the overhang easily so if any shifting of the load is encountered, you will probaly see it in the highest and lightest part of the baler first-the pickup section. 2. You can safely meet on- coming traffic because you don't have to guess if your knocking over mailboxes or bridge railings, You are able to drive toward the edge of the road watching the over hang line up with the center line of the highway. One more important note. I always stop and check my load binders after I've started and went a few miles or if I've encounted rough road. I have never had a problem with the Ga State Patrol when hauling this way. The baler is only hanging over a small amount if you consider the width of the highways, so it's not wider than the highway is what I'm saying. I think everyone that has replied to you about this is correct except for one neg. comment, and it's plain to see he don't have a clue. Good luck and have fun! I love to haul balers!

Baney-South Ga.

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3020MSS

04-19-2002 18:36:13




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 Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Farmboy, 04-17-2002 13:43:13  
Just wanted to add my two cents on this. I have bought two N.H. in the past couple years. I to have tried to figure out how. I have a 8 by 18 trailer but the wheels on the smallest baler I hauled back would have been off both sides. I always thought rigin something up that would slide under wheels and drag or whatever it on with a winch or cumalong. But you know what...I pulled both behind truck. one 25 miles the other 50 miles. I didnt go any faster than 35 and stopped couple times to check wheel bearings. If you tow it GREESE THOSE Bearings first. Not so bad towing by the time you spend the time to get one up and on a trailer and off again you could be well on your way home.. TRUST ME...

Take care...Happy baling

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Ken Goth (MO)

04-18-2002 10:50:29




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 Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Farmboy, 04-17-2002 13:43:13  
When I bought my 24T from my father-in-law's neighbor my intent was to just pull it the 80 miles home. Once I started though, anything over 10 mph caused it to really start swaying. Ended up towing to father-in-law's house 3 miles away, then having another neighbor with a BIG JD loader lift it onto my 7' x 16' tandem axle trailer. The trailer had a 12" high angle iron rail around it. We loaded it facing forward so the knotter/plunger side was sitting on its tire just inside the trailer and let the pickup side rest the axle on the rail (hung over the fender about 18"). Hauled it home and I had a farmer neighbor use his derrick digger to lift off. Worked pretty good.

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Mark A

04-18-2002 05:51:21




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 Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Farmboy, 04-17-2002 13:43:13  
Just pull the thing home, dont complicate things!!!



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shoe

04-17-2002 22:10:12




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 Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Farmboy, 04-17-2002 13:43:13  
If it's just fifty miles home, I don't think I would mess with a trailer. Balers pull behind a pickup real well at forty to fifty miles per hour.
When the tongue is slid over it's not over nine feet wide. Hook on to it and go.



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Rick from Paso

04-17-2002 22:05:25




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 Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Farmboy, 04-17-2002 13:43:13  
I hauled my IH 55W home 40-50 miles behind my old pick-em up truck. My wife drove the suburban behind with the flashers on. It went from the center yellow line to the very edge of the road. Just go slow, put your Slow Moving vehicle sign on the back and you'll be just fine.



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Jerry D in NC

04-17-2002 16:50:31




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 Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Farmboy, 04-17-2002 13:43:13  
What I have seen done is to back the baler sideways onto a flat bed trailer and take the tongue off. Most balers can have the tongue removed with a couple of bolts. Back the baler onto the side of the trailer and tie her down.



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rem

04-18-2002 03:35:02




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 Re: Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Jerry D in NC, 04-17-2002 16:50:31  
When hauling on the ground surface, grease the wheels good a couple of time during the 50 miles.
Good Luck,



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John in Maryland

04-17-2002 16:22:05




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 Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Farmboy, 04-17-2002 13:43:13  
I hauled a 9' New Holland hay mower conditioner about 65 miles from where we bought it, on some very narrow roads. I had to get a police escort across the bridge from VA to Md, had to shut the bridge down. Not too bad really, narrow roads were interesting, but suprisinly worse than downtown Fredricksburg. I put a yellow strobe light on top of the pickup to try to alert oncoming traffic that I was over the yellow line, by a good foot or so, might consider that.

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gy3020

04-17-2002 16:10:05




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 Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Farmboy, 04-17-2002 13:43:13  
As said before the width of the machine would be the deciding factor. The length of the trailer would be fine. Do you know someone who might have a gooseneck flatbed with a 8foot wide bed? Maybe you could work out some kind of hauling deal for a trade of some kind.



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Jim.UT

04-17-2002 15:05:36




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 Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Farmboy, 04-17-2002 13:43:13  
When I bought my first baler (3 years ago) I dragged it home 230 miles. You're right, it wasn't fun. I think I could do 50 miles.



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Big Jim

04-17-2002 14:52:26




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 Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Farmboy, 04-17-2002 13:43:13  
If you have a standard trailer that is 84 inches wide between the fenders, it will definitely fit. You will need a couple of chains with load binders on them. Make sure you get all the slack out of chain and the load binders are TIGHT. Use a pipe extension on the load binder to pull it real tight. The tires should squat down slightly on the baler when you're pulling on the load binder.



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RickB.

04-17-2002 17:08:40




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 Re: Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Big Jim, 04-17-2002 14:52:26  
I don't know what kind of baler you are talking about, but any small square baler I've seen except the Hesston centerline balers won't come close to fitting both wheels on an 8' trailer, much less a 7'.



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Jerry A.

04-17-2002 14:39:40




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 Re: hauling a square baler in reply to Farmboy, 04-17-2002 13:43:13  
Make sure you get the exact measurements of the width. I was contemplating buying a decent old JD square baler from my uncle's estate sale and hauling it home (about 200 miles). The darn thing was VERY wide. The guy I talked to about the load wasn't sure how he would even put it on his trailer (I think new ones are shipped in a vertical position and not completely assembled either). Even angling it on the trailer wouldn't help. I opted to get one locally instead.

Pulling it home would be a pain, but could be much better than foolin' around trying to mount it on a trailer.

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