I'm looking at carrying a ton of hay in my truck and wondering if I need my trailer or if that can be loaded in the bed. Worst case scenario is 80lb bales so 25 bales total. Thoughts?

 

idk.... my dad has a 6x10 trailer made back when the utility trailers was worth somethin instead of this crap they make today

any way we put 62 square bales on it alot of weight.... and it squated it a little but any way he pulled it with his 96 explorer no problem but we wasnt going far like 500 feet tops

u talking about 2,000 pounds roughly but i doubt getting that many on there

i think ur ok to haul it

 

the most I ever put in a pickup bed was 48 bales and it was stacked above the cab. each bale was about 50-60 lbs and this was on a f250 2wd and it did fine.

 

I just bought a half ton of hay to get our quarter horse through until the next hay harvest. They were 90 lb., 3-string bales, and our truck hauled 12 of those without even even breaking the plane of the cab roof.

Come June, when the hay is being baled around here, we'll be buying a ton and a half. I have a trailer that used to be the rear frame and bed of a Dodge D350 1-ton. Last year we put a ton on it and barely compressed the springs; we towed it with my wife's Rover, and although it was stacked a little high, it towed well enough. This year we'll put 3/4 ton in the trailer, and 3/4 ton in the back of the "new" truck. It should drive and tow very easily.

Scott

 

My 1989 4x4 supercab has a GVW of 8800lbs. Canopy misalliance junk and Myself I have weight of 6500lbs.
I see no reason why you couldn't just watch your axle weight.

 

I'm not worried about the weight. I'm trying to figure out if it's possible to stack 1 ton of hay in the bed of the truck space wise.

 

Without side rakes, I could stack 55 bales on my 01 f-150. The bales were made by an older John Deere baler, they were, at most 50 pounds. I think that I could've gotten more on there if I had longer tie down straps. I think that if I did it right, I could probably get 70 on there, but then the weight would start being the issue.

 

I've had 40 50 lb bales on my 93 F150. Before I bought it the previous owner had just upgraded the rear suspension to pull a travel trailer. The springs went a bit flat but it hauled with decent stability on I85 in central NC.

 

I also had 2 - 800 lb round baled in the bed of the F150. A ton of hay in bales will stack a bit over the cab height but tie down straps and tieing the bales together on the top and sides will keep things under control.

 

We don't haul hay in our 1/2 ton, but when we need to do some hauling, this is how it's done. Sorry for the crappy cell phone picture, but I'll remember to take a better one next time.

 

Thanks for the advice. These bales will be in the 80-100lb range according to the supplier. It varies based of what they get in. I'll have to give them another call before I go and ask him what he thinks about stacking that much in there.

 

I have picked up hay with 8 ft bed chevys and fords for almost a decade now and I will tell you a ton isnt the problem . The problem will be the tightness of the bales and how they satck, how far you are driving & how fast.

I would stack about 2500 lbs on my 03 f350 SD and woud use the wide ratchet straps (2) to secure it all.

 

I agree with Green Monster. I have hauled up to 54 bales (2 string/60 lbs) with a tight stack and tailgate down. Would want an F250 though. You just have to do a good job stacking tight. If you are going on any major highways it is best to strap them down somehow. That way you don't have to worry about any flying off the top or losing any off the side going around corners.

 

I've had a ton of hay in 80-100lb bales in the back of an F250 more times than I care to count. It can be done real easy. One row down the center on the bottom, then double up the next 2 rows (2 bales side by side across the bed- they will hang over the bed rails some), and a single row on top to tie it together. As long as the roads aren't real bumpy or windy it will hold together like that without any twine. If you have little mirrors it will be hard to see around but still doable.