Yuppies hauling hay

[Callieslamb]

Our first load of hay ever. Okay, so we don't have all the equipment we would like to have for the job. Fortunately, two neighbors came over and saved our bacon. They helped us with the last 3 loads.



okay, how do you make a picture larger? Okay, you can check it out on my blog....http://ourspotec.blogspot.com/

[foxtrapper]

Neighbors of ours had a little trailer like that, and a minivan. They worked the heck out of that trailer. It's a very viable alternative to having a pickup truck.

[Countrystyle]

We've had to do similar things over the years. One year I had to haul 300#'s of feed every week with a MG Midget (a 2 seater car for you young folks) The guy at the feed store was surprised every week that it was still running. Nice to have neighbors like that!

[seagullplayer]

I saw a new Ford Focus in a hay field last night, I wondered what they where doing, maybe now I know...

[Caitedid]

Have a friend with a 4 door Civic hybrid - he had to stop on the side of the interstate to buckle in his 800# of feed because the seatbelt warning light kept coming on. Told him he should get some real friends!

[Elsbet]

hehe! We have a kia minivan, a very new used car. It has hauled EVERYTHING- straw, hay, bags of manure, plants, goats... I <3 our yuppy-mobile.

[CountryWannabe]

My '97 Plymouth van hauls everything, too. Feed, Hay, critters...

Mary

[mistletoad]

So what type of van is that and how many bales was it hauling?

[Homesteadwi5]

Last fall/winter I blew the motor on my truck,hauled firewood for two months with our ford windstar.The seats come out so you can actually get a pretty good load in it.

[myheaven]

I use my porshe aka dodge carevan to haul everthing!!! matter of fact I will be picking up a new boar on the 6th of july and he will be hauled in my van. i have a trailor for it but im not good backing it so i just flip the seats and shove stuff in.

[Callieslamb]

And here I thought I was doing something new! I should have known. A to everyone that just makes due. We are talking about getting something that can move the large round bales for us for the next cutting........

[Silvercreek Farmer]

A 2003 Sienna or a 1997 Civic with a 4x8 trailer has hauled everything we have ever brought to the farm.

[Kmac15]

you can get 4 bags of feed and a square bale of hay in a GEO Tracker.
The only draw back is getting the bits of hay out of the carpet.

[watcher]

I knew I was with my kind of people. I've hauled all kinds of things (a goat but no pigs) in my mini van. As well as hay and feed in my Ford Focus.

[Goat Servant]

Callieslamb just get yourself a honkin sheet or two of plywood. Attach some wheels & your ready to roll.
Oh, dont forget the duct tape.
You must if you havent already, watch one or two Red Green Shows before attempting this.

[hunter63]

Use to hunt on a framers land, he was hauling feed in his Lincoln Continental, kind of laughed at him, said that it had A/c, and the truck didn't, and they make brand new Lincolns every day.
Guess it doesn't matter what you use, you use what you have....................

[Callieslamb]

Originally Posted by mistletoad

So what type of van is that and how many bales was it hauling?

Honda Odyssey - it was hauling 23 very light bales the first trip - about 45 on the last load. We didn't want to over load it and started off very cautiously - meaning we didn't know quite how to stack it the first load...LOL!

[Callieslamb]

Originally Posted by Goat Servant

Callieslamb just get yourself a honkin sheet or two of plywood. Attach some wheels & your ready to roll.
Oh, dont forget the duct tape.
You must if you havent already, watch one or two Red Green Shows before attempting this.

Have we moved from Bailing wire to duct tape now on fix it projects?

[MariaAZ]

We haul feed, building material... pretty much everything in our '73 Datsun 240Z. Although the car is a two seater, that rear deck is might spacious. Several weeks ago we picked up a tree, about 7' tall in the pot, that came home in our car with DH driving and me squished on the passenger side. If we hadn't been bringing home a bunch of bamboo plants at the same time, we could have closed the hatch.

We could easily fit a bale of hay back there, but I'm too concerned about bending the bottom edge of the hatch opening with the bale to let DH give that a try.

However, the guys at the feed store recognize us now...

[FarmboyBill]

I had a VW Fasback. I would put in 2 or 3 bags of rabbit feed, I couldnt shut the hood, which was in front. I would tie it down against the bag kinda hanging out. It looked like a big dog with a bone in its mouth. That was in the late 70s