Drawing silage bales.....with a jeep

Muckit

Was coming out of galway city yesterday and seen a lad drawing silage bales behind a jeep.

He'd an Isuzu (bonnet to the sky:rolleyes:) towing a 16' flatbed IW loaded with EIGHT bales of silage on the back!!

vanderbadger

very dodgy, dont know how they got that many on a trailer, stopping might be a bit hairy, jesus you would feel 8 bales behind you in a tractor no to talk of jeep

jeff greene

Its OK he has his EB license :rolleyes: What he needs is an 20’ trailer, then he can draw 11 bales:D

God its amazing the chances some lads take, I heard of a lad that brought a side spreader home with his Pajero with just it thrown on the ball hitch

ihatetractors

Know a fella who once pulled a 2.5 ton rock breaker,1.5 ton mechanical ja and a few digging buckets on a 3 aaxel IW on a landcruiser to Dublin

pakalasa

This was in Ireland too;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCR4UOCI9ZA

Muckit

Well the bales could easily be half a tonne each X 8 .... 4 tonnes:rolleyes:, then there's the weight of the trailer itself, so he would be at least 500-1000kg over the legal towing capacity of the jeep/trailer combo.

I wouldn't like to be going down a hill with it! I just thought it was brazen driving through the city and coppers everywhere!:rolleyes:

Figerty

Know a guy who pulled a three tonne minidigger in a trailer behind a Ford Mondeo!!!

Butcher Boy

hi lads hi have a new 3 axel 14 ft i w cow box i take 6 700 to 800 kg cows to the factory no bother on a toyota landcruser no bother with good brakes on cowbox

pakalasa

Pulling is one thing, stopping in an emergency is a completely different story.:D
One thing though when towing cattle is to have them well packed in. You're better off with the extra weight, even if it goes over the legal limit. Loose cattle and you'll do a bit of 'snaking' along the road.
We've taking some mad chances here I can tell you over the years.:rolleyes:
We had one of the wheels from the trailer overtake us one day.....and about 40 miles from home too, to make it worst.

kay 9

Muckit wrote: »

Was coming out of galway city yesterday and seen a lad drawing silage bales behind a jeep.

He'd an Isuzu (bonnet to the sky:rolleyes:) towing a 16' flatbed IW loaded with EIGHT bales of silage on the back!!

Probably the same fella that tows the Ex60 behind the trooper. He's known and laughed at everywhere.

Dupont

i remember we took a 12t dump trailer and the bottom of it full with water behind a 88 toyota hiace cos it was a long draw and would have been quicker than the tractor.was chating to a farmer that night who we saw in the field and he looked around just as we went behind a ditch. he said he saw this trailer going down the road but when he looked in front he couldnt see no tractor pulling it:eek::p

stanflt

Muckit wrote: »

Was coming out of galway city yesterday and seen a lad drawing silage bales behind a jeep.

He'd an Isuzu (bonnet to the sky:rolleyes:) towing a 16' flatbed IW loaded with EIGHT bales of silage on the back!!

probably haylage-no heavier than a bale of hay:rolleyes: