Pallet-box for pickup bed?

[coachgeo]

Other option is a home built loading dock, so a regular pallet will suffice

http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23850

(ps- info originally posted in this thread but moved to not hijack this one.)

 

[sheepfarmer]

Armylifer, checked out those links, and that is a cool way of lifting things in and out of a truck and has the advantage of not having to build a box and not having to have pallet forks right away. Thanks!

 

[D2Cat]

Looks to me like Armylifer has an ideal solution to your problem. It's simple, cost effective, safe. Just need to find a "box" that fits your needs for materials being hauled.

Use those totes for water!! I know folks who set 3 or 4 up side by side and run their gutter downspouts into them. Then siphon water to their animals.

 

[armylifer]

I also use that bucket hitch for moving trailers around on my property. It is easier to place my travel trailer in it's parking spot because I can do it without craning my neck to see what is happening behind me. Especially since the travel trailer is so much wider than my BX1860.

 

[sheepfarmer]

Looks to me like Armylifer has an ideal solution to your problem. It's simple, cost effective, safe. Just need to find a "box" that fits your needs for materials being hauled.

Use those totes for water!! I know folks who set 3 or 4 up side by side and run their gutter downspouts into them. Then siphon water to their animals.

My exact thoughts, but include some new veggie beds that are not near a hose bib!

 

[D2Cat]

Sheepfarmer, I just saw this in a Harbor Fgt. flyer for 169.99 and then they have a 20% off coupon. Thought it might be pretty handy for your project. Gives you a couple more options.

http://www.harborfreight.com/aluminum-mobility-wheelchair-and-scooter-carrier-67599.html

 

[LividTaco]

Granted I work construction and have access to a wide range of pallet types/sizes/materials, I threw together a brush/random crap box. Eventually I'll build one worth a crap but does what i need it to atm. But basically just a slightly longer pallet with fork lift spot in the middle of the long side. 2 4×4 on back, 2 2x4s on front corners, make as tall as you want, 1/2" plywood connecting 3 of the 4 sides (don't do front) This next part kinda critical if using as I do to dump big piles of brush/branches into a fire, is 2 additional 2x4s inside the box one on top one on bottom. 2 holes in each one and wrap 2 chains around ur forks through holes and back to forks on top and bottom. So basically u got a nice big dump box. Only issue I've encountered is weight problems so try and keep it light as possible and u can make it big for bulky items but dint get carried away loading it down with heavy stuff.

 

[D2Cat]

Well, I was strolling through Cl and found these. Look to be what so many want, but he can't get rid of them!!

https://kansascity.craigslist.org/grd/5525629446.html

 

[sheepfarmer]

Thanks D2, and I missed seeing the post on the tsc gadget, that kind of thing might be a quick solution. Been trying to figure out a quick way to run over to a neighbor's, about 2 miles, to carry hay back without using my truck which has a cap on it. Something that will lift up to the height of my hay loft, about 5 ft. Only 4 bales fit in my bucket. Usually we unload right off the hay wagon in the summer, but he has some extra, and it is already stacked in his barn. Never been able to figure out why so many young healthy guys PAY to lift weights at the gym, but are scarcer than hen's teeth when I'd be glad to pay them to lift and stack hay

 

[D2Cat]

" Never been able to figure out why so many young healthy guys PAY to lift weights at the gym, but are scarcer than hen's teeth when I'd be glad to pay them to lift and stack hay."

That right there is the reason the big round baler was invented.

Read up on Vermeer balers. A couple of neighboring farmers had a conversation where one of them was selling his cattle because he couldn't get any help with the hay. His buddy didn't want him to quit. He started out with an idea, made a cardboard model and then started fabricating.

When the first round baler was made, by Vermeer, it required a fence post to be put in the throat of the baler to get the hay to start to wrap. Well, the post became a part of the bale because it was wrapped in there tight.

When the bale was fed the post showed up again and was set aside to reuse for the next hay crop. The first 6' round bales were made by a 600 series baler. I've got a 605C that has to be an antique. It takes a special amount of patience to get the hay to start wrapping and to know when to quit and clean out what isn't going to wrap!

 

[BadDog]

Funny. First "real money" I ever earned was "bailing hay" as a boy. Started too young to handle most of the bails, but he found ways to put me to use. Got older, and answered every time he called me to help. Eventually I got bigger and was a major contributor alongside the other big 'ol corn fed boys out there. All in the hot AL sun, all day in the field following that flat bed and trailer around, with forearms that looked like they had been rubbed on a cheese grater all day (if you've bailed hay, you know), that was REAL work, and it didn't pay $15/hr...

 

[mdhughes]

When I was younger (back in the 70's), I got 1¢ a bail and lunch. I still help put up square bails, and I don't really get paid to do it, but I do enjoy it.

 

[Diydave]

" Never been able to figure out why so many young healthy guys PAY to lift weights at the gym, but are scarcer than hen's teeth when I'd be glad to pay them to lift and stack hay."

That right there is the reason the big round baler was invented.

Read up on Vermeer balers. A couple of neighboring farmers had a conversation where one of them was selling his cattle because he couldn't get any help with the hay. His buddy didn't want him to quit. He started out with an idea, made a cardboard model and then started fabricating.

When the first round baler was made, by Vermeer, it required a fence post to be put in the throat of the baler to get the hay to start to wrap. Well, the post became a part of the bale because it was wrapped in there tight.

When the bale was fed the post showed up again and was set aside to reuse for the next hay crop. The first 6' round bales were made by a 600 series baler. I've got a 605C that has to be an antique. It takes a special amount of patience to get the hay to start wrapping and to know when to quit and clean out what isn't going to wrap!

The first round baler was made by Allis Chalmers, back in the 40's, came from a farmer who invented it back in 1910. It was the basis for all those that followed. Although the bale was small, about 100 lbs, 36" by up to 25" in diameter, it could be left out in the field, for later removal, or just let the cows eat at will, in the winter. I used to take my 4 wheeler, and home-made snow plow, and push a pile of about 10, toward the center of the field. Then 10 from the other direction for a pile of about 20. Pull up between 2 piles, with a F-350 dump truck, and load 2 piles, pull forward, and get most of 1 more pile. Up to the barn, and dump. Pretty efficient for a 1 man show. You had to use 2 hay hooks, to handle them mothers.

Had a lot of fun, with my piece of history (hey, it was orange!) If my back was in better shape, I might still have it. Here is a little article, on the AC baler...

http://www.farmcollector.com/implements/spin-on-roto-baler-round-bales.aspx

 

[D2Cat]

Here's a story about Vermeer. From stump grinders to trenchers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=399GHxKMv48