A good insurance policy. Don’t assume your homeowners will cover you. I’m glad you covered that first because even if your passengers don’t Sue you, their health insurance provider will.
Wow, many good points and oft overlooked. Yes I remember hay rides and yes the opportunity for unsafe acts did persist, people standing up while trailer was moving, thank THE LORD nothing happened. All great points and so often overlooked. GOOD JOB MIKE
When I was a kid, I fell off the back of the wagon and my boot somehow got hung up on the way down, so I was being dragged down the road. My Dad was driving the tractor and couldn't hear me yelling. It took awhile before I wanted to go near the tractor again! Be careful out there!
Yep, Mike, you have morphed into a real "kill-joy." My mom used to tell me not to put a Superman towel around my neck and jump off the top of the carport roof, not to run with scissors, not to play with snakes, not to eat dirt and not to get into rock fights with my brother. I did all of those things and I'm still alive and well. Ha. Seriously, all of your suggestions are excellent and well-presented. How much better things would be if we just used common sense. Take care.
A light bar would be great for my lawn tractor too because with the snow blower mounted on it during the winter, guess what's in the way of the headlights...yep the snow blower LOL. One problem with a light bar on the lawn tractor, where do you put it, there isn't a roll bar to get the light up high enough to do any good, mounting it on the snow blower would be a waste, with all the vibration and snow eventually it'll end up in the blower we all know that'll be our luck LOL. With my lawn tractor I think smaller cube type LED work lights mounted to the fenders would be the way to go. The magnetic light bar you featured here of course will work great on my sub-compact tractor's roll bar, and seems how its easily removable, can be taken off when not needed so its not getting caught by tree branches and such during the mowing season.
Mike, you also need to make sure you are using solid bales. Provides a much firmer and safer seat. I have rolled off a loosely packed bale while sitting on it.
This is bad advice mike. If you can haul your tractor with the trailer, then you need a 150 horse power tractor to safely pull that tractor. The compact tractors people watching your channel are not heavy enough to handle that type of trailer, even though they have plenty of power. Instead for a hay ride you want a hay rack - these have 4 wheels, one on each corner. You can't tow faster than 15mph - bad for on road use, but your hayride shouldn't be going nearly that fast. There is no tongue wight with these trailers, but you can haul several tons with a small tractor (if your brakes are up to it!)
Mike, this is very timely, as my daughter-in-law is wanting to bring her Girl Scout troop to our place for a camp out, and is wanting to have a hay ride. I'm going to have to check out these products. Thanks for the video!!!
Never tow a wagon of any kind downhill using a ball hitch on a three point drawbar unless you run a set of stabilizer bars from the drawbar to the top pin on the three point. The hitch can rotate on the ball and the whole drawbar goes up vertically and pushes up on the rear end of the tractor. This unloads the pressure your rear wheels are putting on the ground and you have a disaster. Stabilizer bars are a cheap investment at Tractor Supply or your dealer. Even then, I would never recommend towing a hayride down a steep hill as you pointed out. Towing a hayrack with a full size farm tractor and an experienced operator is one thing. Towing one with a CUT and a weekend warrior farmer is something else again.
Many hay rides now are done with purpose built trailers, or easily modified ones. With one way on, one way off, and sides built up so with bails placed around to sit on they act as a restraint from falling off. I find it hard to believe someone could be that dense as to have a trailer with kids on it at night with no lights. I am thinking they should never pro-create.
Mike, you in my opinion, need to change your terminology of stopping in 4wd. There are mo brakes on the front tires of our smaller tractors at least. Yes the front tires can provide extra traction and help control the speed, but stopping I disagree. If the rear losses traction, you have no brakes.
If you are locked into 4wd the brakes will transfer to the front wheels through the drive line. Some tractors automaticly engage 4wd when you apply the brakes.
Safety rails... Limit speed Route planning to stay out of traffic and away from potholes... If off road make sure it's smoothed and prepared for the ride. Get an electric brake controller and hook the trailer's brakes up.
Good advice all the way around. I need some help. I’ve got a 1962 International seed grain drill that I need to replace the disc on. They’re 13 1/2 inches OD and are concave. The bearings have gone out on the old ones. While there are many advertised, all seem to be flat instead of concave. Can you help point me in the right direction? Thks in advance!!!
Lindsey, that's out of my league. I wouldn't even know who to call for help on that one. Find a Case IH dealer in crop country with an elderly parts counter person. That's who can help you. Anyone under about 70 is too young. Good luck!
On a tractor it ain't gonna work I don't think? Well maybe depending on the tractor, that might be an option...don't have a fancy enough tractor to know LOL.
Lol don’t kid yourself, with today’s inattentive parents and low mean IQ of society overall, plus litigation happy bums, no hayride could be considered liability safe for the property/equipment owners.
A good insurance policy. Don’t assume your homeowners will cover you. I’m glad you covered that first because even if your passengers don’t Sue you, their health insurance provider will.
dead on target. Wisdom based on experience is priceless...you may have saved a few lives today.
Wow, many good points and oft overlooked. Yes I remember hay rides and yes the opportunity for unsafe acts did persist, people standing up while trailer was moving, thank THE LORD nothing happened. All great points and so often overlooked.
GOOD JOB MIKE
Hi Mike! Renee wants to add - tie down the bales.
When I was a kid, I fell off the back of the wagon and my boot somehow got hung up on the way down, so I was being dragged down the road. My Dad was driving the tractor and couldn't hear me yelling. It took awhile before I wanted to go near the tractor again! Be careful out there!
Yep, Mike, you have morphed into a real "kill-joy." My mom used to tell me not to put a Superman towel around my neck and jump off the top of the carport roof, not to run with scissors, not to play with snakes, not to eat dirt and not to get into rock fights with my brother. I did all of those things and I'm still alive and well. Ha.
Seriously, all of your suggestions are excellent and well-presented. How much better things would be if we just used common sense. Take care.
A light bar would be great for my lawn tractor too because with the snow blower mounted on it during the winter, guess what's in the way of the headlights...yep the snow blower LOL. One problem with a light bar on the lawn tractor, where do you put it, there isn't a roll bar to get the light up high enough to do any good, mounting it on the snow blower would be a waste, with all the vibration and snow eventually it'll end up in the blower we all know that'll be our luck LOL. With my lawn tractor I think smaller cube type LED work lights mounted to the fenders would be the way to go. The magnetic light bar you featured here of course will work great on my sub-compact tractor's roll bar, and seems how its easily removable, can be taken off when not needed so its not getting caught by tree branches and such during the mowing season.
Good job
Mike, you also need to make sure you are using solid bales. Provides a much firmer and safer seat. I have rolled off a loosely packed bale while sitting on it.
This is bad advice mike. If you can haul your tractor with the trailer, then you need a 150 horse power tractor to safely pull that tractor. The compact tractors people watching your channel are not heavy enough to handle that type of trailer, even though they have plenty of power.
Instead for a hay ride you want a hay rack - these have 4 wheels, one on each corner. You can't tow faster than 15mph - bad for on road use, but your hayride shouldn't be going nearly that fast. There is no tongue wight with these trailers, but you can haul several tons with a small tractor (if your brakes are up to it!)
I would mount the light bar IN the bucket of my SCUT. Then i could use the curl to aim closer or further out. Just an idea.
I like your tips on safety Mike.
Mike, this is very timely, as my daughter-in-law is wanting to bring her Girl Scout troop to our place for a camp out, and is wanting to have a hay ride. I'm going to have to check out these products. Thanks for the video!!!
I did the wet grass on a hill once , Almost jack knifed , Never again will i try that ever , It was with a 6500 lb tractor and smaller trailer.
Never tow a wagon of any kind downhill using a ball hitch on a three point drawbar unless you run a set of stabilizer bars from the drawbar to the top pin on the three point. The hitch can rotate on the ball and the whole drawbar goes up vertically and pushes up on the rear end of the tractor. This unloads the pressure your rear wheels are putting on the ground and you have a disaster.
Stabilizer bars are a cheap investment at Tractor Supply or your dealer.
Even then, I would never recommend towing a hayride down a steep hill as you pointed out.
Towing a hayrack with a full size farm tractor and an experienced operator is one thing. Towing one with a CUT and a weekend warrior farmer is something else again.
Many hay rides now are done with purpose built trailers, or easily modified ones.
With one way on, one way off, and sides built up so with bails placed around to sit on they act as a restraint from falling off.
I find it hard to believe someone could be that dense as to have a trailer with kids on it at night with no lights. I am thinking they should never pro-create.
Mike, you in my opinion, need to change your terminology of stopping in 4wd. There are mo brakes on the front tires of our smaller tractors at least. Yes the front tires can provide extra traction and help control the speed, but stopping I disagree. If the rear losses traction, you have no brakes.
If you are locked into 4wd the brakes will transfer to the front wheels through the drive line. Some tractors automaticly engage 4wd when you apply the brakes.
Don't you need a smv sign on the trailer for that
Wagon is safer than a trailer!
Safety rails...
Limit speed
Route planning to stay out of traffic and away from potholes...
If off road make sure it's smoothed and prepared for the ride.
Get an electric brake controller and hook the trailer's brakes up.
Good advice...
Use a wagon instead of a trailer.
Yes ,, I agree Jim... And Sober Chaperones...👍👍
Good advice all the way around. I need some help. I’ve got a 1962 International seed grain drill that I need to replace the disc on. They’re 13 1/2 inches OD and are concave. The bearings have gone out on the old ones. While there are many advertised, all seem to be flat instead of concave. Can you help point me in the right direction? Thks in advance!!!
Lindsey, that's out of my league. I wouldn't even know who to call for help on that one. Find a Case IH dealer in crop country with an elderly parts counter person. That's who can help you. Anyone under about 70 is too young. Good luck!
Brake controller if trailer has brakes
On a tractor it ain't gonna work I don't think? Well maybe depending on the tractor, that might be an option...don't have a fancy enough tractor to know LOL.
Lol don’t kid yourself, with today’s inattentive parents and low mean IQ of society overall, plus litigation happy bums, no hayride could be considered liability safe for the property/equipment owners.