Hauling Hay On The Homestead~Tumblebug Round Bale Transport

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

That is WAY cool!!! I have never seen a rig like that before! Round bales we have, but that's something new to me.

[@elizabethcruzen3406]

MotherOfManyHorses M!.

[@homesteadprepper]

Nice. That has several advantages over a pole spear. Thanks for sharing.

[@elizabethcruzen3406]

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[@elizabethcruzen3406]

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[@InjunOutdoors]

Moved many bales in the early 80's with one of those. Better hold on to that one, its hard to find those these days.

[@patriots1needed]

Thanks for sharing. Grandad would say that's gooder than snuff and not near as dusty.

[@johnnieandpam]

You can back up against the bail to load and chock front of wheels to to finish load if brakes don’t work and chock wheels to dump bail.

[@BIGALTX]

Yep... that would work... thanks!

[@jameshodges7604]

I thought that was a good idea but the chocks I bought didn't work. The wheels rolled up because of the power the truck had to use to get it to fold.

[@axelec]

This is still the best single bale mover ever invented. Do it right and never leave the cab of the tuck. Have moved thousands of bale with this machine. A good idea gone by the wayside..but not here! ! ! With a little modification one can unroll bails on the ground when feeding..

[@BIGALTX]

"Thousands'...?!?! wow.. that's a LOT of hay. Thanks for sharing.

[@iwantosavemoney]

I just bought one of these in a state if disrepair needs tires and re wired and also could use some welding but for 100 dollars am happy thanks for sharing sir

[@BIGALTX]

$100 is a good buy, even if it's a fixer-upper :) alan homesteadadvisor.com/

[@jameshodges7604]

Sure would like to see a video(yours?) showing how to rewire. My buggy's wiring is not working probably because it is over 20 years old. In this video, what did he hook vacuum wire up to, a battery or a trailer connection?

[@aliaidan32]

Hello! Great! Could you explain how break system works?

[@BIGALTX]

I don't understand it, but I think they just work like any other electric brake.

[@aliaidan32]

@@BIGALTX okay, thanks. Sorry for mistake:) I meant brake)

[@stumpbumpers]

I thought, 'what the hay' and clicked the vid!? That was pretty cool! Now to think of some other uses for a trailer like that. hmmm??

[@Accumulator1]

Thanks for A+ video. Excellent explanatory and demo on how it works. The dislikes had to be for the type of baler, not your vid. I personally do not like this type because it loads from side not end. Also be difficult to stack bales tightlly end to end. Long time ago I built a hay buggy lift by copying one that was built in local school shop. Uses a heavy duty hand winch. Going to mod it with an electric one soon.

[@BIGALTX]

True, you can't stack end to end with this, but I just use it to haul hay from another farm. Then, I stack closely with tractor.

[@jameshodges7604]

I have similar but I think the arm is too long. How long is the arm measuring around the curve? I may have to rework mine and put some spikes on the end. Thanks

[@BIGALTX]

It's way out in the pasture. If I think about it, I'll measure it... but I'm old... so.... 😎 The arm usually goes a little past the crown of the bale. However, there are several different SIZES of round bales, and it has to be able to "grab" any of them. So, I'm not sure I would modify yours if it looks factory made

[@jameshodges7604]

Thank you@@BIGALTX

[@Atoyota]

I remember helping get up hay on my uncles farm. Tossing square bales up to my cousin who would stack them in the pickup. Then we'd all ride the bails back to the barn an do it all over (loading them in the hayloft) I was about 14yrs old and earned some muscle that summer To the point though, I've seen round bails under sheds or tarps. Hay will mold if it gets wet. For a small operation wouldn't square bails be better? You don't need as much with less stock to feed. Or is there an overall advantage to round bails?

[@BIGALTX]

+Atoyota Advantage...? Just convenience. You can put a roll out and you're done for a week... better than feeding every day. They will waste about 20% of it, though

[@justinduke8135]

Plus it's Labour intensive to do small squars

[@brazztax]

I have my granddads and i love it quick and easy for putting hay out in the winter for 6 mares…Even tho we have Tractors i still like it this way better # Memories

[@BIGALTX]

That is awesome!

[@seandrake7534]

So if you feed in the morning before you go to work in the dark or after work in the dark you would have to find another way to lock the brakes

[@BIGALTX]

Yeo, or disconnect the plug till ready to dump.

[@mcleod55]

I always enjoy your videos. Keep um coming neighbor.

[@pswank68]

Neat! I haven't seen one of those before.

[@SeenOnTvSale]

Can I use some wheel chalks for breaks?

[@BIGALTX]

That might work if your braking system won't work. That's what I would try for sure!

[@SeenOnTvSale]

@@BIGALTX just tried it works thanks ill get the brakes done though lol. The brakes are activated how again?

[@BIGALTX]

@@SeenOnTvSale The lights on your truck. When you switch the lights on, the brakes lock up. Obviously the hay mover has to be plugged into your truck trailer light outlet

[@SeenOnTvSale]

@@BIGALTX awesome thanks Sir time for some wire romance lol

[@Sheila6325]

Love it, but you keep the machine, and I will take the hay Ok? LOL Oh how I would love to have that hay! Hopefully my hay man is still selling it. Great Video! Sheila

[@portcityminis]

I need one 😊

[@BIGALTX]

Hahaha... This one is for sale now!! 😎

[@1timby]

Where I come from those bales would roll of the hills....LOL I worked hard many summers putting up 150 lb bails of hey for farmers. I got 8 bucks a day. We would walk/trot behind a pickup truck. Pick up the bails & toss them to the guy in the bed of the truck. He had to stack them before he got hit with another bale of hay. When the truck was full. We would walk over to the barn . The guy in the truck would go into the hey loft. Open the hay door. We would stand in the bed of the truck & toss the hay up to him. If we had an extra hand, someone would stand on top of the cab of the truck so that we did't have to toss the bail so far.The the process would repeat until it was to dark to see or there was no more hay. Of course we were fed well & got a ton of tea & water.

[@1timby]

MyKZbinChannel AT one time. Now I'm old & don't get around well. A mere shell of what I used to be...LOL

[@BIGALTX]

+1timby Aren't we all....... just a shell :(

[@psychobunny32]

+1timby I love listening to my dad and uncles tell stories of how is was when they were kids on a farm. My dad always says life was hard, but it kept you honest, and people helped each other. I now have a little farm of my own, and despite all the hard work, I wouldn't trade a thing. My mind is so much calmer than when I am in the city. My neighbors are great. They helped me get started, and now that they are older, I go to them for advice and bring them fresh eggs and herbs. The local kids volunteer at the church, and always say "ma'am". It is a good life that most people will never have the chance at. I hope you pass on some of your knowledge to wanna be farmers like me. Maybe write a blog or a book......

[@1timby]

+Missy Rabbit Sadly I was just a hand. I helped folks pick corn & put up hay. I wouldn't make much of a farmer. I do remember what my dad told me & my grandmother. My mother told me that they didn't' have store bought bread until she was in high school. I remember the stories of making butter, canning in the summer kitchen, etc. Stuff that not many care to hear about today. Stuff tasted so much better back then. All the home made cooking, deserts, etc. Stuff picked from the garden to eat for the meal. My grandmother moved into town after my grandfather passed. She didn't drive or even have a car. Yet she would walk to a grocery store. She would have one of my uncles come over & till some of the back yard for her to have a garden. She would raise corn, green beans, potatoes, lettuces, tomatoes, green peppers, etc. We visited every weekend for years. I would go out into the garden with her to help pick for the evening meal. She was such a great cook. It saddens me today to see so few that know how things were. The smell of the freshly picked apples before they went through the cider press. The taste of fresh tomatoes right off the vine. To come in and smell grandma's fresh baked salt risen bread or some jellies she was putting up. Mom & dad as well as all my aunts & uncles are now gone. No one to sit and remember times past. Why they did things they way they did. To reminisce about the family get togethers. Folks are really missing out on what has gone. :)

[@stumpbumpers]

No one wants to hear? I beg to to differ. I would buy tickets. These stories would make great content for a book or KZbin channel. I encourage you to at the very least write down your stories. Your experience is invaluable to the generations on the rise and to come. I would subscribe to a channel of someone who could tell a good story while sitting on a front porch over coffee, by the bank fishing, walking a trail through the woods, or sharing some how tops, while telling of the past. We need to be discipled and have some wisdom from the days gone by. We are quickly losing what we all held so dear. Many of us are neo-homesteaders who must learn on the fly and from others who are trying to get it right. I miss Granny, Nanny and Claude, Mema, Nana and Granddad. If only they had written or recorded a bit of their life.

[@johnlord8337]

Another "inexpensive" way to move hay. Get the local high school or college/university football coach and team to get into the field and push the rolls whereever you need them moved, or rolled up onto a hay trailer.

[@elizabethcruzen3406]

John Lord

[@rosalynrara8913]

So...Is this hay buggy for sale?! It's hard to find a used one for sale!

[@BIGALTX]

+Rosalyn RaRa No, not for sale. I've seen several on Craigslist

[@iwantosavemoney]

gets the job done and looks officiant

[@BagemRuStudio-Trailers]

Брат, ты лучший! Хочу сделать такую тележку! Поможешь советом?

[@ermekabbas65]

я долго его искал

[@usermirlenin]

Сделали? Тож о такой думаю давно

[@robpond9628]

Pretty ingenious be handy feeding livestock out on pastures

[@BIGALTX]

Yep, it is

[@samueljhardiman]

simple pure genious!

[@BIGALTX]

Glad you think so!

[@islandhomesteader]

For daytime use only I suppose, ha ha.

[@BIGALTX]

+islandhomesteader Probably... but you could probably get away with driving at night if you stuck an orange triangle on the roll... You can usually see the truck's brake lights even with the roll on it... unless it's a BIG roll...

[@islandhomesteader]

Ha ha, I said that because you lock the brakes by turning the truck's lights on, so you wouldn't get very far in the dark!

[@BIGALTX]

+islandhomesteader Actually... I think I did that many years ago when I first got it... didn't work out so well... You've got to unhook the trailer connection :)

[@elizabethcruzen3406]

TexasPrepper2 pop

[@loganv0410]

Now if'n that ain't slick I ain' never seen slick!

[@CarrieNita]

That's plum nifty.

[@Москвавселе]

Спасибо. Полезная вещь.

[@BIGALTX]

👍

[@donnabosco9785]

Cool!

[@Jonnyhuddle]

My grandpa invented the tumble bug

[@BIGALTX]

Seriously?!?! That's cool! 👍😎

[@mrsparex]

Hay!

[@randallhighsmith3406]

Those are junk. Try moving bales in snow or wet conditions and tires start sliding and buggy won't fold ... tgen got to get blocks in front or behind wheels depending if your loading up or dumping.. these are not dependable.. thats why there not wanted compared to fork bale buggys