That’s A Bunch Of Grass!

I’m not a farmer, but that seems awfully high for grass. But I’m guessing those bales get super compressed when rolled!

I don’t see how he could be overloaded on the front axle. On a GN trailer like that, does any of the load end up on the front axle?

The OEM tires are 225 19.5’s, but you sometimes see owners replace them with 245’s on the stock wheels.

As heavy as it is, I was assuming a pretty high moisture content in those bales of “grass”.

:):)

Legal he's probably fine.
Trailer axle is a triple tandem. Iirc 45-50000 lbs per bridge laws
Rear axle, 20000
Front assuming 245 width 9500
225 width just under 9000
both sizes have 16 ply options that get them close to those single axle amounts.

my 02

Marty

RoyF wrote:
The truck may not be overloaded. Maybe somebody who knows about hay can tell us how much that load ought to weigh.

Wet or dry?

Salesman told him it would tow anything!

I think he is over on the front axle. 19.5's which I assume a 450 would have is would not be rated to carry that much weight based on how they measure weight here at a port. I think that he is carrying silage that is baled not hay. I dont see hay weighing up like that. Silage is dense, wet and the texture of the material in pic doesn't look like hay. Regardless, that is a lot weight.

Impressive!

Just a bit of tail squat. :B

Hay, hey! I didn’t join the weight police to bust hay framers.

at 52,900 Gross, no matter how you slice it, it's OVER something... somewhere.. AND I am FAR from the Weight Police..