While zipping down 99 I saw this rig come to a halt at the intersection. Whoa–what’s that? And yes, it did just come down a freeway off ramp.
I (precariously) peeled off a shot through my back window and hoped it would turn out. Looks like a giant road-going fork-lift.
I was pretty sure what it was already, but this cropped shot of its door confirmed it. I guess if you want one of those gigantic hay rolls in your field moved somewhere down the road, this is the guy to call.
Very strange indeed. Around here (Oklahoma), it appears most of the single hay bales are moved around via a dually pickup, with the hay fork attachments (pic below), and anything more than one is hauled with a flatbed. This rig looks much stronger, but if the forks work, I wonder what the advantage to this over a pickup with an attachment is?
Hard to figure. Must be some big bale. I’ve had a round bale in the back of my S10 with only a slight dimpling of one fenderwell. There is a special trailer that I’ve seen (Texas) that lets a pickup carry several. Don’t know what this is but possibly for short distance (like loading trucks). Can’t recall seeing one that is street legal before. If it’s local so you can call it Paul, probably some of us would be interested in knowing.
A full-sized round bale in the back of an S10, not one of the little ones crapped out at the end of the field from whatever hay is leftover? Respect! You must have been squatting pretty low.
Reminds me of the time when my uncle was building his lake cabin and loaded his little Isuzu to the bump stops with lumber–he was tilted so far up in the front that everyone kept flashing their lights at him ’cause they thought his low beams were his high beams!
This is the standard sized bale that I can buy here. There is a bigger one but it cannot be put inside my truck. In fact they said at the feed store they couldn’t put the big one in a full size pickup. I’m sure this creature in the article can handle it. We have gone around on this before here on CC but the feed store says this is about 3/4 ton. I just went home and dumped it in the field so I don’t know. I do know that the truck will take a lot of punishment and has become my all time favorite. Just wish it had a back seat. I don’t think it was squatting too bad.
I owned an ’87 S10 for around 12 years and it was one tough little truck. I think I squatted mine worse than this photo a few times. Two times that come to mind are a load of gravel, and 2 8×8 prefab shed kits. I actually bought it to resell, but I liked it so well I kept it. Mine was a regular cab with a short bed. Yours appears to have a long bed. I do agree about the tight cab space. I made a mental note that if I ever buy another small truck to hold out for an extended cab.
Like that genuine log trim!
It’s the new 2014 Toyota Highlander!
*snerk*
Had a spell of fork lift truck driving myself.Nothing like this road going FLT but Coventry Climax and Linde diesel and electric counterbalance trucks.Also drove reach trucks to fill containers.
This would lift much more than a rig like Ltd posted – presumably at least. There used to be some small Isuzu swb cab-over trucks that had a full forklift mast mounted on the back plus a seat and normal fork controls. They were mainly used in the harvest season and would drive out to various farms that did not have a forklift of their own to load crates of produce.
I saw one of these recently in the city (well, suburbs). The ones I remember seeing on farms were shorter wheelbase believe it or not.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7187/13687020604_cd369a1c4b_c.jpg
From the grille I’d say a Freightliner. The rest I’m not sure about.
Apparently they’re called Hay Squeezes. http://www.oregonroadrunner.com/about.htm
Ah, that makes sense. So they’re more used for lifting bales high onto trucks and into barns, rather than transporting bales.
So if they are made in OR, it’s no wonder I’ve never seen one in MN! My guess would have been for moving cars or shipping containers also. Good detective work!! ^_^
Reminds me of the thing made by Dick Sellers back in the 90;s
http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/build-a-log-cabin-zmaz93amztak.aspx?PageId=2#axzz2fdnndlHp
http://www.motherearthnews.com/~/media/Images/MEN/Editorial/Articles/Magazine%20Articles/1993/04-01/Build%20a%20Log%20Cabin%20Without%20Spending%20a%20Fortune/137-034-05.jpg
na na na na na na na… HAY!
The driver’s out on bale
We use tractor mounted bale handlers here but yeah it looks like a relative of the old K Bedford forklift dumped behind the Pitt Town garage near Windsor.
Looks the same as shipping container forklifts used at the docks.
If you google Oregon Roadrunner you’ll find the company that makes them and also find pics of them stacking hay bales over 20 ft high. You’ll also find that it’s not such a good idea to tailgate them…
http://www.katu.com/news/local/6280077.html
Also, you can buy a USED 2012 one for only (gulp!) $190k:
http://www.fastline.com/v100/2012-Sunny-D-Mfg-Oregon-RoadRunner-SUNNY-D-MANUFACTURING-CO,-INC-KLAMATH-FALLS-OR-equipment-detail-d56eb323-3e3c-4693-8a79-a48738488381.aspx
It’s a hay squeeze it loads square bales onto hay trucks and stacks them in barns they are heavy weigh about 27,000 lbs and they are street legal like any other vehicle.
This a sunny D hay squeeze