Hauling Hay On The Homestead~Tumblebug Round Bale Transport

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Looking for a cheap way to haul hay? Here's a device that can make hauling hay on the homestead a simple operation.
Around here we call it a tumblebug. Basically, it's a hay trailer... and it's the easiest way to move round bales of hay when you don't have the luxury of a tractor. I used it to haul a few rolls of hay from a location that was about 10 miles away, but it can also be used to move round bales on the homestead. You don't even have to get out of your truck... (take THAT Ol' Man Winter) Woo Hoo!
In this video I not only show you how it operates, but I also give you some tips on what to look for, if you are buying a used one .
Check it out... and take care...
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  • @HoneyHollowHomestead
    @HoneyHollowHomestead9 жыл бұрын

    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

    @elizabethcruzen3406

    7 жыл бұрын

    MotherOfManyHorses M!.

  • @patriots1needed
    @patriots1needed9 жыл бұрын

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

  • @InjunOutdoors
    @InjunOutdoors8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @pswank68
    @pswank689 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mcleod55
    @mcleod559 жыл бұрын

    I always enjoy your videos. Keep um coming neighbor.

  • @stumpbumpers
    @stumpbumpers9 жыл бұрын

    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??

  • @homesteadprepper
    @homesteadprepper9 жыл бұрын

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

  • @elizabethcruzen3406

    @elizabethcruzen3406

    7 жыл бұрын

    homesteadprepper

  • @elizabethcruzen3406

    @elizabethcruzen3406

    7 жыл бұрын

    homesteadprepper on

  • @iwantosavemoney
    @iwantosavemoney8 жыл бұрын

    gets the job done and looks officiant

  • @Accumulator1
    @Accumulator16 жыл бұрын

    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

    @BIGALTX

    6 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @brazztax
    @brazztax5 ай бұрын

    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

    @BIGALTX

    5 ай бұрын

    That is awesome!

  • @Sheila6325
    @Sheila63259 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @axelec
    @axelec3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @BIGALTX

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @iwantosavemoney
    @iwantosavemoney4 жыл бұрын

    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

    @BIGALTX

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jameshodges7604

    @jameshodges7604

    2 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @johnnieandpam
    @johnnieandpam5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @BIGALTX

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jameshodges7604

    @jameshodges7604

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @robpond9628
    @robpond96286 жыл бұрын

    Pretty ingenious be handy feeding livestock out on pastures

  • @BIGALTX

    @BIGALTX

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yep, it is

  • @donnabosco9785
    @donnabosco97859 жыл бұрын

    Cool!

  • @CarrieNita
    @CarrieNita9 жыл бұрын

    That's plum nifty.

  • @samueljhardiman
    @samueljhardiman Жыл бұрын

    simple pure genious!

  • @BIGALTX

    @BIGALTX

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you think so!

  • @Atoyota
    @Atoyota9 жыл бұрын

    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

    @BIGALTX

    9 жыл бұрын

    +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

    @justinduke8135

    5 жыл бұрын

    Plus it's Labour intensive to do small squars

  • @user-lz4vm5lj2k
    @user-lz4vm5lj2k4 жыл бұрын

    Спасибо. Полезная вещь.

  • @BIGALTX

    @BIGALTX

    4 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @mrsparex
    @mrsparex9 жыл бұрын

    Hay!

  • @aliaidan32
    @aliaidan323 жыл бұрын

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

  • @BIGALTX

    @BIGALTX

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @aliaidan32

    @aliaidan32

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @portcityminis
    @portcityminis Жыл бұрын

    I need one 😊

  • @BIGALTX

    @BIGALTX

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @loganv0410
    @loganv04109 жыл бұрын

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

  • @seandrake7534
    @seandrake75344 жыл бұрын

    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

    @BIGALTX

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeo, or disconnect the plug till ready to dump.

  • @1timby
    @1timby9 жыл бұрын

    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

    @1timby

    9 жыл бұрын

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

  • @BIGALTX

    @BIGALTX

    9 жыл бұрын

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

  • @psychobunny32

    @psychobunny32

    9 жыл бұрын

    +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

    @1timby

    9 жыл бұрын

    +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

    @stumpbumpers

    9 жыл бұрын

    No one wants to hear? I beg to to differ. I would buy tickets. These stories would make great content for a book or KZread 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.

  • @jameshodges7604
    @jameshodges76042 жыл бұрын

    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

    @BIGALTX

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @jameshodges7604

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you@@BIGALTX

  • @rosalynrara8913
    @rosalynrara89138 жыл бұрын

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

  • @BIGALTX

    @BIGALTX

    8 жыл бұрын

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

  • @BagemRuStudio-Trailers
    @BagemRuStudio-Trailers5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ermekabbas65

    @ermekabbas65

    5 жыл бұрын

    я долго его искал

  • @usermirlenin

    @usermirlenin

    3 жыл бұрын

    Сделали? Тож о такой думаю давно

  • @SeenOnTvSale
    @SeenOnTvSale2 жыл бұрын

    Can I use some wheel chalks for breaks?

  • @BIGALTX

    @BIGALTX

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SeenOnTvSale

    @SeenOnTvSale

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @BIGALTX

    @BIGALTX

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @SeenOnTvSale

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @johnlord8337
    @johnlord83379 жыл бұрын

    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

    @elizabethcruzen3406

    7 жыл бұрын

    John Lord

  • @Jonnyhuddle
    @Jonnyhuddle2 жыл бұрын

    My grandpa invented the tumble bug

  • @BIGALTX

    @BIGALTX

    2 жыл бұрын

    Seriously?!?! That's cool! 👍😎

  • @islandhomesteader
    @islandhomesteader9 жыл бұрын

    For daytime use only I suppose, ha ha.

  • @BIGALTX

    @BIGALTX

    9 жыл бұрын

    +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

    @islandhomesteader

    9 жыл бұрын

    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

    @BIGALTX

    9 жыл бұрын

    +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

    @elizabethcruzen3406

    7 жыл бұрын

    TexasPrepper2 pop

  • @randallhighsmith3406
    @randallhighsmith34066 жыл бұрын

    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