truck beds

[Carter]

I was wondering what kind of flat beds everyone has and why?? Traditional flat bed, spike bed, or arm bed?? What works best and why is that. I have one ranch that is 65 miles from me and it is the one that has the most cows on it, was thinking that I would get a hay trailer that dumps one bale at a time but also might benefit from a bale bed. Either way I need a different bed as there is not nearly enough room for everything in the factory bed. (07 dodge megacab dually). your thoughts??

 

[Red Robin]

Bale unrolling beds are the best if you're feeding much hay. I have a J&I spike bed. I don't feed much hay and I stack my hay with the butt ends close but not touching. I can stack my rows close and back in with a spike bed and I don't have to use a tractor to turn the bales around to grab them with an unroller. Works for me.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

I have a Dew Eze. I love it. I unroll bales and Barb wire. Have pulled post . But don't like to. Loaded FWD tractor tires. I use a 2x6 between arms for a tail gate. It has a turn over ball for pulling goose neck. I can drop the post pounder slip hammer in and not worry about denting the box. :lol:

 

[AX-]

Have a Belser Bale Bed. We use it for stacking, feeding, pulling posts to just about anything else imaginable. I would sure recommend a bale bed to anyone.

 

[Anonymous]

Have a Belser Bale Bed. We use it for stacking, feeding, pulling posts to just about anything else imaginable. I would sure recommend a bale bed to anyone.

Yep same here...Mine is almost 10 years old and the only problem besides an occasional broken hose is that the hydraulic cylinders are getting a little weaker on power....Stacked and fed about 600 bales each of those years.....

 

[passin thru]

Those bale beds are the best thing since sliced bread. I think if I sold every cow I would keep em for other things I use them for.

 

[Anonymous]

Those bale beds are the best thing since sliced bread. I think if I sold every cow I would keep em for other things I use them for.

Yep-- changing tractor/combine tires, moving feeders, moving stock chutes, jerking out posts, etc. etc.-- I don't know what I did without them either...

 

[loomixguy]

Hard to beat a Besler anything. The bed on my 550 is a Besler. Not a bale bed, just a flatbed. Ordered it on Monday, they built and painted it Tuesday, and I drove out there and they installed it on that new 550 on Wednesday. Next Loomix truck I get, I will get the Besler bale bed on it. Those lift arms would sure help moving troughs!