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Location: Laurel, MT | We are looking for feedback on an idea that we have devised for a horse trailer hay rack loader. Here are the basic features: Lightweight
Costs under $500
Operable by one person
Portable
Does not require electricity or battery hookup
Lifts up to 300 pounds
Not permanently attached to the horse trailer Is there a need for a product like this? |
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Location: Vermont | http://mrtrailer.com/balebucker.htm |
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Location: Rocky Mount N.C. | Here's one that lifts 103#, not sure of the price.... http://www.mrtrailer.com/balebucker.htm LOL!!! Paul beat me to it by 3 minutes.....
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Location: Laurel, MT | Thank you for the help, but we are not looking for one to buy. We designed one to sell and are looking for feedback as to if there are people who need a way to load their hay racks without a tractor. If there is such a need, we are interested in their opinions regarding the way it should be designed. |
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Location: Vermont | Originally written by kautzcm on 2011-06-28 10:46 PM
Thank you for the help, but we are not looking for one to buy. We designed one to sell and are looking for feedback as to if there are people who need a way to load their hay racks without a tractor. If there is such a need, we are interested in their opinions regarding the way it should be designed. Good luck on your project but in my opinion, there does NOT seem to be a LARGE DEMAND for such a product, it appears to be more of a niche market as the outfit I posted up has DROPPED their original website... and then later had to create a new one... http://www.ladderliftsystems.com/...and this other outfit http://thehaylevator.com/index.html seem to be pushing their other product...But the idea has had traction since 2005, if you read this thread... http://www.horsetrailers-online.com/forum/printer-friendly.asp?thre... 
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Location: Laurel, MT | Thanks for your comments. I have seen the Bale Bucker (and similar products) and am not interested in having to attach an extra ladder or other unsightly equipment to my trailer. I also want to design it in such a way that it can be offered for half the price. I would like to find out what others with horse trailers might be looking for if the Bale Bucker design is not what they want. |
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Location: Northern Utah | Most of my camp outs, I just put the hay bales in the bed of the truck, I can easily fit 6 bales in the bed. On the rare trip when I need to take more than that, Or when I am taking more camping stuff and using the bed for other items, I load the hay up into the hay rack. This is maybe a once a year event. And I have just tied a rope around the bale and heave-ho'd it up into the rack area or lifted it up with the bucket on my loader. Would I spend #1,000 for a contraption to save that 30 minutes of physical labor? Not at this point in my life. There are definitely folks that would use this more than I. Individuals with smaller stature, with out the physical strength to do the lifting, or people who don't own a tractor. But it is somewhat of a limited market. I think it would make a great hobby business, But I doubt you would ever get ramped up to production line capacity. You will have to look at what volumes you would need to make this ecconomical. Maybe partnering with a LQ conversion company to install it with each conversion. |
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Location: Trenton, GA | kautzcm, YES, there is a real need for this type of Hay Loader for a horse trailer! Within the Equestrian trailing and camping community, there exist a rather large - and getting larger, I might add - group of senior riders that need some type of low cost, non-motorized and hopefully collapsible hoist that would allow them to mechanically lift hay bales safely up and onto their hay carriers atop their trailers. With square bales being produced with higher density, a.k.a. more weight, it is difficult and sometimes impossible for a senior equestrian citizen to man-handle bales to the top of a trailer. I believe... "Build It and They Will Come (Purchase It)!" Thanks for the question, and "Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead" with your product. Ultimately, the marketplace will determine its viability and success in the Equestrian community! |
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Location: Vermont | Originally written by 19gamecock67 on 2013-05-21 9:18 AM
kautzcm, YES, there is a real need for this type of Hay Loader for a horse trailer! Within the Equestrian trailing and camping community, there exist a rather large - and getting larger, I might add - group of senior riders that need some type of low cost, non-motorized and hopefully collapsible hoist that would allow them to mechanically lift hay bales safely up and onto their hay carriers atop their trailers. With square bales being produced with higher density, a.k.a. more weight, it is difficult and sometimes impossible for a senior equestrian citizen to man-handle bales to the top of a trailer. I believe... "Build It and They Will Come (Purchase It)!" Thanks for the question, and "Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead" with your product. Ultimately, the marketplace will determine its viability and success in the Equestrian community!
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