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  • Question For Hayride Owners - Hayride Equipment

    Hey Guys,

    I am trying to figure out the best and most cost effective solution for hayride equipment. Equipment being the trailer to hold the passengers, and the vehicle to pull said trailer.

    Naturally a lot of hayride owners use tractors and actual hay carrying trailers. What I notice about the hay trailers is they have four wheels and will stand level and upright, whereas a typical trailer like I have in mind (tandem axle) would not stand level if it was not attached to a vehicle.

    Are there any hayride owners using alternate equipment that might work better, and be more cost effective?

    For example. I was considering using Jeep Wranglers (used ones, $5000-$6000 each) and purchasing a couple of "deckover trailers' which are basically flat top trailers, and building a short wood wall around the entire perimeter of the trailer. Here is an example of a deckover trailer:

    102-deck-over-atv.jpg

    I like the Jeep idea because I want to theme it as an "expedition gone wrong", the jeeps go with that expedition theme, farm tractors, not so much.

    Is there anything I should be considering that Im not? are there any hayride owners using vehicles other than tractors to pull their trailers?

    Thanks in advance!
    Shawn
    Fear Engineer
    HauntedHouse.ca

  • #2
    one advantage of a 4 wheel wagon is the steerable front axle, it helps with turning, not to mention much cheaper.

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    • #3
      Best I ever seen was buses with thier roof cut off. I bet its cheaper then trailers and jeeps and holds alot more people....

      Stew

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      • #4
        Traditional Hayride

        There are so many directions you can go with this one, I'll start with ours.

        We have a 8ton running gear from a company called pequea. You can get them for about $2000
        I build a 32' deck using 2 main beams approx 3' apart. Each beam is made of 10 16' 2x12s spliced and bolted together so the joints don't match for max strength.
        I use 8' 4x4s on 2' centers to support the decking. the 4x4s are set perpendicular to the beams.
        I use 16' 5/4 deck boards for the wagon decking. I also move the joints so they don't line up.
        I use 2x6s for railings.
        We also incorporate actor steps into the wagon railings. If you build them correctly they can be very strong.
        Total cost of materials: $3800 (2013 lumber prices)

        wagon.jpg
        (Sorry for lame ass picture, had to steal it from our safety video)

        (picture shows 12 ton running gear w/ dual axels in the rear)

        We can max out around 50 avg sized people. I think we average 42/ trip.

        A 30hp tractor can be purchased used in the $3500 range. That's all you need to pull this wagon on level ground.

        hope this helps.

        Patrick
        Patrick Barberry
        www.legendsofthefog.com
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