Texas governor Rick Perry underestimates Prius as hay hauler

[s1flaherty]

I'm always amazed at how much I can fit in the Prius. No hay for me, but I recently bought a small chest freezer to replace an old refrigerator. Lowes wanted $75 to deliver it. I took out might measuring tape and measured it. It was close, but it did fit, with the back seats down. I even was able to close up the trunk. I love my Prius!

[BIGGDOGG]

I was guessing 6 bails but I guess 5 is good enough. A bail of hay is not that big. I bet you could fit a mini horse in there as well. Any one watch the show Rob and Big?? "It's always better when your mini horses doodoo is dusty"... Best quote from the show.

[Godiva]

Originally Posted by hobbit

Except that what I've been seeing on my roadtrip is that bales
are now these huge round rolls that weigh about ton per, which
I don't think would be too good for a prius.
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Anyone buying hay bails that big or that many is probably going to have them delivered.

[MikeSF]

my jacuzzi whirlpool tub got in the back of my Prius, as well as a 6 foot long fish tank, as for weight 13 sheets of concrete backerboard when I redid my bathroom, size didn't matter here so much as weight at around 50 pounds a piece.

[Testm0nkey]

Perry single handedly refueled my out of state family members love of Texan stereotype jokes. Ugh

[Rybold]

I'm sure you could fit a lot more by strapping them to the roof rack on top of the Prius.

[joe_g]

I put hay bales in my old car. Never again, and certainly not in a Prius! WAY to messy, and I wasn't able to get it all out.

I just make the trip worthwhile by getting enough at once to fill my truck. I figure I'm doing my part by leaving my truck parked most of the time.

Originally Posted by Godiva

Anyone buying hay bails that big or that many is probably going to have them delivered.

Nope, I pick them up! A big trailer and truck and I can haul 5 at a time.

[flutebomb]

That was a waste of time. The people that this article is about are taking the idea of putting a bale of hay in the prius out of context. If I were a farmer and had to haul things around, I wouldn't purchase a Prius for that purpose. I'd purchase the must fuel efficient truck I could find to do the load work and there's no way i'd let my husband do the hauling in our Prius if we owned one.

[Ray Moore]

You must be a lot of fun at parties. Here's what I got to fit in mine recently.
https://priuschat.com/forums/prius-m...ting-trip.html

[samiam]

I have a Prius. I have a farm.
I have had to haul bales of hay in the prius on occasion (no gas in the quad bike, tractor is overkill to take a couple of bales out to the back paddock). Usually I only take two, but I'm not out to proove anything.

I do regularly haul 3-5 25kg bags of coal, or 25 kg bags of haylage or bags of chaff or other feed back from the store. Why is this so weird?

I keep the back of the Prius tidy, its not hard.