Hay Bale “Truck” Made Travelers Look Twice
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Travelers along Hwy. 287 near Townsend, Mont., had to do double-takes last fall as they drove by Brandon Flynn’s life-sized semi with a 48-ft long trailer, standard 8-ft. wide cab, and a load of bales. Made out of 3 sizes of bales and a bunch of “accessories”, the “sculpture” was an entry in a yearly contest along the Montana highway.
Flynn assembled the bales over the course of 2 1/2 days, with help from 2 other people. It required 26 large round bales, 25 large square bales, and 18 small square bales.
“We used a sprayer to paint the cab blue, hand painted the windows silver, and outlined them with black. We also painted the deck edge grey. That was starting to look good, but what really finished it off nicely was the attention we paid to the details,” Flynn says. “We used twine to tie on two upright sectons of 8-in. irrigation pipe for smokestacks. I used an actual old fuel tank, real mirrors, grab handles, antenna, a hood ornament, and 10 tires on rims, which were held in position by pushing rebar through them and into the bales. On top of the cab, we placed a real amber hazard light and two horns. The headlights are represented by rolls of twine, and the lines painted on in silver and black look like a grill.”
For added authenticity, Flynn mounted “Oversize Load” banners on both the front and back of the unit.
Lastly, he combined a rebar frame with old, straw-stuffed clothes to create a friendly, waving farmer mannequin, standing beside the truck.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Brandon Flynn, Flynn Hay and Grain, 209 Flynn Lane, Townsend, Mont. 59644 (ph 406 431-3931; www.flynnhayandgrain.com)
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Hay Bale “Truck” Made Travelers Look Twice AG WORLD Travelers along Hwy 287 near Townsend Mont had to do double-takes last fall as they drove by Brandon Flynn’s life-sized semi with a 48-ft long trailer standard 8-ft wide cab and a load of bales Made out of 3 sizes of bales and a bunch of “accessories” the “sculpture” was an entry in a yearly contest along the Montana highway Flynn assembled the bales over the course of 2 1/2 days with help from 2 other people It required 26 large round bales 25 large square bales and 18 small square bales “We used a sprayer to paint the cab blue hand painted the windows silver and outlined them with black We also painted the deck edge grey That was starting to look good but what really finished it off nicely was the attention we paid to the details ” Flynn says “We used twine to tie on two upright sectons of 8-in irrigation pipe for smokestacks I used an actual old fuel tank real mirrors grab handles antenna a hood ornament and 10 tires on rims which were held in position by pushing rebar through them and into the bales On top of the cab we placed a real amber hazard light and two horns The headlights are represented by rolls of twine and the lines painted on in silver and black look like a grill ” For added authenticity Flynn mounted “Oversize Load” banners on both the front and back of the unit Lastly he combined a rebar frame with old straw-stuffed clothes to create a friendly waving farmer mannequin standing beside the truck Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Brandon Flynn Flynn Hay and Grain 209 Flynn Lane Townsend Mont 59644 ph 406 431-3931; www flynnhayandgrain com
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