Well of course not, no one expects faulty equipment , do they? And if any of your equipment was faulty, I'm sure Broncrider would have been ragging you about it here!
LOL What I sold him wasn't 100% but then he knew that going into it. But it was in pretty good shape for the yrs of equipment it was.
So........dont pull hay with a f/b. Mkay. I have hauled hay, but with wagons. I am well aware of how heavy fresh hay is. Ive also seen 2 barns go up in smoke from stacking the hay too early. Turns a barn into a pressure cooker.