A farm just to the south of us is owned by an aging farmer who refuses to quit and retire. I hunt his property along with his son. His wife called and asked if I could help get some hay into his hay barn at the other end of their property. He had mown it and done a very poor job, his son had raked and baled it but ran out of time to finish.
Without thinking I said sure.
According to Massey's specs I have 2,900 lbs of lifting capacity at 10 feet, the tractor weighs in at 4,800 lbs. and the rears are ballasted with 850 lbs of ethanol. I've used his hay barn as blind, and it's plenty roomy. He stacks them 3 bales high. I can pick up a bale spike today at TSC and be ready to go tomorrow AM. I was planning on buying one of the double spike models. I figure if I'm not comfortable stacking them 3 high he'll have to be satisfied with 2 high.
My loader skills are somewhat limited as I have only owned one for 6 months. I ran over there yesterday afternoon and counted 32 bales.
Any advise would be appreciated. Should I stack the remnants from previous mowings together before stacking this last cutting?