Move round bale with pallet forks?

[Hay Dude]

Wonder if some of those fields with bales left in them were custom baled for the land owner, and the land owner never got to them?
What farmer in their right mind would spend all that time & money only to leave his “paycheck” in the field for that long? (unless death, disability, equipment that can’t be repaired)

 

[Farmer495]

Wonder if some of those fields with bales left in them were custom baled for the land owner, and the land owner never got to them?
What farmer in their right mind would spend all that time & money only to leave his “paycheck” in the field for that long? (unless death, disability, equipment that can’t be repaired)

The one I posted was the same operator. He always fed hay out of the field all winter rather than hauling it off to the barn yard. Anything he didn't feed would stay in the field.

Another haymaker, rented land, 2022 google photo, bales were made in 2021 and still there this summer, hay never cut since. Guessing he didn't rent it again and the owner didn't want it hayed.