Rough week of haying

CATMAN · Jul 12, 2011

About your new tire tube storage; That subject was just discussed a little bit ago over on newagtalk.com and I believe it was said to add a little air to them {= air'd up} and store them or hang them up on the back wall of a shed, out of the sunlight.

IF I remember correctly, they had good luck that way.

I've seen you over there before, so you must be a member, too.

Robert_in_NY · Jul 12, 2011

CATMAN said:
About your new tire tube storage; That subject was just discussed a little bit ago over on newagtalk.com and I believe it was said to add a little air to them {= air'd up} and store them or hang them up on the back wall of a shed, out of the sunlight.

IF I remember correctly, they had good luck that way.

I've seen you over there before, so you must be a member, too.

Yes, I have been on Ag Talk for a long time but lately I just don't have enough time to keep track of that board and this one. So I check in over there when I have a question better suited to those guys expertise

Robert_in_NY · Jul 12, 2011

slowzuki said:
Oh to only store that little hay. We're storing less and less but still put about 4000 bales in the loft last year.

I'm in a similar spot for the accumulators / options. Our haying partner? I guess bought a thrower and wants all the wagons racked for thrower use. We only have indoor parking for two wagons. I don't like unloading thrower wagons, and I don't like the hit in capacity.

I'm really looking for cheap bale baskets to come up. Only 100 bales per basket but they tow well behind a pickup, dump instantly at the conveyor or barn door or customers yard. Talked to another hay guy and he used nh bale wagons, got a really large one. He delivers directly from field to customers when he can, otherwise he unloads on a tarp at the edge of the field and has old transport tarps to cover stacks. He always comes and moves them within a week or there is some loss.

I use to store more hay but most of my customers have on farm storage so I take it directly to them which works out great for me. The hay I put up is basically just to have in case they run low over the winter. I don't advertise for any new customers as I don't have enough good hay ground currently to push for any more. As I add newer and better fields I hope to add a couple more customers and go from there.

The NH stack wagon seems like the best option out of the automated options for me but I would still need a grapple as I can't take a stack wagon to some of my customers as it just isn't enough room to get the machine into the area and dump the load. I can get the kicker wagons in there but its difficult and you have to move them around by hand after their unloaded just to be able to get it back out of there. So I would still have to load trailers just to take the hay to a couple places but the other places would be great as I can set the loader there and stack the bales in the pole barns and no more messing with kids. Its easier to find operators instead of laborers.