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[3930dave]

There's a job I never was very good at, was too weak to throw bales that high for and length of time, that's a lot of work lol.

Started out as a kid, helping my uncles with the small squares. Regular farm hay wagon, so the deck was pretty high to begin with. Stacked up quite a few layers full width of the deck, then tapered in at the very top to a single ridge. With a full wagon, I'd be riding on the tractor with one uncle, heading back to the barn.

I can still see my other uncle, sweeping the field as needed. An occasional green (undried hay) bale was left to the end, to be segregated on the very top of the load, so it would be tossed aside before unloading at the barn. If you've ever picked up a green small square by hand, they aren't light..... my uncle would just grab a pitchfork, stick it into the bale, and fire it all the way onto the top of the tiered load w/o even trying hard.

That uncle was no more than 5' 5", 110#, but he was just bone and muscle. Olde school farm tough is a different league altogether.

Rgds, D.

 

[dragoneggs]

There's a job I never was very good at, was too weak to throw bales that high for and length of time, that's a lot of work lol.

Being a city kid growing up I never got the pleasure... but I did enjoy visiting my friends farm and jumping off the piled high bales into loose hay... that is until my hay fever made me a slobbering mess!

 

[TomSeller]

I don't think I could ever ever estimate how many trailers I loaded and bales I tossed. My brothers and I used to be the "Valley's Best". Three of us, one stacker and two fetchers. We'd balance the bales above our heads and toss them on the top rows to help whoever was stacking. Mom used to patch and patch the thigh and knees of our jeans weekly. Leather gloves lasted a few days, maybe a week. Sunup to sundown. Big meal at what is now called lunch. After our fields were in we worked every farm we could. Worst thing was the farmers that baled fields with thistles, hated those. That and blowing the chaf out of your nose.

 

[KubotainNH]

Yep, extreme case of caveat emptor for sure. There is, rightfully so, some expectation that a vehicle frame would not literally break in half in 10 years. Besides, how many people who purchase a used late model vehicle from a dealer actually crawl under it and inspect the frame. Seriously.

He has a payment on it and surely cannot afford to park it to take on another.

My beef is that Toyota admits the frames are faulty but using a technicality to escape. I've read cases at both ends of the spectrum too. Like the guy with a beat up, left for dead pickup being paid a settlement value much greater than the truck's actual value.

I did not post my sons predicament to start an argument or debate but wanted everyone to know there's two sides to the story.

Such is life.

Sorry to sidetrack the bailed hay posts but just reading through and this one caught me. Frame rust is typical up here, all pickups seem to get it eventually. My son's 04 Ranger was swiss cheese in the center and rear, no recall and way too common. This particular truck has a front and rear frame section. We replaced the rear frame section with a Southern one sold from a local junkyard. Having always live in the NE I was amazed at how clean the Southern frame was. Relatively cheap to replace not counting our labor.

As for towing, I made the mistake of not checking the tire pressure on my FIL's utility trailer. One bucket of loam later and they were both flat off the bead. Luckily I had my floor jack and the place I was at had a portable air tank. I had less than a mile to get home but that wet bucket load of loam was surprising.

 

[3930dave]

Fortunately, empty cruiser.

Strong winds in US topple truck on highway - CBBC Newsround

Rgds, D.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I don't think I could ever ever estimate how many trailers I loaded and bales I tossed. ... Mom used to patch and patch the thigh and knees of our jeans weekly. Leather gloves lasted a few days, maybe a week. .

I usually wore shorts and never wore gloves doing hay. We picked bales from the ground onto the truck, then tossed into the barn, and stacked.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

A truck was blown off the cheasapeak bay bridge last week.

NC driver dies after tractor-trailer blown from Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel | KIRO-TV

 

[Creamer]

I usually wore shorts and never wore gloves doing hay. We picked bales from the ground onto the truck, then tossed into the barn, and stacked.

I remember a guy told us that doubleknits were the best to handle bales because they did not wear out. We all laughed!

Shorts and no gloves handling small squares! How many hay stems went under your fingernails or did you take your time grabbing the strings?

 

[sixdogs]

Fortunately, empty cruiser.

Strong winds in US topple truck on highway - CBBC Newsround

Rgds, D.

Where we live on the flat ground with few trees, maybe two semis a year get blown over on the main road from high winds. That's probably typical for anyone on the flat ground of the Midwest where the wind can really whistle through in the winter and spring.

 

[TomSeller]

I usually wore shorts and never wore gloves doing hay. We picked bales from the ground onto the truck, then tossed into the barn, and stacked.

And reached down from a high truck bed to pick up two at a time with each hand, right?