Square bales

[hay mower xtreme]

Anybody still use an elevator to put bales in a hay loft?

 

[nwhittemore]

I bought a portable elevator 2 weeks ago at the scrap yard for $20. brought it home plugged it in and it works.

 

[aczlan]

Sometimes, we have switched to round bales for all of our hay though and just do squares for our customers (which they unload out of the wagon).

Aaron Z

 

[hay mower xtreme]

I bought a portable elevator 2 weeks ago at the scrap yard for $20. brought it home plugged it in and it works.

Good for you!

 

[nwhittemore]

We no longer have a loft but still do 2500-3000 square bales a year for sale. I bought it to doll up a little and resale.

 

[bazman82]

We just put 850 squares into our hay loft last night so we are down with the elevator for the year! The rest of our stuff goes into the back of the barn, no elevator needed

 

[Shaneard]

That brings back so many memories that I would like to forget. We spent many a summer growing up putting 1,000's of bales in the top of my parents barn. It was hot up there and the bees, goodness. My brother and I used to ride the conveyor up into the barn. We also used it for putting corn in the crib. It's an old Mayrath, dad still has it and uses it for corn. Luckily he went to round bales in the mid 90's.

 

[powerscol]

I now use a hay grapple to gather in the field, load the trailer, stack in the barn, and sometimes help load folks out. Very little hand work for me

 

[Kessler Farms]

I have two, one for each end of the barns. We start in the middle of each loft and stack out to each door. I square bale 5000-10000 per year, on top of 1000 round bales.

 

[5030]

I have a NH 575 in the barn (paid for) that I have not used in 5 years, every option on it but a kicker. I too went to round bales, I have one large customer that buys everything I make, picks it up in the field and pays me yearly. I should sell it but if I did, my luck would be a need it, so it sits in the barn and the cats sleep in the feeder.

Personally, I despise small squares almost as much as I dislike dealing with horse people. My customer is a cattle rancher.

 

[atsah]

Anybody still use an elevator to put bales in a hay loft?View attachment 611156

Oh ya and a lot of them, lots of horse people here so square's are in high demand..

 

[5030]

After dealing with horsey people for many years and not liking it at all because most horsey people don't know good hay from junk or they are flakey far as paying, I quit dealing with them entirely.

Still go to the local hay auction to watch and chuckle however. Watching them is better than any TV program. If the bales is real green and heavy, they want it. I just laugh to myself.

Went to one auction with my Delmhorst and set the moisture threshold at 22%. Over half the bales I probed at that auction, kicked the alarm off.

Guess horsey people like dusty, moldy hay.

 

[atsah]

We have plenty of "horsey" people here, most are very nice people. Hay goes on a trailer after it's paid for.. We make dry hay in three days, if it gets wet it's mulch and is sold to construction company's..

 

[5030]

Not saying they aren't nice (I do like gazing at cowgirls...). I'm saying that a good portion of them don't know the difference between good hay and junk hay and don'r ever sell hay on credit because there is none. They feed it, it comes out the other end and then they don't want to pay for it. I quit being a nice guy years ago.

Just tickled I have the deal I have now. One customer buys it all, his credit is golden, picks it up in the field (I load it) and it's gone. Don't care twine or net. I considered getting out of the business entirely until I 'fell' into this deal. While it has not been all roses (haying never is), compared to horsey people it is.

Had a couple old customers call me wanting hay. I told them if they wanted rounds we could do that. Of course they didn't.

Besides, I get to hunt on his farm in the fall and he has some nice corn feed deer.

 

[atsah]

Not saying they aren't nice (I do like gazing at cowgirls...). I'm saying that a good portion of them don't know the difference between good hay and junk hay and don'r ever sell hay on credit because there is none. They feed it, it comes out the other end and then they don't want to pay for it. I quit being a nice guy years ago.

Just tickled I have the deal I have now. One customer buys it all, his credit is golden, picks it up in the field (I load it) and it's gone. Don't care twine or net. I considered getting out of the business entirely until I 'fell' into this deal. While it has not been all roses (haying never is), compared to horsey people it is.

Had a couple old customers call me wanting hay. I told them if they wanted rounds we could do that. Of course they didn't.

Besides, I get to hunt on his farm in the fall and he has some nice corn feed deer.

Sounds like a good deal for you..

 

[Tx Jim]

Not saying they aren't nice (I do like gazing at cowgirls...).

Many hrs of horseback riding usually does wonderful things to the shape of a women's derriere(back side).:thumbsup:

 

[5030]

Many hrs of horseback riding usually does wonderful things to the shape of a women's derriere(back side).:thumbsup:

At my age (70) 99% look good.:laughing:

 

[TractorGuy]

At my age (70) 99% look good.:laughing:

Old age makes every hour like 2am when we were younger.

 

[5030]

Old age makes every hour like 2am when we were younger.

+10 on that comment..... Older, slower but wiser (I think at least).

 

[5030]

I now use a hay grapple to gather in the field, load the trailer, stack in the barn, and sometimes help load folks out. Very little hand work for me

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Had one, used it one season and sold it. About the same time the 575 went in the barn and stayed there.... Hay makes me itch anyway.