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About 24 of y’all could show up over at the hayfield about 5 pm it would be great. We can each load 2 bales apiece and I’ll spring for a couple cases of beer [emoji23] not even gonna unload, gonna park it in the barn and wait for cooler days to stack it in the feed room…
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Started sweating just thinking about loading hay whew[emoji15]
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I'll be right there. If'n I'm a little late, just start without me. But do save me the beer please. :yikes
I can be there in a fast 7 hour drive. :)
I don’t drink but I’d be in for a cold water or two. Like Slab it’ll take me a while to get there.
Getting hay out of the fields reminds me of my childhood and especially my grandfather. They used to do square bales and when I was old enough recruited me to drive the tractor. I’m allergic to grass and as you can imagine I didn’t do to well out there. Went to the hospital that night. Started getting harder to find people to help get up the hay so my grandfather eventually switched to round bales and would use tractor to move them unless someone requested square. He sold tractor trailers full of hay to folks.
Well got er done. My wife, son, and one of his friends, and the man I buy the hay from all pitched in and that was the easiest I think it’s ever gone. I have the best wife ever. I wanted her to drive and let me help load, but she wasn’t having that. She made me drive. So I sipped beer and played radio and moved the truck up. Best gal ever [emoji7]
50 bales on the trailer and in the barn.
But all yall that offered to help, I still got beer for you. And water. Fried crappie. Whatever [emoji16]
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We have a hundred acres leased to a cow farmer. He cuts a lot of round bales off it each cutting. Several hundred bales I would guess
Last time I did that was 1971. My mom had a farm and produced about 400 bales a cutting, had to haul that hay for free….LOL. Then I would hire out to neighboring farms to make fishing gear money. The last load I picked up and put in the barn was 375 bales and my late nephew and I were paid 15 cents a bale to split between us. I remember that day very well as when we were finished and got paid, got in the truck and drove to Walmart 25 miles away and both of us got new rods. Miss the memories but don’t miss the act of hauling hay.
Regards
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I bought my high-school clothes and the only motorcycle I ever owned, a 125 Honda 4stroke dirt bike, hauling hay for 2 1/2 cents per bale. They say hard work builds character. I got character but also a bunch of titanium joints.
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You joke but I really miss throwing hay lol. I used to know all sorts of people with barns and animals… even worked on a cattle farm for a while. Now I don’t got anybody who needs hay done [emoji23]Quote:
Originally Posted by J White
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between the itchy stuff, the sweat , the stickers ,the heat and the exhaustion , it really don't seem like I will make it this go ,I am busy that weekend anyway, but thanks so much for the invite ....
i will try to be free next time , just saying :Rofl