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<blockquote data-quote="John SD" data-source="post: 1106035" data-attributes="member: 14713"><p>A few other things i thought of. The real estate taxes on the majority of my hay ground are over $4/acre so there's $800 that needs to be charged to against hay production before turning a wheel. I could farm it up or fence in out and graze instead of hay. Some years that might pencil out better. </p><p></p><p>Do you change oil in your equipment when you get done with hay? Engine oil/filters, grease, antifreeze, hydraulic/transmission oil, etc. One hose blows out and many times I loose $$$ of oil before I know it. All that stuff adds up. </p><p></p><p> I moved my own hay for a long time with my own tractor and stack mover. One of those Lahman single axle jobs with hydraulic drive on a Ford 8600. Sold the old stackmover to another neighbor when I upgraded to a 16 x 33 Lahman. </p><p></p><p>I don't make long trips with hay now since I no longer have cattle and don't bring any to the home place. When I started moving my own hay, the trip with 18 bales was 17 miles one way. If I got an early start I could make 3 trips a day. Didn't want to be on the highway loaded when visibility got poor. Traffic has become worse since.</p><p></p><p> One fall I figured I put over 900 miles on the tractor moving hay. Like you, I was using my "free" labor, and I didn't have to wait on and pay a truck to haul or count on my busy neighbor to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John SD, post: 1106035, member: 14713"] A few other things i thought of. The real estate taxes on the majority of my hay ground are over $4/acre so there's $800 that needs to be charged to against hay production before turning a wheel. I could farm it up or fence in out and graze instead of hay. Some years that might pencil out better. Do you change oil in your equipment when you get done with hay? Engine oil/filters, grease, antifreeze, hydraulic/transmission oil, etc. One hose blows out and many times I loose $$$ of oil before I know it. All that stuff adds up. I moved my own hay for a long time with my own tractor and stack mover. One of those Lahman single axle jobs with hydraulic drive on a Ford 8600. Sold the old stackmover to another neighbor when I upgraded to a 16 x 33 Lahman. I don't make long trips with hay now since I no longer have cattle and don't bring any to the home place. When I started moving my own hay, the trip with 18 bales was 17 miles one way. If I got an early start I could make 3 trips a day. Didn't want to be on the highway loaded when visibility got poor. Traffic has become worse since. One fall I figured I put over 900 miles on the tractor moving hay. Like you, I was using my "free" labor, and I didn't have to wait on and pay a truck to haul or count on my busy neighbor to do it. [/QUOTE]
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