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<blockquote data-quote="1982vett" data-source="post: 1226980" data-attributes="member: 7795"><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Yeah...why should that 3rd of a bale they waste be good hay anyway..... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I think size of scale come in to play on that....20-30 bales to store...maybe not....4-500 might be a different story. However, 3 of the barns I store in were built for small squares with drive in access so at the time it was "necessary". Another is a brooder house...it's old, leaning, and has a leaky roof, but it still better than setting outside in the weather. Another was built to replace one brooder house that all but blew down. Built an equipment shed on to the side of it that has become storage space. It was built before we had cab tractors so they won't fit under the eave. Have two more that were hog barns. Put a sliding door and filled the pits under it with dirt several years ago. Only problem with it is I no longer have a tractor that will fit in it. It's has an 8 ft ceiling height. It will have to house small square bales if I ever bale small squares again. Right now it is used for junk storage. </p><p></p><p>Had I not had these barns, I would have to change my hay program from baling what I have when I have it to looking for a yearly source. Surely the last hay I baled and in 2012 and using this year would be mostly compost by now.... baring the telephone poles, crossties and tarps I used before I had access to the barns...a less expensive alternative dollar wise but more labor intensive.</p><p></p><p>For long term storage, a barn is a must. Squares or rounds. That MY :2cents:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1982vett, post: 1226980, member: 7795"] :D Yeah...why should that 3rd of a bale they waste be good hay anyway..... :) I think size of scale come in to play on that....20-30 bales to store...maybe not....4-500 might be a different story. However, 3 of the barns I store in were built for small squares with drive in access so at the time it was "necessary". Another is a brooder house...it's old, leaning, and has a leaky roof, but it still better than setting outside in the weather. Another was built to replace one brooder house that all but blew down. Built an equipment shed on to the side of it that has become storage space. It was built before we had cab tractors so they won't fit under the eave. Have two more that were hog barns. Put a sliding door and filled the pits under it with dirt several years ago. Only problem with it is I no longer have a tractor that will fit in it. It's has an 8 ft ceiling height. It will have to house small square bales if I ever bale small squares again. Right now it is used for junk storage. Had I not had these barns, I would have to change my hay program from baling what I have when I have it to looking for a yearly source. Surely the last hay I baled and in 2012 and using this year would be mostly compost by now.... baring the telephone poles, crossties and tarps I used before I had access to the barns...a less expensive alternative dollar wise but more labor intensive. For long term storage, a barn is a must. Squares or rounds. That MY :2cents: [/QUOTE]
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