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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 452357" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>I found out something rather interesting today - and not in a good way, either. How many of you knew it was possible for someone to move a 3X3X8 bale of hay that outweighs you by 4 times plus, simply by grabbing a string to help you shinny up the bale? I didn't, until today. I was tarping a stack of said bales - 3 deep, 4 high on the back, 3 high on the next stack, and 1 high in front - alone today, because there is rain forcasted for tomorrow and Dad was hauling a load to Colorado, and so was unavailable. Climbed up on the first bale, jammed my foot between the 2 bales on the next stack and grabbed a string on the top bale of the stack to climb it, felt it shift forward, thought "Oh, ****!", kicked it into overdrive and was on top of that bale in a heartbeat! I didn't come down until everything was done that needed to be done on top, either. Spent the rest of the day wondering if it was my imagination or if the bale really shifted, asked Dad when he got home, and found out it can happen. I had been taken to task a bit earlier for 'taking it upon myself' to tarp this stack of hay by myself - which I really didn't understand, since Dad wanted the stack tarped. After our conversation about the bale shifting, I understood a little better. I had never even given a thought to the remote possibility that it could happen, the bale was flush with the one under it, it was square, not a bit off center or out of whack in any way, shape, or form. It gave me a whole new perspective on how people get hurt/killed because they didn't think things through. Please be careful. I know I have a whole new perspective on farm safety, and I will be looking at things I always viewed as safe a bit differently from here on out! ;-) :shock:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 452357, member: 539"] I found out something rather interesting today - and not in a good way, either. How many of you knew it was possible for someone to move a 3X3X8 bale of hay that outweighs you by 4 times plus, simply by grabbing a string to help you shinny up the bale? I didn't, until today. I was tarping a stack of said bales - 3 deep, 4 high on the back, 3 high on the next stack, and 1 high in front - alone today, because there is rain forcasted for tomorrow and Dad was hauling a load to Colorado, and so was unavailable. Climbed up on the first bale, jammed my foot between the 2 bales on the next stack and grabbed a string on the top bale of the stack to climb it, felt it shift forward, thought "Oh, ****!", kicked it into overdrive and was on top of that bale in a heartbeat! I didn't come down until everything was done that needed to be done on top, either. Spent the rest of the day wondering if it was my imagination or if the bale really shifted, asked Dad when he got home, and found out it can happen. I had been taken to task a bit earlier for 'taking it upon myself' to tarp this stack of hay by myself - which I really didn't understand, since Dad wanted the stack tarped. After our conversation about the bale shifting, I understood a little better. I had never even given a thought to the remote possibility that it could happen, the bale was flush with the one under it, it was square, not a bit off center or out of whack in any way, shape, or form. It gave me a whole new perspective on how people get hurt/killed because they didn't think things through. Please be careful. I know I have a whole new perspective on farm safety, and I will be looking at things I always viewed as safe a bit differently from here on out! ;-) :shock: [/QUOTE]
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