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Lucky

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20250817_193132.jpgSpent the last few days moving hay. It was 8 miles one way with 6 miles of gravel roads. 100* heat, lots of dust, and only 2 flats. 3 loads left to move.

Edit..Can't leave out the 4 yr old granddaughter was with us. She watched movies, slept in the back seat, and put on and took off makeup all day.
 
I finished mine up a week ago. 11 loads at 32 miles round trip over three days plus three loads left there in the hay trap. 14 rolls per load. It is dusty.

We had a nice rain one day. Road was muddy for that day, nice the next day, dusty again on the third day. It don't take long to dry out when its 97 degrees.
 
Just got my third semi load of rounds in today. 26 tons on in 34 bales. Puts them right around 1530# per bale. Really nice hay was under a pivot that the water rights are getting moved after this growing season. They seeded mixed grass that will be dryland next year and had oats cover. Probably 50% oats and 50% perennial grasses. Should be some excellent calf hay.
 
These bales were 4x5.5 and probably weighed 1,000 pounds. We hauled 14 at a time and it was all the ole 6.2 L wanted. We moved 266 and have another 30 or so to move today. After moving hay Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and driving to San Antonio Monday the grandaughter ask if this was Grandpa's trucking company. 20250818_192714.jpg
 
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Lucky said:
These bales were 4x5.5 and probably weighed 1,000 pounds. We hauled 14 at a time and it was all the ole 6.2 L wanted. We moved 266 and have another 30 or so to move today. After moving hay Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and driving to San Antonio Monday the grandaughter ask if this was Grandpa's trucking company. View attachment 60980
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Another Buc ces satisfied customer. Hope she got a slushy!
 
20260702_131726.jpgSame spot as before....hard to believe it's been a year already.

Edit: went back and read first post. I still need 3 more loads to finish up but had 5 flats this time 😫. I took the time to look at the entrance to this field and it's a wonder I didn't have 12 flats. There was all kinds of stuff there to poke a hole in a tire.
 
I have 130 bales to pick up and put in the stack. It is 95 out right now. The forecast is for hot weather. My plan is to start at 5:00 in the morning and quit when it gets hot. One thing about it here I don't have to worry about rain or bales soaking up moisture from the ground. I will get it done in 3 days or so but if I took a month it wouldn't hurt the hay at all.
 
I hauled hay this morning. For some reason the bales were at the two ends of the field. So when I finished the east end I drove the loader tractor to the west end and walked back 300 + yards to get the truck and trailer. At 9:30 it was 83 already and going up I decided to get familiar with the AC in the house and some ice water. I got 43 bales in the stack yard. 31 left to move in the morning. It will be hotter tomorrow, over 100.
 
The baler has what B refers to as an accumulator on the back of the baler. It holds 2 of the 3x4x8. As bale #3 gets a certain distance out of the chamber it trips a switch which causes the accumulator to dump the 2 bales. It is nice to have the bales bunched up. But this the first time to have such a distance in the middle of the field with no hay. It was a long walk back to the truck on a hot morning.
 
Dave said:
The baler has what B refers to as an accumulator on the back of the baler. It holds 2 of the 3x4x8. As bale #3 gets a certain distance out of the chamber it trips a switch which causes the accumulator to dump the 2 bales. It is nice to have the bales bunched up. But this the first time to have such a distance in the middle of the field with no hay. It was a long walk back to the truck on a hot morning.
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When we use to move more hay I would bunch the bales in the field on the tractor based on how many for each load.

When I would offload I would go back by the tractor and throw a chain to it and pull it to the next group. Had a bungee in the cab for the steering wheel I put on before I got out and the chain stayed wrapped on the back of the trailer. It was surprisingly easy to do once I got the system set up.

Now I make a phone call and they show up on an 18 wheeler. I just unload them and wam-bam-thank-you...
 
I make the phone call too. The hay off my place will feed 80 cows for a little over 2 months. Depending on when I start buying and how quickly I get it done as to how much more we will need. I can figure on 4 1/2 months of feeding (Dec- mid April).

It will be 100 tomorrow. But first thing in the morning it will be a nice pleasant 50 degrees. At 8:00 I went out and hauled another load. It was 99 then the sun dropped behind the hills. That dropped the temperature to 83. Now at 9:00 it is down to 79. I am looking forward to a cool morning.
 
We've had hay delivered in the past but most of the time I'd rather do it myself. The delivery guys are pretty pricey some years for what they are doing.

We've tried the bunch the hay up deal but it seems easier to me to just load it on the trailer. It's nice if you have driver but if not I just walk to tractor, it's generally not too far.
 

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