Ouachita
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Wrong! It was the BLACK crayons!That's what happens when you eat the red crayons!
The RED crayons are the reason my kids were born naked.
The BLUE ones made them turn out ugly.
Dang crayons!
Wrong! It was the BLACK crayons!That's what happens when you eat the red crayons!
with the tailgate open I think I got about 12 on a layer, went 5 layers and a half layer on top.Yeah, My first impulse was to write 45, but remembering how they stack I don't believe we ever went more than four complete layers with four bales across the top. We never had anything back in those days that would take much more of a load. I think the last truck I stacked with small bales was a '67/8 half ton Dodge with a slant six. After that I built a trailer...
I had a Bro-in-law that would toss bales for extra cash, and one day he called me up to see if I could bring the trailer I built because his truck had broke down. A guy had hired him to bring his hay in. When I got there we found out the guy didn't know hay had to be dry, and he'd baled it wet. I don't know what the bales weighed, but they were all I could do to load them. We were young and stupid and loaded that trailer five high, delivered it to the guy, and told him what he'd done and that he'd need to bust the bales and scatter the grass so it would dry... or it would mold. He paid us for the load we brought to him and asked us to take the load back and drop the wet bales off in the field. I don't think he ever busted the bales to be raked and rebaled. We never heard from him again.with the tailgate open I think I got about 12 on a layer, went 5 layers and a half layer on top.
I have a 20 ft car hauler now, 100 bales is pretty comfortable.. Our bales are usually 80lbs or so.. with the trailer that's 10k lbs behind you which is max before you need to start jumping through hoops with insurance and licenses.
We use to plant jiggs. They purposely cut the bales green and would even wet them down until it got planted. A cutter ran in front and the Sq baler right behind it. If I remember right a bale was around #80.I had a Bro-in-law that would toss bales for extra cash, and one day he called me up to see if I could bring the trailer I built because his truck had broke down. A guy had hired him to bring his hay in. When I got there we found out the guy didn't know hay had to be dry, and he'd baled it wet. I don't know what the bales weighed, but they were all I could do to load them. We were young and stupid and loaded that trailer five high, delivered it to the guy, and told him what he'd done and that he'd need to bust the bales and scatter the grass so it would dry... or it would mold. He paid us for the load we brought to him and asked us to take the load back and drop the wet bales off in the field. I don't think he ever busted the bales to be raked and rebaled. We never heard from him again.
That's a great mental image. Old Dodge truck with the windshield hinged at the top and open, and trying get an ornery Brahman bull loaded.Back in the 50's when I was a teenager, my grandfather would haul cattle for the local sale barn. Not many of the locals had an`y kind of vehicle to transport cattle in those days , but they all had a loading ramp built onto their corral. He had a 1-1/2 ton `Dodge truck ( I think) with a high bed and cattle panels built on it. i remember it had a crank right in the middle top of the dashthat cranked the windshield up for air conditioning. It was just the r`ight height to back up to the ramps. He told stories of rounding up some pretty wild stock with others and they had a portable `ramp they could haul on those jobs. I recall one day when they had to use a horse and rope to pull a huge Brahman bull up into the truck when he didn't want to go. Most of the ranchers had no way to transport their cattle, and I really believe the haulers were the real cowboys of the day.
I had some bales that were mostly red clover, baled at night to have a little moisture in them and so the leaves didn't crumble.. Stacked them with the stacker wagon.. then in the winter I went to get those bales.. HOLY SMOKES they were heavy, between 100 and 110lbs, they were like bricks, never got hot, but they were not much fun to load onto the truck!I had a Bro-in-law that would toss bales for extra cash, and one day he called me up to see if I could bring the trailer I built because his truck had broke down. A guy had hired him to bring his hay in. When I got there we found out the guy didn't know hay had to be dry, and he'd baled it wet. I don't know what the bales weighed, but they were all I could do to load them. We were young and stupid and loaded that trailer five high, delivered it to the guy, and told him what he'd done and that he'd need to bust the bales and scatter the grass so it would dry... or it would mold. He paid us for the load we brought to him and asked us to take the load back and drop the wet bales off in the field. I don't think he ever busted the bales to be raked and rebaled. We never heard from him again.
And one I'll never forget! That old dodge had the cattle panels hang out past the cab so that a vehicle in back of you could not see your hand signals for turning. I remember him ordering a turn signal indicator that mounted on the cab and when you pulled a lever inside it went from hanging down to straight out for left turn and straight up for right turn. I believe halfway down was for slow down. Some of the ornery cattle down her spent the winter in the marsh or swamp fending for themselves with the snakes and alligators. They would get brought in once a year, worked and the calves sold, then put on grass pastures to fatten up before being returned in the late fall. They were not the most docile animals to handle. A cowboys most prized possession was his horse and a bullwhip.That's a great mental image. Old Dodge truck with the windshield hinged at the top and open, and trying get an ornery Brahman bull loaded.
nice cattle racks, I never had any metal ones, even my factory ones from Omaha Standard were wood although for wood they were pretty fancy, when they were new they had been red and each plank was pinstriped, by the time I got them most of the paint and pinstripes were a memoryThis livestock rack was on our property when we bought it. These semi tires were all raised beds from the previous property owner. Cost me 7$ each to dispose of them. The rack came in handy for this project. It's 10 ft long and covers the whole tailgate. Moved hogs in it before I bought a livestock trailer.
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Dad rode with a cowboy who had a 20 foot blacksnake. I guess he was pretty good with it, he put it right anywhere he wanted. Dad asked to try it, and he darn near took off his ear; dad handed it right back.And one I'll never forget! That old dodge had the cattle panels hang out past the cab so that a vehicle in back of you could not see your hand signals for turning. I remember him ordering a turn signal indicator that mounted on the cab and when you pulled a lever inside it went from hanging down to straight out for left turn and straight up for right turn. I believe halfway down was for slow down. Some of the ornery cattle down her spent the winter in the marsh or swamp fending for themselves with the snakes and alligators. They would get brought in once a year, worked and the calves sold, then put on grass pastures to fatten up before being returned in the late fall. They were not the most docile animals to handle. A cowboys most prized possession was his horse and a bullwhip.
They charged the farmers $0.10 a bale
the tree tells the storyWe have an old livestock rack that was left on the property.
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Looks like a great beginning of a hog trap to me.We have an old livestock rack that was left on the property.
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I had no idea what it was but thought maybe some type of creep feeder for calves. Posted it little over a year ago and yup, it's a livestock hauler. Guess I should have asked the neighbors first.Looks like a great beginning of a hog trap to me.