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<blockquote data-quote="Cucumber35" data-source="post: 1399762" data-attributes="member: 25728"><p>I've often thought it's probably better to sell the hay equipment and buy hay but I'd rather do it myself. The last few years we cut and raked and hired the baling done but then you're at the mercy of the custom guys schedule or breakdowns. It's true that when you do it yourself "it is what it is" but at least I know what it is. I guess I just don't like relying on someone else. And I always worry about getting gouged on price if it's a bad hay year. We've put up some crap but we planned ahead and it got us through the winter. May have had to buy a little but not a whole supply. I think the cost factor comes down to volume. The only way to make the equipment pencil is to do enough volume to spread out the cost. Also we cut a lot of horse pasture ground and pay fairly cheap by the bale. If it doesn't yield much it's not a big loss. We usually hit it with a bit of fertilizer but nothing crazy. Makes decent cheap hay for us and saves the landowner time and fuel to keep it bush-hogged.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cucumber35, post: 1399762, member: 25728"] I've often thought it's probably better to sell the hay equipment and buy hay but I'd rather do it myself. The last few years we cut and raked and hired the baling done but then you're at the mercy of the custom guys schedule or breakdowns. It's true that when you do it yourself "it is what it is" but at least I know what it is. I guess I just don't like relying on someone else. And I always worry about getting gouged on price if it's a bad hay year. We've put up some crap but we planned ahead and it got us through the winter. May have had to buy a little but not a whole supply. I think the cost factor comes down to volume. The only way to make the equipment pencil is to do enough volume to spread out the cost. Also we cut a lot of horse pasture ground and pay fairly cheap by the bale. If it doesn't yield much it's not a big loss. We usually hit it with a bit of fertilizer but nothing crazy. Makes decent cheap hay for us and saves the landowner time and fuel to keep it bush-hogged. [/QUOTE]
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