Hauled in some hay

grandpa Love · Oct 29, 2019

Had to drive 75-80 miles to find any decent hay at a good price. We bought 8 rolls. Horse lady will buy them from us. We needed more square bales for a hayride this weekend so we unrolled 2 big bales and made 30 square bales. We will sell those next week.

Bales were 5ft- 6inches tall.

Cub handled it great!

Richard G. · Oct 29, 2019

Just came in from the shop.
Looks like a good day for yall.
Richard

johnofnewhaven · Oct 29, 2019

Great pictures! You and your family are always doing fun things together. I like to see that!

john in la · Oct 29, 2019

What does a roll of good fertilized grass hay sell for these days if you do not mind me asking.

grandpa Love · Oct 29, 2019

Local......$50+ 75-80 miles away....$30. worth driving for. Rain was real selective about where it fell and who got to cut enough hay.

john in la · Oct 29, 2019

If it is fertilized; cut on time and out of a barn $30 is a very good price.
Been 20 years since I have bought hay but I was paying $25 to $30 a roll back then and I was buying it by the truck load.

grandpa Love · Oct 29, 2019

It appears to be good hay. He says it was fertilized.

john in la · Oct 29, 2019

I would assume with all the rain this year the challenge is finding hay that is not over mature from being cut late.

Older mature grass does not have the protein young grass has.
In alfalfa hay they refer to it as bud stage.
But then again I have seen some that think 3 feet tall grass cut and bailed without being rained on is good hay.

4520BW · Oct 29, 2019

I agree john, lots of people think their hay is good that was cut in late june instead of may. They get alot of low quality hay.

showcrop · Oct 30, 2019

You can make good money by buying cheap rolls and rebaling them into small squares, especially if you have a few small squares of timothy and mix it in. Those timothy heads make it top quality hay to the horse people.

Texasmark1 · Oct 30, 2019

Looks like tight packed 4x6s. $30 for that much hay of any kind is a good price around here.

ArleninOr · Oct 30, 2019

How many small bales out of a round bale? See, you got a baler and it keeps you busy.

grandpa Love · Oct 30, 2019

Arlen, 15-16 square bales out of one round. We didn't fluff it up enough to start with and a big wad of hay got jambed in and sheared the pin. We thought we un jambed it and tried to start it back up.....bang....another pin. Ended up cleaning out the intake and the chute, which upset the knotters. Missed about 10 bales . Kept adding an extra sting on one side and not knotting that side. Cleaned it all out again and wife figured it out, working good again.

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