Baling hay Old School ‘22

[@billywilliams6322]

Been there done that. I still love it. Still do it and I turn 70 this year.

[@ctfarmtrucking6934]

that's one hardworking little man good job

[@greenboyatgafarms2250]

man i dont miss them days

[@hturbo1007]

That'll make him tough!!

[@connorsawyer2418]

Little man is goin thru it rn but he’ll look back and be so grateful

[@roydeanjones9040]

Oh yeah how I remember them days myself many times good old days

[@Dave-ll6ei]

That boy will be as strong as a bull by the end of summer. 👍

[@oldtruthteller2512]

That's the way we did it.

[@e4371]

This is where farm strength begins

[@sec808]

That was me on the back about 45 years ago

[@brettmason1942]

That's how we all get started

[@medina3420]

❤ Get it lil buddy. but Man, I do Not miss them summer days. 😮‍💨 But every man should start younger days Just like this. We would have real men again.

[@Jason-ho1ie]

I baled 70 acres of small bales every year with my brother with that set up 😊

[@cateatfood6634]

Awesome.

[@chadrashgrading5188]

That is good 4boy

[@garyharrall4002]

That'll make a man out you quickly. Been there done that.

[@jerseyman9346]

My allergies: 📈📈📈📈📈

[@sumitbhardwaj9109]

Child labour

[@donarthiazi2443]

🙄

[@danmoritz3319]

What is with the weird change in system of bale stacking - bales sticking out the sides - towards the front ? A change in plans halfway through ? I remember those days. Once, ten years old, the baler rounded a sharp corner, already less stable a load position, then the wagon wheel hit a dip, then another bigger dipping groundhog hole, making the whole 9 or 10 high stacked load to fall directly on me. Of course as it falls, the stack starts to break apart slightly, but still, when already tired and sweaty, having a dozen hay bales knock you around like a rag doll and fall on you directly, slamming your head to the ground, with all the literal blood streaming scrapes on ones face and body from hard, dry stems, to go with that, it's just not fun. But no crying will be heard, no pampering from dad, shit happens sometimes, just dust yourself off, restack the load, and keep going, until the work is done. Nothing wrong with that, at all. Yet, as a kid, completing hay baling, stacking a wagon, unloading, or if lucky, using a PTO driven "elevator" conveyor, to raise bales to a second floor, then restacking in the near oven hot, 110 or 115 degree, top level of the barn, was a real man accomplishment. As reward, sometimes, when finished, we got to go get an ice cream cone. That was our pay plus a safe home, meals and boarding. We were grateful. In generations before that, life was even harder. Many suburban or city kids would simply die if faced with such a normal task and life, nowadays. Humility, perserverance and appreciation for life have been replaced by ingratitude and entitlement thinking by weak, manipulative, crappy humans too often seen today.

[@billywilliams6322]

Apparently, dad doesn't know how to stack either, or he would have corrected him.

[@jerrydelp7973]

Not even stacking it right

[@djrave520]

Who cares? It's on the trailer. People fuss over nothing I swear

[@jerrydelp7973]

@@djrave520 well if the idiots want to take a chance of hurting someone good ahead it's not me that has to pay for it

[@winstonpoplin]

@@djrave520 If you dont stack it right it will be vastly harder to finish the stacks, as he will somehow have to get two more levels of bales ontop of the whole length of the trailer. If stacking from the back to front like this you must stack full height starting at the back and slowly work forward continuing to stack to full height. You will have to make a staircase using bales to get up to that level but thats just what it takes. I do it all the time and once you get a method down you can make some beautifully enormous loads.