Building up the Gravel Floor in the Barn to Store Round Bales High and Dry under Roof.

[@HumbleHaymakers]

When I saw the sickle mower chained to the loader, I thought you were going to drop it into the pond...😎

[@edsecorr7812]

Keep up the great work love your videos thank you

[@Tonetwisters]

Mr. Evan, I know a girl in Illinois who would LOVE to have that mouse tool chest in her bedroom! 🙂 Always love your videos with tractors and hay!!

[@Flowing23]

that is a very handy tractor , looks like real good hay

[@tomhall7250]

All in time you’re doing awesome!

[@jimprescott8423]

Lovely evening behind you mate,

[@RuossFamilyAdventures]

Dear Evan at the Mushroom Farm I worked at and my Father in law used for hay forks they made them up with a Axle shafts out of a heavy duty pick up truck they got from a junk yard and then I cut the the one in to a point

[@SandraCrockett]

You guys area almost at 100, 000 subs! Way cool.

[@Wildwildwest685]

When moving bales from the field to the barn, use a flat bed hay wagon. You can haul 6-8 bales on a wagon to move them instead of making multiple trips carrying 2 bales.

[@stubbi]

Hey Evan, you should really put some palets under their and stack the bales on top. I seriously do not recommend storing hay on pure ground - not even gravel

[@stevepalmer8285]

Hi,I’m new to your channel.so I’m doing a bit of binge watching at the moment .im from the uk,have a good day.

[@raywhite1442]

Thank goodness for the little favors too

[@jvin248]

The mice tool box, take all the drawers out (clips on the side runners release with a narrow screw driver), pressure wash the whole thing. grease the bearings, and then spray mint/peppermint 'essential oils' and that should keep them out of the tool box. Plug up any 1/4in or larger holes they can squeeze through too. You might get yourself a 'tin cat' to put on the floor under the tool box when you move it to the next location. +1 pallets under the bales.

[@austinzupon]

I thought the same thing about putting pallets under the bales.

[@leol1682]

Evan good job but I would have put pallets under the Bales .for air flow and put thems up .

[@captnsquid8151]

Nice pond,, The ducks and geese like it. Very calming ..

[@bevnelson3678]

Awesome Even. It’s good to get bails under shelter.

[@peterpeif7066]

Jason is right. Lay some pallets on top of the gravel and then place the bales on the pallets. Use pallets made from plastic, they do not rotten under the hay.

[@stevenpage3311]

Great Video Brother!!! I love how much pride you take in your projects! You and your wife have a beautiful farm

[@jonhoskins5596]

You'll definitely want to put pallets underneath your bales. Two of the only real reasons is airflow and to keep dry. You'll also want to reinforce the sides and back of your pole barn to handle the weight of heavy bales that will end up pressing against it like 2x6 or better- or you could recycle some of the lumber from your bank barn demo.

[@georgedavidson1221]

I agree with you

[@rt3box6tx74]

Ditto!

[@cathiwim]

Me three!

[@derekbergdorf2085]

I agree 100 percent the hay will still get moisture I put pallets down under my hay in my barn

[@dougstewart6288]

The hay will wick up moisture from the gravel. My hay is all on pallets inside the metal building on top of concrete floor. Even had to hang tarps on the inside of the outside walls because the metal siding sweats in the warmer winter temps. If you are putting animals in the barn will also need to vent the ridge. Had it raining in my horse barn until I did that. School of hard knocks

[@jeanielipskey1272]

Looking good!

[@markb1487]

We always used to use pallets to put the round hay bales on if there was a chance of puddling.....And even if there wasn't,,we still put them on pallets...Not on bare concrete or gravel.

[@Rebecca_of_Oregon]

I really enjoy the background music you use in your vlogs. Very peaceful. I’d be interested to know who the musician is.

[@martinjames3950]

Always put my bales on pallets

[@bobjoncas2814]

...lookin' good the build is coming along nicely, keep well...

[@waynek921]

Nice videos of the 2022 hay season.

[@teenagefarmer]

Looking good. My grandpa stacks the first round bale on it's flat end and then puts another bale on it's round side on top of it. You could get one more bale per row

[@kingkong7617]

Evan, just a suggestion, have you thought about stacking those round hay bales on the end and you could stack three high and put more bales in the same space.

[@michaelbeckingham6220]

Yes on pallets to stop rot setting in and you have not wasted 2/3 RDS of storage space

[@aarongrimm6641]

We stack the bottom row on ends, then two high above that. Effectively creating 3 rows.

[@johnsadler8637]

Aside from the risk of falling over, it’s hard to spear a bale from the side.

[@derekbergdorf2085]

Agree on the end saves room

[@JimJr1962]

Great job and you'll thank yourself each time you bale hay, as you get older.

[@sandraengstrand2784]

Very productive day in the barn!! 🐄

[@johnhunt8807]

Love your videos it gives me peace to sit back and watch small farmers work...love it..also you might make a platform for your sickle mower with wheels then you can roll into place and hook up is easier

[@georgedavidson1221]

Evan maybe you need to dig a trend outside to divert water away from the barn / shed

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Hello Evan looks great. That's cool ducks are raising little ones soon you will have a freezer full. Have a great day.

[@randygrider9758]

Pallets can be had free at a lot of places. They are great to stack round and square bales on. Most lost hay on rolls stored outside is bottom of roll. All hay loss in barn is bottom of roll.

[@throwcly]

You might look at some of the fence line feeding systems. For small operations they can be very practical and look good while keeping you from tearing up muddy fields in bad weather.

[@ShadowMoonFarms]

Thank you

[@wiseoleowl5154]

It look like you need another board to the outside of the barn below the siding to keep the gravel in side the barn.

[@jwszewczyk]

We have always stored our bails first row like barrels on pallets and then stack two rows on top of them. Works well and the bottom row stays round, and the short top row doesn't smash the second row too much.

[@thomasgreene5750]

If you have access to some, putting down discarded wooden pallets would get the hay bales up off the gravel and allow air flow underneath.

[@aidanmurphy6845]

Hi Aiden here in Ireland we tend to leave the hay bales out for about 3-5 days after baling as they tend to warm up if there is any moisture left in them many a hay shed have burned down I remember splitting a load of hay with a friend we left ours out for about 2 weeks after they put theirs in straight away there’s went mouldy

[@stephencudaback4548]

Start to come to gather for you guy's looking good love it see you on the next video from steve c from state Oregon

[@joannak4640]

Great video but they have become soooo short and it seems like fewer and fewer ☹️ Can we maybe have a tour of the gardens, orchard and ALL of the animals 🙏 Your farm is getting more and more beautiful all of the time ❤️

[@CountryViewAcres]

Sorry Joanna. Here lately we have been in a hurry, with so much to do. So the working is more and the filming is less. makes for shorter videos. I plan on working in the garden today. I hope to make a video.

[@joannak4640]

@@CountryViewAcres I enjoy watching you build your farm up. Thank you so much ❤️

[@BRI33NOR]

Dig a trench behind the Barn, if necessary fill it with gravel, but slope it away from the Barn, water should then flow away. Old wooden pallets on the ground to put the bales on as suggested by many is the way to go.

[@crslyrn]

Mice are a never ending battle on the farm. 🙂 Just clean the toolbox up & sale it if your not going to use it anymore. Suggestion on the bale storage, set the bottom bales up on edge so that they don't deform their shape with the top bales stacked on top of them. That bale fork that you've got on the back of the tractor works best for moving round bales like you did this time. Like some have already suggested, use the wagon to move bales off of the field to the barn. I've got a bale spear that mounts in the loader bucket that worked really well when I used to bale round bales. Might almost consider selling it. Keep up the good work there. Take care. 👏🏻👏🏻

[@corydriver7634]

Something else to consider is controlling the rainwater runoff from that building with gutters. One inch of rain will produce a little over 600 gallons per 1000 square feet of roof surface. Remember it’s roof square footage not the same as building floor square footage. Just eyeballing it I’d say your barn easily sheds 1500 gallons per inch of rain so image if you had a 2-3 inch per hour rain.

[@dustinbarnes3539]

I would put some pallets under them bales the bottom will probably get moldy with the moisture through the rocks. Love the videos

[@Pinziee]

thx for sharing another nice video. Greetings from Houthalen-Belgium

[@sherimcgill5139]

Congratulations on a near flawless hay harvest! I can tell you’re thrilled 😁

[@cliffblackburn8102]

Great video

[@cathiwim]

You can clean that tool chest- wear gloves and a mask, clean out each drawer(might want to wipe the pieces with solvent and let air dry) then remove the drawers and wash each piece with Simple Green. If you pressure wash it it might destroy the wheels and gaskets inside the sides.

[@bernardjones6162]

Just a few acres has the same bailer as you! Check in with him about the string cutter!

[@setholson6550]

So happy for you getting the new equipment and getting through your 1st time. I enjoyed watching the square bales I like the look of the field but understand the amount of work involved. Hope to see the ducks in the next video. Maybe a trail camera would catch the photos you want? With the mice in the barn I’m betting your wife has no interest in going in there. Susan

[@jamesacuff5176]

Forget about pallets and turn your bales on their end and the waste will be minimal inside a barn. I feed all my hay by unrolling the bales by a tractor attachment on the rear of your tractor. You can feed a 1/4, 1/2, or 3/4 of a bale and conserve hay.

[@michaelhack2184]

looking forward to you fixing twine cutter on round Bailey

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Looks good Evan, you'll make it work out for you when you decide what is best for your set up. Thanks for sharing with us , stay safe and keep up the fun, about time for the two of you to have a fishing derby and cook out isn't it? Fred.

[@larrydesormierjr6940]

Love watching the evolution of your farm. Keep it up Guys!!!

[@gusbracewell3856]

Clean out the toolbox and then spray it down with some Lysol concentrate mixed with hot water and let it sit for a day or so then rinse it out and let it dry in the sun. Be sure to keep the drawers open for the whole cleaning process and that should rid the pee smell from the toolbox

[@jasonwiker5771]

For home made round bale feeders my grandpap took hog panels, cut them to length, cut holes in them for his sheep to eat through, and hooked them together with snaps. They worked pretty good for us

[@lorenmeyer5290]

Great job Evan! That will be so much better with the bails inside! Love watching!

[@cadenswain]

One suggested I have for moving the bales from the field to your barn is using a hay bale wagon instead of only carrying two at a time.

[@edsecorr7812]

Looking great nice job keep up the good work

[@douglasmacarthur8775]

Crushed rock, like Even used, should prevent the damage others have mentioned from setting bales on dirt.

[@rogermccann7627]

Put some hardware cloth attached to the bottom board of the walls and keep "critters" out of the hay and nesting in the barn........

[@ronniewalker2881]

Good video

[@96cherie]

I would put pallets under the hay

[@doneyandassociates]

Oh, by the way, I love your show.

[@speakerville]

You should really put exterior grade outlet covers on all of those electrical outlets. Hay pokes into the outlet, then the barn goes up in flames. If you build a new hay barn in my area of Michigan, the wires are required to be in exterior grade conduit, with exterior grade boxes and covers for all outlet and light switches. the covers don't cost that much, and they are cheap insurance ( might also help with your farm insurance premiums).

[@darellsunderlin4670]

Just a suggestion, we have had round bales , large square bales , med &.small square bales and we've stayed with the small but we have always set them on pallets. I can't tell you how much hay that has saved us . Of course ours is stored and stacked outside ( would love to have a shed like yours ) and we have to tarp it , but with the winters we get in Montana, the drifts , run off etc , having it on pallets is the only way to go!!!! Great video

[@maxinerose6664]

You will need to fix the outside of the barn with fill dirt to keep the rain out. The rain will just run under the gravel.

[@karenwerth8484]

We had a round bale spear for the front of our tractor, Dad ended up putting 2 on that way they didn’t spin. I agree with the wagon for moving round bales but take top off and just use frame with 2 long 4x4 boards running the length so they don’t roll when moving to barn area

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

We love the hay making videos! Made my OH want to take up hay making only problem is we only have about 1 tenth of an acre lol 😂

[@waynejones5239]

U have all the tools that you really need to move bales pallet forks the carry all and grapple everything else is nice to have

[@JAMESRS58]

Would definitely add a couple of rows of 2x6 pressure treated as splash boards around the outside perimeter ..

[@russellgnuse]

If you use pallets and flip on the flat side you can slack more bales in and along the wall . That how we do it and you go three high and 6 to 9 a row pallet fork work awesome it slack in a build take far less space and you can store far more inside

[@brucemartini2288]

idea for simple base for bails of hay, to keep off ground as cattle eat off it. two 4x4 post PT, in (+) shape put + on ground, bail on top of that

[@raymondscalise3589]

I look your place it reminds me of mine you & i need complete organazation to maintain our farms properley

[@brucemorey7545]

Pallets are the best for storing round bales or square bales. Jon, your right!

[@georgedavidson1221]

Evan. Strip the nails out of the lumber you salvaged and throw down a fake wood floor Too late you are already putting hay in

[@walterchapman2884]

I love it Evan, when you were emptying the Barn all the stuff you were throwing in the back of the truck. You had a piece of a shovel that'll probably never get a handle, like me lol, we sandbag stuff thinking well one day I'll fix that, not likely. Why didn't you ask Rebekah to clean out that old tool box? 😂

[@russellbecker2158]

If you build a set of spares for the rear the bales are small enough you could build it so you can haul two bales on the back instead of get a wagon but you might also use the same wagon you used for the square bales. Then once you have the Alice Chalmer running again you could have the Alicetown ready to load the bales in the field and then unload with the TMA or the other way around! It’s all just a thought

[@smokeylovesfire1589]

Pallet idea is a great one. But the bales will pickup the rocks with the cows breaking their teeth.

[@robertduffy5805]

You don't need a bale feeder, just roll them out in the areas that need more help growing. You'll get a better distribution of pee and poop and the waste will help the field grow faster and build up a stand. Maybe only roll our part of a bale if you don't have the cattle to eat it fast enough

[@frrapp2366]

well i have never stored any of out round bales inside but thats up to you . only have cattle you might want to check out and see if any one near have wheat straw for bedding you can flak a bale down fairly easily as for using the pallet fork a loose bale on a spike can sometimes just fall apart with the forks you dont have to worry so much

[@coyotiess]

Remember a mistake is just part of the learning curve in life!

[@laruedouglas1064]

That is a big sickle mower.

[@CountryViewAcres]

9 foot new holland 451

[@bohhica1]

I believe that under your gravel would be a good place for a French drain ? Possibly. Great videos and music.

[@VCURAMS]

Audio popping last few videos needs looking into. Agree with others on putting pallets underneath the bails!

[@CountryViewAcres]

I figured the audio problem out. It was my editing software. Changed one of the setting and it cleared up. Shouldn't have it in future videos.

[@Briceland107]

one easy way to almost double your storage is to set your bottom row up on end like a cylinder and even your second row then set your third row normal you don't have lose capacity each level. also when you go to make your 3 point bale spear Make it a double I would think you have enough capacity in the tractor to haul 2 on the rear.

[@jasoncorreal8810]

Definitely do not recommend direct on ground storage of hay. Especially in a known wet spot even if the gravel did raise up above the water spot. At least get some pallets to raise the bales up to prevent the moisture from wicking up into the bales. I know moldy hay isnt crazy bad for cows but it is for goats and horses!

[@joannak4640]

I was thinking the same thing 👍

[@marilynwitherell186]

I know of many farmers that put the round bales right on the ground.

[@dennisfahlstrom2515]

@@marilynwitherell186 But I bet it’s high and dry ground, not an area known to be wet.

[@andyrobinson339]

@@marilynwitherell186 Many farmers don't always do what's best.

[@skidsteer4208]

@@marilynwitherell186 thats what my family does

[@isaiahraimondo2476]

If I were you pallets would have been a good idea to underneath those

[@kevinwittstruck8764]

You should consider to close in the bottom of the shed which will help alot to

[@davidwatsonii9469]

WE PUT PLASTIC DOWN FIRST, THEN A PALLET, THEN THE HAY, HELPES KEEP DOWN MOLD

[@kevinbaker6168]

If you haven't planned on it you need to go around the outsides where the sides were up 6 to 8 inches above the ground and make a slope so the rain will run away from your barn.

[@bay9876]

Some farmers let their bale soak a little for fermentation to help the cows digestion of the hay. Too much moisture causes fire issues from the heat of fermentation. It's a balance of dry versus moist.

[@chrispileski6640]

Careful what you wish for. I need dry here in central OHIO!

[@O.KFarmToysdeutzallis6275]

For your next cutting of hay put some wood on front of the hay wagon and USA the hay wagon to haul hay and when storing it you can put more hay in the barn stacking it up and down not side to side like you did

[@brianjohnston9822]

If your hay fields stay lucrative, you might have to get a bale wrapper.

[@raymondscalise3589]

You should on put the recipticals on in that snall barn on a shut off when you are not using them i turn my recipticicals off in my pole when they are not in use

[@doneyandassociates]

I think the bales will still get wet from the vapor of the evaporating water still pooling under the rock that you just laid down. Rock increases surface area and evaporation rates. That vapor, without a vapor barrier will go up to your hay sitting on the surface.

[@bige.3474]

Snapping turtles, bass, and large frogs will all take baby ducks.

[@cathiwim]

Its the turtles grabbing the ducklings from underneath and drowning them.