Getting all my hard work in the barn!

Loading unloading and moving square hay the easy way.

[@forestcollins2041]

i remember. following. a tractor. and. wagon around feild and loading by hand love your videos

[@DLHFarms]

+Forest Collins. I've done that many times with straw, but not anymore. Thanks for watching!

[@NorthEastOhio]

Forest Collins we still do that to this day,. it's not to. much of a pain in the rear, just unloading kicker wagons is a pain vs a flat wagon where there all stackd

[@arthurdewith7608]

one bale at a time handled 3 times and 3 more times in the hay loft

[@arthurdewith7608]

the worst thang that god created was square bales

[@Ticky66MN]

Very interesting how you handle the small square bales...very cool how one man can do so much these days. We did them all by hand that required many people to get a lot done in a day. Thanks for sharing.

[@DLHFarms]

+Ticky66MN. Yep, in today's times you can't find anyone to get up small bales, everyone is busy! This equipment is always ready to go when I am!

[@leopold7148]

They still do that here, when you are with a great group of people its pretty funny actually.

[@DLHFarms]

Yeah it can be. I'm kind of a lone Wolf though. Lol

[@onlygazza]

It's always a nice feeling getting this last bales into the barn, the pressure just drops instantly and a smile appears on everyone's face 😀

[@DLHFarms]

+onlygazza's fastrac farming. That's exactly the feeling! Especially when you have those black clouds around.

[@canvids1]

awe just when it was getting interesting thank great video and I must say I enjoy what ever you post thanks

[@DLHFarms]

+canvids1. Lol sorry. Dang go pro batteries.

[@mattfogarty5868]

holy crap man the machinery you have pays for itself 10 times over it'd take 10 men to keep up with that machine that is crazy I thrown hay before but it was usually just from the wagon and into the barn or from the barn and into the truck to deliver it I'm impressed by the machines

[@DLHFarms]

Yep they pay for themselves pretty quick.

[@stephensfarms7165]

Oh that bets stacking by hand. Great job.

[@DLHFarms]

+Ronald Stephens. Yes it sure does!

[@dwjackson903]

might sound crazy but I sure love the smell of a hay barn especially when it has fresh hay in it. Admittedly I wasn't to keen on it in the middle of August stacking by hand lol.

[@DLHFarms]

+dwjackson903. I love the smell of fresh hay in the barn! No your not crazy! Well you might because my wife says that i am.lol

[@lewspeedwagon6330]

I think on one of your videos, you mentioned Alabama... I had no idea it could be so beautiful there... wish you'd take a walk in those woods someday...

[@DLHFarms]

No, I'm in Patrick county VA

[@lewspeedwagon6330]

... ok... thanks a lot... makes more sense now. Many big hills, and beautiful hardwoods...

[@DLHFarms]

Yes this is a beautiful place I kinda take it for granted though.

[@theresathreadgill1386]

These are real interesting. I've only seen hay done by hand. No accumulator which seems to really help a lot!

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks Theresa! It really helped my operation to get the accumulator and grapple system.

[@Max-hv9oh]

Love the easy loading mechanism!!

[@DLHFarms]

+Max. It does make life a little easier.

[@AndersonCattleCo]

You are the man, when I haul hay home I just have to make sure the approach is wide enough to fit my semi with the bales being 11' wide and make sure if the road is narrow that I can drive the front wheels in the ditch before I back up to make my turn. I don't have to worry about steep hills , mostly that no dip sh*t drives into the back of me when I'm turning off one road onto another, because we have dusty gravel roads. With that big load of hay are you over weight?

[@AndersonCattleCo]

We have an old NH 70 bale wagon and we haven't used it in 20 years but if I remember right 1300bales in a day was still a heck of a big day, because you always had to hand stack one oops lol

[@DLHFarms]

+AndersonCattleCo. I guess there are problems every where you work, there just different ones, yes I'm 3000 pounds over weight with this load. Thats a 7 ton trailer grossing 17000 pounds.

[@DLHFarms]

+AndersonCattleCo. Lol, that's why we can't use those here its so steep you have to hand stack all of them

[@mikewawrzkiewicz3741]

Like the bail grabbing duey ya got there that thing is slick napa mike 👍

[@DLHFarms]

+Mike Wawrzkiewicz. Thanks Mike beats the old way!

[@markheintz1878]

Sweet setup, this is the only way to stack small squares in a barn.

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks 👍

[@gsettlemyre]

Hey, hay, just looking to see if your paying attention! LOL! Amazing just watching what you do in a day or two.🧿✉️

[@DLHFarms]

Lol yeah I'm all over the place and I don't show a quarter of the stuff I do.

[@Max-hv9oh]

What a beast of a truck

[@DLHFarms]

+Max. It's been a good one!

[@danfike3016]

That a great feeling beating the rain.

[@DLHFarms]

+Dan Fike. Yes it is!

[@2xxx2xxx21]

what would we do without a flat 8 grab for the little square bales sure saves stackin them all by hand and i bet your glad the bottom of them slopes arent wet,gr8 vidoe

[@DLHFarms]

+Tom Reel. This one is a flat 10 but yeah i wouldn't want to move all that by hand by myself.

[@Fixinthatupvideos]

great videos

[@chuckstevenson2929]

Nice video. Now I see why you put the same quick attach on your t5.

[@DLHFarms]

+Chuck Stevenson. Yeah that way everything works together, no matter what machine or attachment your using.

[@PAFarms]

I was just looking into the accumulator system. I'm a one man show for the most part and handling bales off a thrower wagon.

[@DLHFarms]

+PA Farms. The advantage of the kicker system is you have your hay on wheels immediately so if it rains you can pull it to the barn. If your a one man show like me with the accumulator once you have your hay baled you will have to get your packs up and stack them on wagons with a tractor, but once you get to the barn you can unload with the tractor and if you sell it you can reload it again on a customer's trailer. If you have someone that can bale for you, you can load it as fast as it comes off the accumulator you don't have to worry about bales getting broken by the kicker or the bales getting deformed from throwing them.

[@PAFarms]

DLH Farms that's a good thought that the hay is on wheels right away. The accumulator I looked at was different. This one was flat like a table, it didn't go up, it went flat out. I don't know, used it was $9k, and for $9k I can buy about 6 used wagons

[@DLHFarms]

+PA Farms. Its hard to say what you where looking at there are several companies that make accumulators. If you have people to help unload and don't mind paying them you should probably stay with the way your doing it, but in my case I like being able to to it all myself when everyone else is busy.

[@arthurdewith7608]

i don't like the thrower pulling all the dang bales apart in the wagon then walking around the hay mow carryin bales to place

[@DLHFarms]

Im with you on that.

[@jankotze1959]

Awesome rewarding video, I can not recall you have cows, do you sell the bales or did I just foreget about your animals

[@DLHFarms]

+Jan Kotze. No, I don't have any livestock I just make hay to sell. Thanks for watching Jan!

[@markbarnhill6300]

Nothing wrong with Metallica 👍 you have a nice operation , looks good!!

[@DLHFarms]

+Mark Barnhill. I like Metallica but I can't play it in my videos, copyright laws.

[@Dan.Whiteford]

That is about the most efficient way of hauling and stacking individual small bales any distance I have seen.

[@DLHFarms]

+Dan Whiteford. Yes I agree, and if you have someone to get them up as thier being baled you can do it even faster.

[@muddysprings6233]

I'm not very old and I remember 10+ years ago doing it by hand and in the present day we are still doing it by hand

[@DLHFarms]

+Muddy Springs. Sounds like you should check in to getting an accumulator.

[@muddysprings6233]

DLH Farms I have thought about it !

[@steverosenberger8671]

You need to make a trailer hitch to connect to your 3 point hitch on the back of the tractor. Then you could easily move your trailer around the field with you. Just back up to the trailer and raise the 3 point hitch up to connect to the goose neck and drive off. You don't even have to get off the tractor.

[@DLHFarms]

I'm already ahead of you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4aydJKmarGngLs

[@markheintz1878]

I would just weld a ball to My quik tach for moving the trailer, cheap and easy.

[@BoundlessVision-d2]

I was thinking. Rather than going back and forth with each square load, maybe it would work to group the squares near each other in the field. Then move the trailer closer to the group to load with a shorter distance. May give you a little more time before the downpour?

[@DLHFarms]

Thats what i do on big fields but not a small one like this.

[@BoundlessVision-d2]

@@DLHFarms Thanks for the update. That makes sense. As a city-slicker that was a mighty big field. On another subject about that PTO noise, I was wondering if that was caused by an increase in fluid pressure followed by a sudden velocity decrease usually caused by a valve closing. Somewhat similar to a water hammer shock wave. May want to look into installing a slow-closing valve or pressure relief valve in the line. I couldn't tell by looking at the video the length of the pipe and elasticity composition of the material. I guess if them New Holland boys said it is what it is then it is what it is.

[@j.b.caldwell7420]

You ever consider taking cubes for the top layer and making the key bales in the center while the cubes are on the ground ? That lets me run two straps lengthwise and there are no key bales on the edges to bind down

[@DLHFarms]

+J.B. Caldwell. I haven't thought about doing that. I guess it's because I haven't had trouble with loosing the key/tie bales. I put two straps on in this field because it's so steep most of the time I don't use straps until I sell it then I strap it down really good cause it rides for three hours.

[@1harrymac]

I have an accumulator that pulls behind the baler. I can not leave my packs in the field over night as they collect to much moisture on the bottoms. Do you have that problem? I live in the northern part of South Carolina. Really enjoy your videos and seeing your farm.

[@DLHFarms]

+harry mcmillan. They do get moisture on the bottom but it never been a problem as long as the top of the pack you set it on is good and dry. I've not had any mold issues doing it this way. If I can get them out of the field the same day I will but when I get done baling at 7pm and I have 1300 bales in the field I don't have much choice but to leave them. I will stack them that night until the dew get to heavy on them.

[@1995jug]

That's the way to handle small squares, we done it by hand hard work you had to watch picking up hay that been out all night copperheads love to get under them to stay warm.

[@DLHFarms]

+joe tiller. That gave me chills just thinking about that. I hate snakes!

[@roni8049]

Great video! How does the implement that picks up the square bales work?

[@DLHFarms]

+roni 80. Good question! I'll make a video of it before to long. Its basically a bunch of hooks controlled by a hydraulic cylinder.

[@roni8049]

DLH Farms That would be awesome. Thanks.

[@abb117]

2 questions: do you have a blower/dryer that blow air trough the hay in the barn or does it get dry enough in the field? What do you do if bales in the field get rained on?

[@DLHFarms]

+Johan Jakobsson. You have to get it dry enough in the field, it won't really dry anymore once it's baled up tight. I've had the bales get rained on before, about the only thing you can do is continue getting the bales out of the rain, if the rain stops and the sun comes back out within a day of the bales getting wet, and it normally does, wait for the ground to dry some then unload the bales placing them in direct sunlight, then I normally by hand move the bales so they have space all around them once the top dry's then flip them all over, most of the time the hay won't be damaged. Typically on a tight bale of hay the rain will only penitrate about an inch into the bale unless they set out in the rain a very long time. If the hay can't be dried within a day, it will most likely mold and then the price will have to be reduced and it would be sold as cow hay. The mold will normally just be on the outside of the bale and will be perfectly fine on the inside.

[@jacobschmidt3178]

Is that a 7.3 or a 6.0? Love the video keep em coming!

[@DLHFarms]

+Jacob Schmidt. That would be a 7.3!

[@illinoissandfarmer4726]

Putting hay or straw on a trailer with a grapple like that takes a lot of learning but I think I got it down now the first few loads I lost bales off every trailer but I think I got it figured out now haha

[@DLHFarms]

+Josh Fanter. Yeah there is definitely a learning curve. I've been doing it at least 6 years now.

[@breedenfarms6888]

nice video

[@DLHFarms]

+the hay boy. Thanks hay boy!

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

6:40 Is your tractor bending in the middle as you put that last stack on the trailer??? It looks like the loader arm and lift cylinder are bobbing up and down.

[@DLHFarms]

That's the ride control working

[@NorthEastOhio]

so you don't have to unload any hay by hand ? sweet,. would a new Holland L180 skid steer work on that accululator?

[@DLHFarms]

+North east Ohio farmer. Nope I don't have to touch a bale of hay, if everything goes good good. I can load it in the field, unload it in the barn and then reload it on a customer's trailer. Works good. And yes a L180 should be able to handle a bale grabber.

[@lewspeedwagon6330]

Ahh... you did get the woods. Thanks.

[@kountrytiger1999]

my back might be in so much better shape if we would have had this stuff i remember working 10 hours on third shift grab some breakfast and working in the hay field till around 3 pm get a bath coupe hours sleep and do it again sunday was a day off no matter what.

[@DLHFarms]

Sounds fun. Lol

[@rcmartinfarm3512]

This will be my first year using the same 10 bale accumulator do you always strap your loads or can you get away with out straps with good driving conditions?

[@DLHFarms]

With good stacking and good driving conditions yes you can get away with it. It's all in the stacking, if you don't do it right they will fall off before you can even move. I have some older videos about stacking.

[@rocksandoil2241]

where did you source your pallets? I have a hard time getting pallets since this is wally world country and surplus ones are scarce as hen's teeth.

[@davidhowell1228]

Metallica! Easily 90% of what I listen to! Subbed for life now! :)

[@DLHFarms]

Lol cool deal I listen to a lot of hard rock.

[@davidhowell1228]

DLH Farms 90% Metallica 5% Ozzy 5% Classical, Phil Collins, Sting, and some random other crap like Boney M - Rasputin lol... Don't judge, I already know I'm a numbskull lmao!

[@DLHFarms]

Lol!

[@albertusmostert5418]

Pack pallets on the trailer put the bales ontop of the pallets and if you unload just pick up the pallet with all the bales ontop way faster

[@DLHFarms]

Haha yeah if it was only that easy.

[@ihus9950]

Hello Dennis, just watching some of your older videos, do you still have the T5.120 or did you replace it with the Massey? Thanks Dennis

[@DLHFarms]

I still have it. Thats what I was blowing snow with in my last video.

[@rcman124]

Is this in Tennessee? Great videos thanks Dennis

[@DLHFarms]

+tony s. This is in Patrick county Va.

[@longviewfarm226]

DLH Farms is that a 6 liter. Did you do any mods?

[@DLHFarms]

+Long View Farm. Nope that's a 7.3. We have a 6.0 one ton dump truck. It's broke down right now. I've got to work on it when I get time.

[@arthurdewith7608]

@@DLHFarms dont yo all love the hilly contyside and bush

[@DLHFarms]

@@arthurdewith7608 well of course

[@rodneygilbertson2231]

When is a shed a shed and not a barn or is a barn a shed in your area? Our barns in Wisconsin are 2 story and usually have cattle in them?

[@DLHFarms]

I really don't know, i just call it whatever I want

[@rodneygilbertson2231]

I was just wondering, love your videos though!!! Great job!!

[@bluemtnsman]

New to viewing your videos,,, I read a comment with another video that you do not have livestock. Is the hay a cash crop for you then ? Or is the hay being done for a family member ? Noticed you spell "ya'll" correctly,,, not the yankee way of "y'all". Sweet. Nice videos and thank you for taking the time to post them.

[@DLHFarms]

+bluemtnsman Welcome to my channel! Yes, the hay is a side business for me because I work full-time for my dad doing construction work. Thank you for taking the time to watch!

[@bluemtnsman]

The number of construction guys, and a few gals, I have met over the years that also farm is very high. The two seem to go together quite well. A very nicely balanced mixed of videos as I am a huge fan of construction (my occupation) and farming (how I was raised). I am also a fan of your part of Virginia as I was raising my kids not too many miles up the road in the Elliston/Salem area.

[@DLHFarms]

+bluemtnsman. Cool deal, that's not to far away at all, I think there are a lot of guys like us that had to quit​ full time farming and do something else to make ends meet and construction is what most farmers went to.

[@markbulichsr.836]

magnetic base......so thats the attraction to this video LOL

[@DLHFarms]

Lol I guess so

[@cottonmdjd]

have you ever used kicker wagons?

[@DLHFarms]

+Fair Weather Farmer. No, and don't plan on it, then I would have to unload by hand.

[@danwilliam9107]

How many bale can bale stack away in good day?

[@DLHFarms]

I've baled and stacked a 1000 in one day by myself. You can do more with help.

[@danwilliam9107]

Thank you sir .nice job

[@JoshSmith-pg6gn]

Lmao every time I've been in a hay barn I thought they were filled by hand

[@DLHFarms]

+Josh Smith. A lot of them are, but mine aren't.

[@arvilpollard7026]

What size are your tractors?

[@DLHFarms]

They are mid frame 100 to 130 hp tractors

[@arvilpollard7026]

Just subscribed to your channel this morning, but I had watched a few of your videos already. Those accumulators are cool.

[@redc5243]

yip what jeff r said . I worked my butt off to get what I have today and never regretted a day of it cause I worked for what I wanted to give my family a good life without struggles .Would do it all again .

[@AdamSmith-uv6kr]

Is that Martinsville, IN?

[@DLHFarms]

No, I'm in Patrick county Va, we do a lot of work in Martinsville Va about an hour away from me.

[@Bill-wh6dj]

I remember back in the day when a dash was made of metal. LOL. I know, I know I am dating myself, LOL well I am old after all. LOL

[@DLHFarms]

Haha. I guess the metal dash hurt to much when you bashed your head into it during a crash

[@richardbloomfield3646]

I say move them closer to where you are going to park the trailer at then load them up

[@arthurdewith7608]

ya lke all the dang way the other side of the field dam it

[@salmonhunter7414]

Looks like you are baling on a side of a mountain.

[@DLHFarms]

+Salmon Hunter. Yeap! That's what happens when you live on a mountain. Lol

[@brandoncaldwell95]

My truck would have been screaming at those angles. Course im only in a gas 1500 5.3L but i pull heavy weight (upwards 17,000lbs) over only the Texas coastal hills...

[@DLHFarms]

+Snipe Stud00. That load of hay was about 12,500 pounds plus the trailer 4500 pounds.

[@Flatlanderexpress]

kentucky

[@DLHFarms]

+nolan kinzie. Nope, Virginia

[@stephenbyrne482]

could you not pay someone to follow you in your truck with the goose neck and half your time loading hat

[@DLHFarms]

There ain't nobody to pay nobody wants to work, if they do they already have a job.

[@stephenbyrne482]

man i live in ireland and i would love to the job you are doing lovey part of america and great people pay for my travel and ill work for you pay it off while i work

[@DLHFarms]

I don't have farming going on right now, it's winter time.

[@Flatlanderexpress]

billygoattrail

[@DLHFarms]

+nolan kinzie. Lol

[@Flatlanderexpress]

send your extra rain north

[@DLHFarms]

+nolan kinzie. I wish I could!