We Finally Figured It Out (Loading Hay)

[@blossomquisno9187]

I really enjoy watching you and the guys load and haul hay

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you!!

[@jeffmiller9986]

Telehandler looks like it has drastically increased both pushing power, stability of the stack when moving, and also operator visibility. Fantastic upgrades. Can't wait to see the content this upcoming hay season!

[@dieselfan16]

As a collective we all would like to see more of everything. Keep up the great work. Your efforts are appreciated

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you for the encouraging words! It is very much appreciated

[@truckerjames7292]

Holy crap, the subtle humor at the end of Justin's quote made me spit my drink out from laughing lol. I enjoyed this video. I'm happy to have found you guys. Beautiful farm!

[@customwork7788]

It’s nice seeing crews having fun working

[@FarmingInsider]

Everyday we enjoy it!

[@ericbiermann8744]

They will have fun getting them out

[@FarmingInsider]

Lol true

[@randymonninger9913]

Love hard work you all put in I'm retired farmer I no all hard work you do have lot more Vance equipment help you that makes difference god bless you all for hard work you put in

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you Randy! We really appreciate the support

[@susanreutter4576]

Yes, more of everything. Please

[@FarmingInsider]

We are on it!

[@amandaboutton2099]

Excited to see what projects you have planned for the shop. Some construction videos might be pretty cool 👀👀

[@FarmingInsider]

We are working on it! Thanks for the support!

[@rypie91d]

New subscriber here. First time you've come up for me. I live 2 counties south so excited to see!

[@FarmingInsider]

Thanks for the support!

[@timdex91]

Awesome loading equipment....must have some fun getting it out???

[@FarmingInsider]

It goes in tight! They usually unload with loading docks and a skidsteer

[@michaelwalsh9145]

@@FarmingInsider Thanks, I was wondering how they’d unload it,

[@aidenkoster6427]

Great video

[@aidenkoster6427]

As always

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you! That means a lot!

[@deuntewilliams9384]

That’s one clean Pete

[@FarmingInsider]

Super clean. They run great rigs

[@racerroy1]

Nice to see some JCB Mahines in use over there.

[@FarmingInsider]

We couldn’t do what we do without them!

[@CEng-ge6sw]

Nice to see a British machine (JCB) in the USA.

[@FarmingInsider]

We love our telehandlers

[@willhorting5317]

I can honestly say that, in six decades of being around farming, this is the first time I have ever seen (or heard of) someone putting hay baled in a semi trailer like that!!🤯🤯🤯🤯........I have only ever seen bales put on a flatbed trailer....... How does the people on the receiving end remove the bales? I guarantee that it's going to be a lot more difficult than pushing it in!!😁

[@featheredcoyote5477]

I feel bad for the sucker that had to unload that van trailer. Hay was packed in there tight!

[@FarmingInsider]

Machine unload thankfully! 😅

[@robinmiller4135]

KZbin nicknames make the world a better place. So do blue eyes 😊

[@FarmingInsider]

We think so too! Great lighting, huh? haha

[@CraydenGamingOfficial]

@@FarmingInsider i really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really want to see more of u

[@neilramseyer5348]

More Carl :) can't believe people in NC buy hay. Seems like it would be easier to raise it there

[@FarmingInsider]

They can! The quality of our cool season grasses and alfalfa tends to me significantly better though. Apparently enough of a margin better to be worth the premium it takes in trucking there

[@leighcowley9869]

I’ve loaded 4x4s in a van that went to Hereford Texas

[@FarmingInsider]

Awesome. So I’m guessing you stacked 2 high and just kept pushing?

[@leighcowley9869]

@@FarmingInsider yes I did. I’m from Utah and at that time Texas was having a drought. When I loaded it the driver had never hauled hay in it before. Towards the end I had to have him go in and press his service brakes because the park brake wasn’t holding it. I don’t do 4x4s anymore. We went to 3x4s.

[@FarmingInsider]

@@leighcowley9869 I don’t think I’ve ever even seen a 4x4 in person. I’m sure they have their place but they seem to be tough for shipping

[@leighcowley9869]

@@FarmingInsider truckers love them. They hate 3x3s but their favorite is 3x4s. When you load 4x4s can only go two high. I loved them because there was way less bales in the field. I use to put up about 40000 bales of little bales a year. Talk about depressing. And we hauled it by hand. We use to put our hay up loose and I was the tromper. I was about ten years old and they hay would got to the stack with a John Deere A that had a farmhand type loader. That was how they put the loose hay in the stack before the bales. They would cut the hay with a couple of John Deere mowers on a couple of other John Deere A’s. We also had a Case 500 that had about 70 hp. That was big in it’s day. We also had two John Deere Ds. They would call them two lungers. We would have two guys mowing native grass hay. Then a day later they had a side roll rake and put in in a windrow. The the the tractor with the farmhand would go and make big bunch’s all over the field. When that was done they would come back and pick a bunch of hay with the farmhand. It wasn’t like the loaders like you see today. It had a big square frame higher than the tractor behind the seat. The bottom of the frame set on two huge angle irons bolted on the axle and right up to the front of the tractor frame. From the top of the out side corner of the frame were two pipe about three inch diameter that came down past the driver all the way to where the angle iron was bolted on. Also from the top of that frame was two five inch square tubes that angled from the top of the back frame to about three feet in front of the tractor. I forgot to tell you how wide it was. It was just wide enough to drive the tractor inside of this frame. On the bottom of the frame were two long cylinders. About four inch diameter. That is what lifted a twelve foot wide basket. The basket had a frame that pointed 2x4s were bolted to. They were foot apart. That is what we would bunch the hay up and then carry it to the stack. When it was ready to dump it had a hydraulic cylinder attached to what looked like a aluminum slats and cross slats that would push the hay off. The height of this loader was way higher than loaders we have today. It would put bales up eighteen layers high.

[@FarmingInsider]

I would have loved to see drone footage of that operation! I’ve watched KZbin videos of guys hand cranking John Deere Ds.

[@394hamme]

Rob, Robby, Robert... Bob, Bobby, Bobert

[@FarmingInsider]

Haha, man how did I not think of that on the fly. Sammy came up with Reckless Robby on the fly. I thought that was pretty good

[@timdex91]

Robert....Robeard...

[@mattstaks]

It looks as if the winter weather is behind you all. Beware though, Ohio can be tricky (as I'm sure you know). Sometimes the weather can be nice one day, and not so much the next. Hard to plan around.

[@FarmingInsider]

Planning is what separates great successes from catastrophic failures!

[@mattstaks]

@@FarmingInsider Thank you. I’ve seen a lot of similar motifs in literature. Do you read a lot? I prefer the classics

[@kennethheern4896]

You guys also have a blueberry patch?

[@shannonoconnor9671]

Damn thats some good looking hay. Do you a beef cattle forage mix?

[@FarmingInsider]

We do have some beef hay!

[@kennethheern4896]

How many bales fit in that box trailer

[@pakviroti3616]

So, how does the truck get unloaded at the destination? How do the front most stacks get reached for extraction.

[@FarmingInsider]

The destination really needs to have a loading dock to get a machine into the trailer to spear them and pull out, if not they are just unloaded by hand

[@benjaminyoung2454]

Great question 😊 I and my son was watching and wondering the same. All the hay loads we see in Australia, are usually just open air or tarped which is easy for unloading. Great video as always love every part of your story and journey.

[@pakviroti3616]

@@benjaminyoung2454 What part of ''stralia mate? When I was 12 we moved to Sydney, my dad had a two year posting with IBM. That would have been 1970, we stayed in Kingsford not far from Marubra Beach.

[@benjaminyoung2454]

@@pakviroti3616 we are in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 🦘🦘

[@nazzarenoceretti8025]

Bellissimo video 🙋‍♂️ 🌈

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you!

[@stephenbeecher7545]

Nickname suggestion for Robert: "Bobby Baby" or, just "Bob".

[@FarmingInsider]

Bobby has stuck haha

[@tommurphy6062]

Jcb tele seem to be getting popular in USA 30 years after Europe 😉

[@kimholian4113]

I never realized all that your farm did while living less than 2 miles from you...I miss seeing all the farming equipment go past the house!

[@FarmingInsider]

I really appreciate your continued support! From my general life experiences, there is not a whole lot of reason to head west from the Valley lol! We get to experience a little bit of seclusion

[@wattyh1]

in scotland we call people named robert BOB

[@FarmingInsider]

We do to!

[@Cake41579]

Tie a piece of pipe with a groove cut down the length so your string comes out on each side of the handler. Tie a plum bob on the end of your rope yo drop down the pipe to hrlp you tie each one

[@FarmingInsider]

This is a good idea

[@Nick-B78]

Regarding a good nickname for Robert you could try Minty. Reason being here in the UK there’s a brand that makes mints called Trebor which is Robert backwards

[@FarmingInsider]

We started calling him Minty today! That’s awesome

[@Nick-B78]

@@FarmingInsider lol that’s a great coincidence. Was that because of the mints?

[@FarmingInsider]

I’ve never heard of the mints, it was just because of your comment lol

[@Nick-B78]

@@FarmingInsider oh that’s awesome 😊

[@danrose3233]

How do they unload the vans at the customer end?

[@michaelmcnamara7971]

Yea I am wondering that also. Small forklift to go into the box van and a ramp to get up and down I'm guessing.

[@FarmingInsider]

That’s pretty much what they need. The customer needs a loading dock to take a small machine in and you can use pallet forks underneath the bundles

[@sethg.7158]

Robert should be called rubber toe

[@FarmingInsider]

Haha I love this. I'll see how he likes it

[@timroberge1498]

How many bales per load? 53' trailer?

[@FarmingInsider]

Last load we sent out was 798

[@timroberge1498]

@@FarmingInsider I probably should have asked before, but what's the rough weight per bale? 798 is impressive.

[@scottgouker808hardwrkr]

What is your current total cost in Machinery (est.) and How many Acres do you farm?

[@FarmingInsider]

We’ve got a really detailed balance sheet and accounting records but I’d rather not be public with it

[@scottgouker808hardwrkr]

@@FarmingInsider I understand. Just Curious what kind of capital it takes to farm today. I'm buying my first tractor, and the "attachments" alone exceed the cost of the Tractor. (Planting oil palms, rubber trees and rice)

[@snoopy6135]

What difference between wet dry hay?

[@FarmingInsider]

When we say wet hay we are referring to silage or baleage. It is baled at high moisture and must be wrapped in plastic to avoid spoiling and ensile correctly

[@pakviroti3616]

Rapid Rob! Just sayin'.

[@FarmingInsider]

Haha I like that. 🧐🧐

[@iancrossley6637]

I feel bad for the guy who has to unload the trailer.

[@FarmingInsider]

Lol me too

[@tylerw2464]

What did I tell you about Carl being a millionaire?!? #PCH

[@FarmingInsider]

2 days ago he did come into work with new shoes and new Wrangler jeans. He really might be hiding something lol

[@neilramseyer5348]

@@FarmingInsider in ohio you never know :)

[@chrisjohnson2053]

Hey buddy I wouldn't like all your videos if it wasn't for you and all the equipment.

[@FarmingInsider]

More equipment then for sure!

[@ghorner11]

How much do you charge per bale and how many would that truck hold?

[@FarmingInsider]

We got $6.50 for these bales and they usually hold 756 bales

[@ghorner11]

Wow! I'm 47 and I remember getting a $1/bale with Alf-Alfa, Timothy, and Broughm grass mixture for horse guys and we sold a lot of bales. Good for you.

[@josr]

Your still doing it a little wrong. The first two put a rope around them. To take them out its mutch Easyer and don't brake

[@FarmingInsider]

Rope around the first 2 sets?

[@frankoch1]

Humberto............

[@FarmingInsider]

That's a good one!

[@brentfarrow8125]

I really don’t want to see more of Carl very negative person!😎

[@FarmingInsider]

He's alright!

[@chrisrussell8903]

Carl is a skipped video for me. Just call the guy by his name, Robert, Rob or whatever he says. Stupid KZbin nicknames.

[@FarmingInsider]

Ouch! Thanks for the view, Chris

[@susanreutter4576]

That's not nice