Hay Trolley- how does it work? Loose Hay 1930's style

[@joshuabernard5209]

Saw one of these trolleys in a cracker barrel and have been trying for the longest time to figure out what it was and what it was used for. Thanks for satisfying my curiosity!

[@Bibsy1]

Hi- we have a 1901 diary barn with a gambrel roof, a hay bale hook with rail and pulley system. Never used it, never looked up how to use it, and your video shed light on how your style works. Thanks for that, and we have a seperate horse farm we use so we dont know anything about dairy barns and we are going to look at more dair barns for reference points. Sadly this barn has to come down and we are sad. Have a great day

[@missyrabbit5250]

that was very educational. I just bought an old hay trolley. Thought about using it in my little barn. Wasn't sure exactly how it worked. Very ingenious

[@jaytigra2234]

Been hiking for years at Mt. ST. Francis outside New Albany, Indiana where there is an old barn with a dairy milking parlor in the first level. For the first time, this past weekend the second level door was open and I was able to see inside the second level. Was wondering how the barn was used since there was just one large space. Found your video,. now it makes sense to me. Thank you.

[@davedavis3467]

Very cool to watch

[@mikewhiskey4467]

Just watching makes you appreciate a round baler all the more lol. Cool video, just bought a Meyers trolley for my barn

[@MrNobody2828]

You could still use your trolley system for hay bales by using a hay bale fork. In my area of Iowa its called an "Olson hay fork". It would pull up 8 - 10 bales of hay at a time. But the hay had to be stacked a certain way on the hayrack.

[@rogerlincoln4827]

This is called a "Jackson Fork" in some places. They were the ultimate labor saving device in their day. Whew!

[@michael7423]

New sub here, I love small family farms that use vintage tools to get things done the way my grand parents did it.

[@cozycowfarm]

Welcome! We just added another new (1949) tractor to the group , videos to follow...

[@danielbisbee2624]

I'm thinking of using it for saw mill small homemade I built out of a few 2x4s they are very handy trolleys

[@vnthomas16]

Great video! You did a really nice job fixing up your trolley! You should do a video next on how you set up your milking parlor and your milking procedures.

[@cozycowfarm]

We started a milking video but haven't figured out how exactly we want to put it together. Now with two cows being milked we will have some additional filming to do!

[@cozycowfarm]

Finally got a milking video published!

[@zxggwrt]

I have one of these on my barn on a metal track with three pulleys. This was informative. I was thinking of what to use it for and how it worked!

[@kylebeckstrom3867]

Great video I just found this device a hay trolley tryna see what it is thanks for the video now I can see what it is… so in the middle of video I believe that it showed that you had done like a full makeover on a hay trolley and you know obviously using it that is pretty awesome. I’d like to know more about that And is that something I don’t think a lot of people are doing that though, rightthat’s pretty old-fashioned which is awesome more power to I’m just kind of curious how I would like to sell the one I have maybe something I should restore first

[@randyjerrett3385]

Thanks!!!!

[@drewbaughman2772]

I used to use a wornout manure spreader to haul ear corn. Hey! Anything with wheels, no?

[@jeremeytaylor2433]

I recently bought a barn full of loose hay that was put there with one of these. As far as I can tell everything is there from the last time it was used. I dont need the hay is there a way these can be used in reverse to take the hay out of the lofts and drop on the floor?

[@operationreciprocity8446]

Was the hay always that loosely bailed? Or was it meant to haul bailed and non bailed hay alike?

[@ericprater4017]

Now you just need a hay loft in your barn, so you can pitch hay down into the feed troughs of your animals, rather then up or sideways.

[@tragikk03]

Is this what's referred to as a Johnson fork? My spelling may be wrong, I've only heard it said once or twice

[@cozycowfarm]

There is such a thing as a Jackson Fork; that is more like a one sided scooping fork, which is not what we have. We've never been able to identify the manufacture of our fork, but have found over time that the slings work better for our purpose.

[@tragikk03]

@Cozy Cow Family Farm that's cool, man. Thanks for sharing this, I had no idea about these machines. I love old American machines

[@danielbisbee2624]

What about hay bails I have a square fork with barbs that pop out like fish hook

[@brainwashingdetergent4322]

I heard a little voice say “good job daddy” in the background somewhere!

[@brianbrowning3701]

So what do you do with the hay once its inside the barn do you then bail it there or just store it for use on the farm

[@cozycowfarm]

We just feed directly to the cows. The barn is set up well with rear-load feed troughs on all sides, so it is really easy to fork from the pile into the trough. It stores pretty well in the barn loose, even for more than 1 year (max 2 so far). The top layers you are using also add additional protection to the more compacted bottom layers.

[@michael7423]

I make homemade butter and cheese for a hobby, I would love to see how and what kinds of cheese you make!

[@cozycowfarm]

Will do! Our main cheeses are cheddars but we finally have figured out a really good mozerrella. Only been doing the cheese thing for 1 year so more likely we could learn from you! Unfortunately our 1 cow in-milk is low on production at the moment so cheese activities are rare.

[@michael7423]

Cozy Cow Family Farm, I doubt that I just started making cheese although I’ve been making butter a long time. I watch a guy here on KZbin for cheese making. He is from Australia and his name is Gavin Weber, he calls himself a curd nerd 😂 if your making homemade cheddar I know you are more advanced than me. Anyway if you find anytime away from farm and family check out Gavin’s channel also say a prayer for his wife Kim as she is going through a medical scare

[@danielbisbee2624]

I have a porter trolley it was made in Ottawa Ill. I like to sell them both I no longer have a barn

[@cozycowfarm]

The Facebook group "hay trolley heaven" is a great place to help get your trolley a new home!

[@sminthian]

You showed that like 10 times, and I still don't get it...