Unloading Square Bale Into a Hay Loft

[@SophiaSawyer12]

This reminds me of my own hay operation. If it's not one thing, it's another... that breaks, won't run, catches on something, or it rains! But I still love it. Fortunately, I'm only making enough hay for my own 2 horses. About 200 bales each year. Maybe when I retire in a few years, I'll have time to cut and bale more hay to sell. And then, only if I want to.

[@karl-egertdaskov6217]

oh i love that time of the year i remember iwas like 3 or 4 when i started going with granpa to the field he had (and still has but dont use) a east german made baler that made little smaller bales than yours it was a offset baler with a frame that sent the bales up and you drove a second tractor under the frame offset again and so you had to stack the bales once but we actually stacked them on the trailer too because it was a group effort to get them up into the barn (it was a interesting one the barn didnt have a loft like yours it was a high building and hay was stacked from ground to roof) and we used 3 tooth pitchforks on long handles and just took the bale and lifted it up the bale was taken and again took the bale around 150 bales per load they stopped using it quite a few years ago the 2 cows they had were getting old and wasnt worth keeping anymore but my great granma shes the toughest human i know at 84 years she cleans the 3 barns by hand she feeds them by hand and also milks them with the old school milkers that had like a bucket under it and you pour it out to the puckets and haul down the hill she has 35 head of cows and 24 are being milked i would love start something like you guys are doing small farm in the middle of nowhere and have few cows for milk and raise bulls and heifers and use old equipment but at 19 (20 on july 13) i dont have the starting capital for such operation i wish i had

[@newtsfarm]

We used to have a small gas engine belted to the elevator and that worked well as long as the engine did! I was always the kid in the loft yelling down to let me catch up.

[@browdylozinski1490]

You should give us a farm tour I’m very interested in how that operation is with the outdoor farrow-to-finish because im starting to do an outdoor farrow to finish pig farm as well and it’s very hard to find other operations anymore

[@chargermopar]

Might even be low enough to pick up a stack of bales with the Bobcat and lift to the door if the conveyor breaks.

[@greggergen9104]

As big is the guy working the hay trailer is it might be easier and faster to park the trailer under the trailer and throw the bales right into the loft.

[@joegerman1998]

I suggested that but he wanted to use his elevator! 😂

[@RuralMidwest]

Wanted to test out the new toy 😁

[@farmerbill6855]

Then use it right. Put the bottom of that elevator on a bale on the trailer. You don't have to lift or walk the bales as far. But seriously, he's right, throwing them up there would have been way easier and faster.

[@ChristopherLee77]

You're spreading your arms out too far, he's not that big

[@farmerbill6855]

Your chain needs to be tightened badly. Best regards from Indiana.

[@RuralMidwest]

Yep, we tried to tighten it before we started but did not have any more adjustment, will need to take a link out somewhere.

[@stevefoley7345]

What part of Midwest?

[@RuralMidwest]

Iowa

[@jimwilliamson7598]

If the chain is catching on something why don’t you stop and fix it before something breaks???

[@RuralMidwest]

It catches once in awhile, not a big issue, fix it after we are done using it.