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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #1950 on: December 11, 2019, 05:11:47 PM »
My uncle and cousin were doing actual farm work while I was chasing birds. Here they are laying out a roll of hay for the cows to eat.


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Man my grandpa hated the big rolls of hay.

He always thought that Hay got wasted because the cows trampled it.  He did small bales for years, until he was 75 or so and finally sold off the cows.

My old man was the same way.  Only problem was he would make 100-120lb bales with wire ties.  rough ridin' back breaker bales to haul from the field and stack.  :curse:
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« Reply #1951 on: December 11, 2019, 10:22:22 PM »
I don’t think grandpas were that heavy.

He had this cool stacker thing that would scoop up and make a big block of bales that could be backed into the hay barn.

They just had to be lined up the right way to be picked up in the field


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« Reply #1953 on: December 12, 2019, 12:53:57 PM »
This could be the exact same one


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We had a home made trailer that my dad made.  It had an hydraulic arm that would slide on the ground to pick up the bale and then my dad would push the lever on the tractor as he was traveling around 6 mph and the arm would flip up and throw the bale on the trailer.  Then a person(me) would stack it, since he couldn't get anyone to do it on the rough ridin' death machine.  We usually stacked 6 layers high and then would take them to an area where we would unload.  To unload it took a pto driven transmission that engaged a pully system that pushed the stack off the trailer.  We could get around 100 to 120 bales per stack and usually haul around one thousand bales per day.  It was a lot of hard work.


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« Reply #1954 on: December 12, 2019, 05:40:16 PM »
We weren't that sophisticated... had one of these and three teenage boys.

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« Reply #1955 on: December 12, 2019, 05:49:04 PM »
https://youtu.be/_BVtirYc6Pc

Graduated to the john deere bale thrower so eliminated loading,  but bales haphazardly packed in wagon were frustrating at the barn.

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #1956 on: December 12, 2019, 08:30:04 PM »
I'm trying to figure out how that contraption works Tom...

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #1957 on: December 12, 2019, 08:38:13 PM »
We went to only the giant squares for about 10 years. Now back to round bails. Haven’t done small squares for a long time.


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« Reply #1958 on: December 12, 2019, 08:48:44 PM »
https://youtu.be/_BVtirYc6Pc

Graduated to the john deere bale thrower so eliminated loading,  but bales haphazardly packed in wagon were frustrating at the barn.

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Tom, if you could image trying to stack those bales as they flew in the trailer; that was in a way what we had to do.  Image an arm on the side of the trailer with an hydraulic cylinder that flipped the bale on the trailer.  Just don't get in the way of it as it could bust your skull open.  That's why we couldn't get anybody to stack on the death trap, but me. 
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« Reply #1959 on: December 12, 2019, 08:50:24 PM »
We went to only the giant squares for about 10 years. Now back to round bails. Haven’t done small squares for a long time.


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Don't know how to handle big squares, but love big rd. bales for my horses.
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« Reply #1960 on: December 12, 2019, 09:37:33 PM »
We have ground a semi load+ of alfalfa every day for about the last 25 years. We didn’t handle them (and don’t handle the rounds) for single use. Have a bi directional tractor thing with a loader grabber deal that picks them up and dumps them in the grinder which chews them up and dumps them into the semi trailer. It’s a giant pain in the ass and ground alfalfa gets everywhere and I hate the crap out of the entire process.


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« Reply #1961 on: December 12, 2019, 09:53:14 PM »
I'm trying to figure out how that contraption works Tom...
https://youtu.be/Z65yUj-OFn0

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #1962 on: December 12, 2019, 09:56:02 PM »
https://youtu.be/_BVtirYc6Pc

Graduated to the john deere bale thrower so eliminated loading,  but bales haphazardly packed in wagon were frustrating at the barn.

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Tom, if you could image trying to stack those bales as they flew in the trailer; that was in a way what we had to do.  Image an arm on the side of the trailer with an hydraulic cylinder that flipped the bale on the trailer.  Just don't get in the way of it as it could bust your skull open.  That's why we couldn't get anybody to stack on the death trap, but me.
My dad hopped in the wagon once... one row left and wagon was full. He kind of made a landing shot and stacked bales as they flew off that thing.

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #1963 on: December 12, 2019, 10:04:12 PM »
We have ground a semi load+ of alfalfa every day for about the last 25 years. We didn’t handle them (and don’t handle the rounds) for single use. Have a bi directional tractor thing with a loader grabber deal that picks them up and dumps them in the grinder which chews them up and dumps them into the semi trailer. It’s a giant pain in the ass and ground alfalfa gets everywhere and I hate the crap out of the entire process.


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Once we went large round got one of these bad boys.

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #1964 on: December 12, 2019, 10:24:06 PM »
These are what we use. Have a couple of them last I knew.




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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #1965 on: December 12, 2019, 10:37:39 PM »
These are what we use. Have a couple of them last I knew.




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« Reply #1966 on: December 12, 2019, 11:02:36 PM »
I don’t know what any of that means


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« Reply #1967 on: December 12, 2019, 11:23:41 PM »
I don’t know what any of that means


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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #1968 on: December 13, 2019, 06:54:59 AM »
Oh, that’s a disc. They plow fields. Or possibly a sweep. They also plow fields. Can’t really tell from the photo. They fold up like that so you can drive around with them and fit on the road or whatever. I took a giant chunk of asphalt out of the main road in Meade with one on a few different occasions.


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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #1969 on: December 13, 2019, 07:05:28 AM »
Came across this wanted to inquire if this is anywhere close to Benji’s place? Watch the barn kids if so!  :Take the Bait:


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« Reply #1970 on: December 13, 2019, 08:18:10 AM »
Oh, that’s a disc. They plow fields. Or possibly a sweep. They also plow fields. Can’t really tell from the photo. They fold up like that so you can drive around with them and fit on the road or whatever. I took a giant chunk of asphalt out of the main road in Meade with one on a few different occasions.


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The thing to the right of that is possibly a drill. It plants seeds. Could be something else though.


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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #1971 on: December 13, 2019, 08:35:59 AM »
Got a farm question for you guys. How much are one of those large round Alfalfa bales worth? I saw some being moved on a flatbed via I-70 the other day and didn't think they would be worth the transportation costs.

My uncle has like a bajillion of them hanging out on our farm.

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #1972 on: December 13, 2019, 10:45:16 AM »
$150/bale maybe?  :dunno:

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« Reply #1973 on: December 13, 2019, 11:42:01 AM »
Is there a better smell than fresh cut alfalfa?

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« Reply #1974 on: December 13, 2019, 12:02:03 PM »
Got a farm question for you guys. How much are one of those large round Alfalfa bales worth? I saw some being moved on a flatbed via I-70 the other day and didn't think they would be worth the transportation costs.

My uncle has like a bajillion of them hanging out on our farm.

Depends on a lot of factors. Time of year, draught status, etc. They were valuable AF when nobody could grow grass in Western KS a few years back. Also if you have dry land alfalfa they can get pretty valuable because then you can sell them to horse race people for some reason (drugs?).


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