2023.05.18 Reflections of Farm Life

kcm.MN · May 18, 2023

caterpillar guy · May 18, 2023

That's the hard way to do idiot cubes. While there already on the chute just put them on up to the wagon then unload into barn or pile. IF they could afford the truck they could have made a couple wagons for that.

Traditional Farmer · May 18, 2023

Probably selling hay and hauling it a good distance

rick n ohio · May 18, 2023

That's the true meaning of back breaking
work

Tony in SD · May 18, 2023

I remember those days. Dont miss them.

showcrop · May 18, 2023

(quoted from post at 23:27:38 05/17/23) That's the hard way to do idiot cubes. While there already on the chute just put them on up to the wagon then unload into barn or pile. IF they could afford the truck they could have made a couple wagons for that.

Sometimes the help is not available at the time when the hay needs to be baled. Hay is on its own schedule not yours.

johnlobb · May 18, 2023

Been there, done that!!

Richard G. · May 18, 2023

Did that growing up and as a college student and on my own place and helped son on his operation.
Now, all squares are done by my son using accumulators and grabbers.
He and 2 teenagers put up 17,000 squares in 10 days about 4 years ago.

Richard G. · May 18, 2023

Guess I have been an idiot most of my life.
Did that growing up and in college and on my own place and helped our son for years with straw bales.
Now he uses accumulators and grabbers.
He and 2 teenagers baled 17,000 bales and put in in sheds a few years ago in 10 days.
This was off several farms in a 10 mile radius.
Lots of moving.
Our son bales his wheat and barley straw and gets $5 a bale now and most is sold to people that come and get it.
Also round bales a bunch and sells to folks that rebale it into squares and sell to the real idiots that pay way to much for it.
Idiot in NW SC

ss55 · May 18, 2023

Wow, doing things the hard way!

The bales are probably only 30 to 40 pound straw bales, but still not an easy way to do that.

DoubleR · May 18, 2023

Been there before. I liked it allot better though when I could crank the number up on the controller from the tractor
seat and watch the bales fly.

paul · May 18, 2023

I never tossed bales with a fork over my head.

Handled a lot of bales over the years tho. Never understood dropping bales on the ground and then having to pick them up to load a wagon or truck.

I guess if you are selling them right away and need to be on a truck, but still seems a lot more work than stacking on a wagon behind the baler.

I have a bale basket now so can bale by myself, its a little bit more work unloading but they load themselves so its still ahead of the old days.

Paul

DoubleO7 · May 18, 2023

(quoted from post at 03:27:38 05/18/23) That's the hard way to do idiot cubes. While there already on the chute just put them on up to the wagon then unload into barn or pile. IF they could afford the truck they could have made a couple wagons for that.

ASSUMING the baler is not there, just not in the picture.

ASSUMING the bales are not being delivered miles away.

Texasmark · May 18, 2023

I was going to say they surely don't weigh 65# like my squares used to weigh.

4wdtom · May 18, 2023

We had a SnowCo bale loader that pulled beside the truck that threw them up that way.

caterpillar guy · May 18, 2023

By the looks of the fender I'm guessing the truck is from the 20's to the early 40's. SO I doubt those bales are going very far with them on a farm truck like that. More like to the pile or the barn/shed. If I'm correct then wagons would do and not travel all that far. As for the baler not there with just the truck with 2 men in picture you can't see the rest of the field to know if it is there or not. With the labor of 2 to load it could be done behind the baler saving all the nonsense.

woodbutcher · May 18, 2023

We had one made by Kneib that kept two stackers busy on the truck bed.

Butch

Buckhammer · May 18, 2023

Aint that the truth!

Buckhammer · May 18, 2023

I stood on a flat racked wagon for years pulling bales off the baler chute. Then I had the pleasure of standing in the hay mow seeing those same bales come off the end of
the elevator. Work like that builds ones character and will change your attitude in a hurry. Complain about how fast those bales are coming off the elevator. Guess what?
My dad would put them even closer together on the elevator. Every kid should experience the fun I had.

Across the road from our farm was a home for people who didnt have the mental capacity to hold a job, drive, or live on their own. My dad and grandpa would hire a couple
of those guys to work the hay mow with me. Lets just say that their hygiene was not the best so when the last bale came off the elevator i was on my way down that
elevator as fast as i could move. We all drank from the same garden hose so i wanted to make sure i was the first one to get a drink before their lips touched the hose.

Geo-TH,In · May 18, 2023

My brothers were on the wagon while I drove the baler because I was the youngest and not as strong as my older brothers.
At the end of the day I would blow my nose and get a round bail of hay out of each nostril.

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