FIRST HAY MAKING - Big rush to get them in before the RAIN!

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It's that time of year and time for a few long evenings. Not bad at all for year one and plenty more than needed for our livestock (at the moment). 😉
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@PeterPaul175 2 года назад

I don’t understand how this great channel only has 187k subscribers - it is one of the best on the whole of RU-vid.

@stephanieellis5399 2 года назад

Totally agree! Perhaps the name (which I love) turns them away if they think it's only another home reno channel?

@Shane_O 2 года назад

Back in my farming days we did 3000 + square bales of hay in Ireland. Circa 1990,s. Small sheds and yards so needed them. 2 prong pikes 2 people, Ferguson 188 and a flat bed trailer. Beer tasted better after it!

@rossolancer 2 года назад

When I was a child we used to go camping on a farm during the hay making session, everyone there used to help collecting the hay, great memories of being on top of the stack trying to sort the bales as they were thrown up😁

@GBDT 2 года назад

Wow! That looked like hard work. Maybe next time you invite some of your supporters down for a look around and help with the collection and stacking of the hay.

@frankiepitt9135 2 года назад

You could be the first volunteer.

@anthonytaylor8797 2 года назад

I'd be well up for that. I don't think I'm too far away either.

@GBDT 2 года назад

@@frankiepitt9135 I would if I could.

@contactpublishing 2 года назад

Loading bales is SO MUCH EASIER with a pitchfork ;-) Dog and kids riding on the trailer at hay time - awesome memories of my childhood

@Downstairsish 2 года назад

Back in the early seventies I lived on a farm in Kent and as a ten year old always remember with fondness the field being hay bailed and sitting on the back of the tractor. One of the most amazing smells that lives with you forever. Love your videos and I'm sure your children will look back on these happy memories.

@felixreali7101 2 года назад

This was so nice and relaxing to watch. And that shot at 12:55 ....wow. The only thing missing on that day was your old stone/terracotta pizza-oven !

@03Timm 2 года назад

Stunning late evening video shots Tim. Love how this channel is diversifying. So look for to each new video

@tonyrhodes484 2 года назад

Full of admiration for all of your efforts. Great neighbours. Great friends. Applauds to you all. Great show.

@nigel4425 2 года назад

That was my summer earnings during my schooldays. I convinced myself that it was also pre-season rugby training which made it a bit more bearable.

@jannerontour1 2 года назад

Took me back to stacking bales. Blisters were the worst and then stacking in a hot dusty barn with hayfever. Always more of a laugh in a group. I last did it 30 years ago. Still remember the aches, pains and blisters though. Keep it up BTW it's great to be on your new adventure with you. Loving the variety in posting and sharing in your excitement in your new projwct. My favourite channel at the moment.

@jaymeharl3270 2 года назад

I remember my family doing square bales when I was Eden's age. We didn't have the wagon that dropped them in big groups, we walked behind the baler and loaded them onto a trailer like you are but with the trailer cruising slow and all us cousins carrying bales to the trailer. Our neighbors were elderly brothers and were still stacking hay with pitchforks in the late 70s!

@joshuaelliff2179 2 года назад

That is how you earn a cider Tim. You are living the dream!

@C4sp3r123 2 года назад

Tim, I really recommend you buy yourself a couple of hay hooks, they are cheap and once you have the knack they are excellent for moving small bales about day to day and when getting the bales in like in this video. They save your hands and back a lot and will save you a lot of time. There a few videos on RU-vid showing the techniques.

@coffeefortwosolly 2 года назад

It was so hot in Suffolk on Friday..I weeded the front garden 45 minutes at 9.30am..got the wheelie bin in about 3pm 🥵 you were on open ground very manual work I 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻you all..but as you said win win all round…with great neighbours, a very satisfying video all round! 🙋🏻‍♀️🇬🇧💕jane

@Dingbat217 2 года назад

With a bit of practice you can stack the small bales 12-14' tall with a pitch-fork on your own so stack them high and keep the wagon close and you don't have to handle them as much. But great first time effort! :-)

@samuelrobinson9012 2 года назад

Back in the late 70's early 80's that's all we had, hay, and more hay.!!. and about 10 to 12 thousand of them, all done with just my brother and father. Round bales didn't come til about 1986. Were great times, tho weather seemed more reliable then. I'm 55 now and still make about 7 or 8 acres, same way as you. I never really knew any different, so don't see anything hard about it. Welcome to farming, l wouldn't want to do anything else.

@JohntyNich 2 года назад

Proper load on that last load. On the second round stick them longways on the outside, other way on down the middle bridging. If they are fairly tight, they shouldn’t move too much. It also helps alternating on the mew/stack to keep it safer. Not too big a problem with the small amounts you are stacking but it might surprise you how many more you can get in.

@adrianberry7475 2 года назад

Brilliant! Round bales are the way to go! We have 30 acres and started off with square bales, soon changed to rounds and haven't looked back! All the best, love your channel.❤

@JHJHJHJHJH 2 года назад

That was a fantastic video, guys. Really beautifully shot.

@davidclarke3643 2 года назад

Man my arms are aching just watching! I reckon if you did a hog roast/BBQ some viewers would gladly come camp over and help with the bails 👍

@alastairchestnutt6416 2 года назад

Great video. Brings back memories of working on my Uncles farm, bringing in the hay bales as a teenager. Hard work! My Uncle had a taller trailer so we had to lift the bales higher. It's a two man job at the least. Never saw red kites on the field when we were young but I do now. Saw red kites yesterday doing exactly the same thing. You will sleep well after that.

@nigelbullock9039 2 года назад

Real hard work. Brilliantly filmed, edited and produced. Well done

@jewelcitizen2567 2 года назад

Living the dream. You’ll be counting bales… not sheep. Tremendous video. 👍🏻

@stephanieellis5399 2 года назад

Working with a brewery is a fantastic idea. I recall watching something about revitalizing the rural communities in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick where they focused on some former city-dwellers (and non-East Coasters) who had purchased farms. One young couple decided they wanted to grow their own grain and hops for the microbrewery they wanted to start. They collaborated with a local dairy farm: the brewery sends the used grain and hops to the dairy for the cows to eat and in return they received manure to improve the soil (which was rather depleted, if I remember correctly). Win-win, as you said.

@Clothis64 2 года назад

You can be proud of you , well done Tim !

@Dannyp8038 2 года назад

Another great Sunday treat which I look forward too. Maybe next year earn some money off those bales. However don't just let the public come and help themselves, control access at all times.

@StephenHill1985 2 года назад

Well done Tim! I don't envy you in the slightest - hay bailing season is HARD work! We have a small holding ourselves and I won't lie - I always dread this time of year! 🤣 Those bails around the edges of the field are always the hardest - like 10 ton weights! The best part I found was either the shower afterwards, or the few well earnt cans of beer that we put away afterwards!

@fredsmith6725 2 года назад

You're gonna have some big muscles soon Tim💪

@EastLondonKiwi 2 года назад

You need hay tines for your loader. That will make short work of loading and unloading your hay tailer. Re the extra bails, definately sell them on. Put the cash into new kit. Re the pig grain from a brewy what a great idea. If you secured a small silo you'd be able to pick it up in bulk and store it for a while rather then smaller trips?

@alanjackson4646 2 года назад

Oh the memories !

@dannymurphy1779 2 года назад

Loved that sun halo behind the trailer, reminded me of the E.T. moon shot!

@okcantbelieveit294 2 года назад

Hey, hey, hey it’s off to the heystack we go! 😂When I was much, much younger I used to earn extra money working for an agricultural contractor picking up hay bales here in NZ. Team of four on each truck one driving, one stacking and two throwing up the bales. You knew you’d been working by the end of the season!

@JohnHavord 2 года назад

Have memories of helping, my brother in law, load up bales of hay. After a long day, those last bales, feel like they each weight a ton.

@AMG63 2 года назад

Although that looked hard work it did look extremely enjoyable...I would love to help with something like that BUT that would mean camping near that pond and fishing for the weekend 😄🎣🏕

@kevinronald4137 2 года назад

I used to ride the skid behind the baler staking as sixes which is no longer allowed. The bit I hated most was the cord digging into your hands.

@hugobose2254 2 года назад

Brings back memories of the Late 80's moving hay bales until its pitch Dark

@stevencrosland581 2 года назад

Love your channel love seeing your family grow and what a amazing place to liv you should get a motocross bike to enjoy the land and definitely get some carp in the lake another little income for the farm 👍🏻good luck with everything and look forward to see the restoration on the house

@DANNYBIOSHOW 2 года назад

Hope your doing ok Tim. Your losing weight witch is understandable your a grafter. Hope things get easier for you guys. Great work

@anneslovingtodiy7512 2 года назад

we have red kites being reintroduced into Durham. they're beautiful

@daniel__clark 2 года назад

Your chickens will also love the spent grain too.

@petemoring67 2 года назад

🤣😂🤣 You'll Apreciate the Plasterers Job back in the 60's/70's where we'd get 16 ton loads of Plaster (@ 1cwt a bag back then) - off-loaded by hand and usually having to walk some distance and often ducking under scaffolding to get the lorries unloaded ASAP (Single-Handedly) .... Join The Club 👍🤠

@dools23 2 года назад

Decent harvest there bud, that'll see you through. That'll see you through the winter. My shoulders know that ache from stacking bales

@jodirauth8847 2 года назад

Glad see to some people still do it the old fashioned way

@Gman4633 2 года назад

Tim do I remember correctly that you play rugby? Surely this would be a great training session for the boys. I have a memory of an interview with the great Peter Winterbottom and when asked what his training regime was he said I don’t really have one - while picking up hay bails and throwing them up into a hay loft like they were no heavier than the rugby ball. Also rugby players generally work for beer and food 😀

@colleenrobison4070 2 года назад

Bucking hay is hard work and you made a right good job of it. We’ve a bad drought here and hay is selling at huge premium.

@pumpkinhead456 2 года назад

80 years ago it would have been a team of ladies, while the men were at war! Shame the person with the telehandler didn't have a bale grab! Great stuff.

@TheRestorationCouple 2 года назад

They do just not sorted brackets to match as it’s off another machine. Maybe next year. That said, stacking 8 and using the bale squeeze worked fine when loading there share.

@fl3162 2 года назад

Honest work … can’t beat it!

@simonmiddleton4977 2 года назад

Happy to come and help next year free of charge if you let us park up the camper for a couple of nights, you just need to give us some notice 😃👍

@judyking9171 2 года назад

You may find it useful to store hay either in a shed with a good roof but no walls, the alternative is to store the hay away from the walls. Stone walls tend to encourage dust, and even galvanised walls are not ideal. If rain looks probable, any hay you can't pick up can be piled in 6's or 8's, this way only the top bales can be rained on, when you pick up bales that may be damp, spread them out so they get plenty of opportunities to dry, (we call this tumble stacking, it involves more handling but the bales will dry better).

@DaaVoidVR360 2 года назад

Cob house with straw bale insulation for the big build!?

@montidell7227 2 года назад

Loading hay like that is one of those jobs where the effort you put in ends up with an immense satisfaction, i love looking at a hand stacked barn. Thats a lot of hay for not a lot of sheep lol, we cut 300 bales for 100 sheep usually. What’s the plan? Sell the hay?

@alphabetsoup7918 2 года назад

Next year..... A BBQ and beer gathering AFTER the hay is in. 8 to 10 people, chicken ( use your own) and a couple of 20 litres containers of beer, job done.

@nicolebourcierphotographer 2 года назад

You are lucky! I can't find any contractors to do my field. And no longer have my own kit

@videomandan26 2 года назад

Looks like a great sunset.

@garyonnen7634 2 года назад

I always love to hale hay.

@anneslovingtodiy7512 2 года назад

im sure you have also had instruction to leave gaps for air circulation within your bale stack.. u can get a spontaneous fire if its too tightly packed as they can heat up

@JohntyNich 2 года назад

When I grew up, we packed them in tight. Would have thought oxygen supply would increase the risk. The key was them being dry with no green/rain on them.

@dougf94912 2 года назад

The owner of a place I used to work developed a craving for Kobe beef so brought in some Wagyu cattle, the herd manager did a deal with a local micro-brewery to take some of their mash for feed. After the first slaughtering we were all treated to Kobe-burgers one lunchtime.

@ridgmont61 2 года назад

Flog the excess hay - you don't want it, others do. Make a few quid and offset against inevitable costs. I have helped hay stacking on nearby farm years ago all local farms helped out and moved between farms and ended the day with an excellent meal in one of the farm houses.

@attempting2ride525 2 года назад

i would suggest using pallets on the floor eliminates waste as moisture may rise up and spoil the edge of the bale,or next year leave the same bales as the base you used to be able to buy a grab that would pick 8 bales up at a tile not sure if it would fit you tractor though

@judyking9171 2 года назад

Yes, pallets are a very good idea.

@benjaqsonworkshop9974 2 года назад

Great work.

@mysterygardener3619 2 года назад

great clip you could always make great compost out of the hay and spent hops no work just let the chicken play in it. looking forward to the next clip.

@Ibsonlovesyou 2 года назад

I think you need a flat 8 grab for your loader, that’s you sorted 👍

@whitemonkey7932 2 года назад

It's not heavy enough...

@Tyblubearboy 2 года назад

Brilliant! Loved this episode :)

@wgoconnor33 2 года назад

That was a lot of hay out of that field, well done 👍. If you don’t mind a recommendation on RU-vid “ Just a few Acres “ I think you would enjoy

@TheRestorationCouple 2 года назад

Yeah watched a few over the years, always an interesting easy watch. 👍

@y9art 2 года назад

Just as an add on to the comment regarding the possible build up of temperature, when my father was smallholding he had a couple of longish metal rods that he pushed into the stack to monitor the build up of temperature before any problems occurred, nothing scientific as it was 60 years ago but his hands told him if he needed to make some air space.

@henryhudson1984 2 года назад

Could you get hold of a flat 8 bale grab for next year? Might make life a bit easier loading them at least? Not much money on ebay.

@stevenbennett3922 2 года назад

If ever there was an excuse for a friends & family barbecue with just a small ask of shifting bales...

@vaalrus 2 года назад

many of the horse people in my area are switching to mini round bales instead of square. It’s going to be interesting to see how that progresses.

@soulboy6073 2 года назад

Think Tim ' had a bit of a cider Rush!!!👍

@54mgtf22 2 года назад

Love your work 👍

@garethlewis3647 2 года назад

What a great life!

@willevans3639 2 года назад

Need a flat 8 grab mon & telehandler

@TheRestorationCouple 2 года назад

Next door’s was out of action as wrong brackets for their loadall hence the hand balling. 💪

@j.p289 2 года назад

Great video as usual!!

@cragly8759 2 года назад

Well done Tim, love the silly hat! Where did you get it from as I could do with one of those as I could burn in a snow storm! Keep up the great work 👍

@sibat777 2 года назад

There is a gadget that goes onto the front of the tractor, you drive at individual bales in the field and they r corralled into 3 x 2 block, then you press a button and lift the ‘block’ onto a trailer. They r popular in Alaska not sure what they r called maybe you can find out. They made a diy one on the tv show ‘Alaska the last frontier’. Feel for you re hay fever 😵‍💫😵‍💫 my eyes were itching just watching you.

@SiAnon 2 года назад

Hope you've got a good air rifle to deal with the rats that'll end up living in that lot.

@simonclifton8056 2 года назад

Or a rat catching dog.....

@thediydadreading 2 года назад

Saved yourself about 5k there!

@coop_coop007 2 года назад

Make hay while the sun shines.

@williamwales6619 2 года назад

Erm, how many of those cans did you kneck before the debrief. Got the distinct impression yer were gonna drift of point on the next Swally(As we say up here). Thanks for the vid and enjoy yer well earned thirst quencher.

@AMG63 2 года назад

That word brings back so many memories, so many moons ago when I was training to be a pipefitter I got put with a scotts man that went by the name of tinnie and his strict diet was 8 tenant's and 4 bags of frazzles , hence the nickname. He taught me nothing but made me cry of laughter every single day.

@fippykay3601 2 года назад

Hi Tim, really lovely to see your progression at the farm! Would you consider using bales as a building material on certain projects in the future?

@TheRestorationCouple 2 года назад

Perhaps, we would need to source decent well baled straw though. 👍

@robbarnes7143 2 года назад

@@TheRestorationCouple There was a Grand Design programme where the guy built his house with straw bales. All the measurements based on the size of the bales. I believe he tied each one himself too.

@H2Dwoat 2 года назад

Hi, no need to go to the gym this week 😁. I’ve just got a drone recently, do you have any issues with birds attacking your drone?

@dinosspyropoulos6952 Год назад

Hi mate how much did the load weight so the tractor can carry it

@jamessmith1965 2 года назад

Bet your fingers were stiff next morning after lifting those bale strings 😭😉

@jdm0101 2 года назад

All that hay - time to get a cat ;)

@joeosborne3585 2 года назад

how many hours has the old solis got on her now?

@TheRestorationCouple 2 года назад

Think around 50 so only just getting warmed up. 😀

@michaelt2987 2 года назад

Sadly losing interest in this Chanel having subscribed for DIY of all types which has been great over the years but I’m not interested in farming which is what it is becoming as much about. Great shame as I have a lot of respect for your presenting as well as multi-disciplined skills.

@hartleyhare7375 2 года назад

Well close the door quietly on your way out mate.

@michaelt4054 2 года назад

@@hartleyhare7375 I’m sorry I didn’t realise you spoke for the Restoration Couple. Like it or not everyone is entitled to their opinion. I shall simply be more selective to which episodes I watch. As previously stated I have great respect for Tim I also realise their move has changed the demographic but also think it risky to make a complete change of subject when you have subscribers based on viewing a completely different subject matter. Have a nice day 😀

@hartleyhare7375 Год назад

@@michaelt4054 Exactly, I Am entitled to my opinion too, Goodbye now.