Born in 1950 I loved bailing so much I helped my neighbor bail hay for free as a kid for his dairy. We use to drink fresh whole unpasteurized milk for 50 cents gal. If I was going through life again, hay processing would be at the top of my thoughts.
I'm a central N.Y. guy from the Finger Lakes area. We lived on the edge of the suburbs, it was only 5 miles to my Aunt & Uncles dairy farm. If my mom couldn't find me she would call her sister. Yes Bea he's here. I would ride my bike out there , I spent as much time as I could out there . I LOVED cutting alfalfa & hay nothing like fresh cut , even now at 67 if I smell that it takes me straight back to the farm. I'm not a very big person, so I would operate the ol' super 77 WF Oliver with the IH baler , while my cousins would stack on the wagon. Sure miss those days. If I hadn't enlisted in the Army I would have been a farmer. I might be able to do a little of that yet , my wife & I are Veterans, we finally finished our military & Gov't service & we now live in Vt. & we're looking for some property , so maybe I'll get to do a little hating yet !! That was a real nice looking timothy, once your pop fertilizes it & it gets some H2o Ohhh boy .you guys probably use selfpropeled mowers in sted of moco's I'm sure. Can't wait to see the Massy video. My dad's brother use to sell Massy Ferguson equipment when I was a little shaver, of 5 or 6 yrs. Old. Be safe it can be dangerous, it's the nature of the beast. Be especially when you're in a hurry to stay ahead of the weather . Stay safe , that's great work!!👍👍👍🤠🚜
Nice video. In high school (central Missouri; late 60s) I worked on a custom hay hauling crew every summer. 4 dudes and a truck, no bale loaders, no automation except for the truck. We hauled from 60,000 to 80,000 bales per summer, depending upon weather, etc. Hard work; good money (2 cents per bale per person; 4 cents per bale for the truck) for a high school kid in the late 60s, and got me in shape for football 2-a-day practices in mid-August. I generally made twice a much as my buddies who worked other summer jobs.
I remember my grandpa's hay barn (it' was an actual barn-barn with hand hewn timbers held together with wooden pegs)...my cousins and I used to climb to the top of the bales of hay and play king of the hill. Keep in mind they were not stacked ANYTHING like what you all do! There also always seemed to be a soft pile at the bottom from the loose straw that'd fallen out of the bales, or from the occasional bale that'd fall apart. Great memories...inspired by your hard work in the sun. Keep it up.
This reminds me of my part time work bailing hay in Winchester, VA. When the Army would trun me loose for a weekend I'd drive 2 hours to work on a farm for room and board. It beat sleeping in a barracks with 50 other GIs. Any vacation time was on the farm. I loved itl As far as you lawn cutting neighbor is concerned....You can't fix STUPID I'm 77 and this video brought back some EXCELLENT memories. Thanks from San Diego, CA
Really enjoyed your video. I remember bailing as a kid in Scotland in the 1960's. There was a sledge towed behind the bailer where you had to stand on round steel bars on the bottom and shepherd the bales into a pattern. It seems very dangerous now...We had orange squash and cheese sandwiches for lunch and back to the farm for food at the end of the day. Happy days.
Impressive coordination and teamwork on this massive hay production day. From the raking to the baling and finally stacking, it's clear that everyone knows their role and works seamlessly together. 😘😘😘
I like your operation. The rotary rake is the only way to go. I’m a much smaller hay farmer I use a rotary rake and believe they make a better windrow.
Just came across your channel. Glad I did. I'm not in the ag industry in any shape or form, but I enjoy watching and learning about it. PLUS I am a fellow Ohioan! I am up in Lake County, just a few miles from the lake. My 90 year old father grew up on a farm in Tuscarawas County.
I used to bale and haul hay as a kid. So impressed by the speed and efficiency of the entire operation. Never could have hauled 16k bales in a season let alone a day. It was fun as a kid, but I think it would be more fun now.
I spent several years cutting, raking, baling, bundling and loading small square bales of alfalfa in NM and have never seen someone load bundles like this. We always used a loader and grapple and loaded them 2 high and 3 wide on a trailer. Never seen them grappled from the top 3 at a time. Interesting
I've said it before, and I will probably say it again. I love watching your operation. I'm a round bale guy, but this is so impressive. Also, GO RED TRACTORS!!
Hi thank you for the video. I am from South Africa. We are looking at getting the finances for a total of 8190 hectares, ( about 20 238 acres) of land of which about 1650 acres are under flood irrigation for lucern feed and seeding....Cannot wait to get finalized....Blessings
The Bahling you have done is a little different than it was for me as a boy on the farm, we racked with the horses and a buck rake to a stationary baler if we bailed, 200 bales a day, it was a big day
I'd like to see the telehandler pick up in more detail. Hows it hold all those layers without the bottom falling out! I'm used to being in the back of wagon and stacking by hand. Most I've done is 3 carts, about 600 bales in a day. After that I'm whooped! Operation of this size is great to watch.
i like the baling i have one 1840 i bale alfalfa. here in Colorado. i have a monitor for moister on the baler. here i try to bale at a 14% moister. average but i stack with a stacker wagon. the weight is about 55# . had a few guys tell i should do 80# bales i just tell them i don't want to sale rotten hay. 7 balers in one field. pretty impressive. i have a Niebur that puts 5 in a field with three tractors. we have to bale with dew on our hay here. there is verry little humidity. we really never bale in the afternoon. i had a Nieber shooting water from a hose here. it was drifting on my windrows. cool video. what do you guys use to cut with
I’m 51 and I sure remember back when I was kid having to throw 2 rows of bales together so it would make it easier for the grown men to come and throw it up on the trailers.Then I became one of those men.Finally graduated to stacking lol!Then it wasn’t a few years later that my pops decided to get out of the business and go another direction.I sure miss those days and nights!It was dusty and hot but it was real nice having a cold brew with the boys afterwards!Yes I was a teenager and so were my buddies an our parents let us have a beer or two after a hard day.If ya worked like a grown man in those days ya got treated as one.These kids now days have no damn clue!
Where I’m from 16 year olds are allowed beer, I now live in Bulgaria and there is no legal drinking age on any alcohol you just can’t buy it under 18 but especially in the villages no one cares if you do, I see 12 y/o’s walking out the village shop with vapes what is worse as a bit of beer in my opinion.
I remember going & getting hay in the field. You got a dollar per bale break for coming out & loading it yourself. That was in late teens to about 25. I'm 72 & just watching this made me hurt! lol not really...
Great stuff Philip. Just a quick note about utube as regards paying for the shed utube are rascals for unsubscribing followers it happens to me a lot so it would be a good idea to remind viewers to check 🤔
You made our entire hay season in one day😂, granted you have 6 more balers than us, and we only run 1 high density small square 2 strand baler with an accumulator off the back, it makes 80 lb bales when it’s cranked tight in good hay, then it makes a 15 bale pad, then we grab, tie and load it with the ‘tie grabber” we do about 1500 a day max, could do 3000 a day if we had the trailer space🥲