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Rob Mo.

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It's happened to all of us. The condition of the hay is perfect &
ready to be bailed. I'm talking square bales of course. Had 240
in the field & while being picked up, a storm brews up & puts
1/2" of rain down. We currently have 180 still in the field &
unsure the best thing to do with it. I have thought about taking
2 bales & setting them up in an up side down "v" so that there
is a minimum of ground contact to prevent molding. Or just cut
the strings & spread it all out with the Tedder. However, the
ground is still wet, which would hamper the drying process.
 
What you plan will work as far as standing them on end. As long as you get some hot dry weather they should dry OK. When we moved down to SW MO from PA in the mid 70's it about blew me away with leaving the bales and getting them later. But if it works for you OK. I still pull a wagon behind my baler and stack them.
 
We normally take the stack wagon & follow the baler. However, that didn't happen yesterday. After baling was complete, there was an hour before the sky darkened. After checking the bales this afternoon, they still feel damp, but they are still laying on edge. Tomorrow morning, I'll take advantage of the cool temp & "v" them up.
 
I got caught too. Problem here is that every afternoon since last Friday we get more thundershowers. I am getting sick of draggin 'em out of the shed and spreading them, just scurry out to put them all back in!

Guess you just hafta do what it takes?
 
I hear ya. Saturday we were all set to bale. Then it started thundering to the east of us & it just kept building up back over us. We had enough of a shower to muck everything up & no sunshine after it was all done. Typical summer weather in Missouri. Not even the weather man seen this coming. haha
 
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