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jon f mn · Dec 14, 2018

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caterpillar guy · Dec 14, 2018

Yup know that feeling.

db4600 · Dec 14, 2018

I guess I never thought of it.. I wonder how many calories we burnt putting it up Vs. how many calories it provide the cows.

Bruce from Can. · Dec 14, 2018

As a young man, it took all winter for me to get back to 160 lb. and only took bit over a month in the spring, planting and doing hay to loose 30lb

rrlund · Dec 14, 2018

I remember Merwin Johnson saying something like that when Dad and I were putting hay in the barn one time. He said "You work all summer putting hay in the barn so you can work all winter pitching manure out.".

tim s · Dec 14, 2018

The circle of Life.....

cumminspuller · Dec 14, 2018

Very true statement!

Rich'sToys · Dec 14, 2018

Kind of like making firewood. It warms you up several times.

NEKS · Dec 14, 2018

Had a neighbor that bought a JD square baler (bale come out the side) and his dad ask him why he bought that. Said with a pitch fork you only pick up as much hay as you can handle. With a bale you have to handle it no matter what it weights.

Pappy · Dec 14, 2018

That would be me on the truck. Putting hay in those old barns was terrible. When we backed the truck up to the barn, I had to lift the top bales up four or five feet. Now you can see what happened when you got down to the floor. We stacked the hay usually five layers high on the truck. The temperature inside those old barns would be over 110 degrees, and one could only stay inside for ten minutes or so. Outside it was cool, about 98 degrees. My dad and I picked up the bales from the meadow one at a time. We would consume five gallons of water in a day. We have hauled and stored 800 bales in one day. This was in the hot humid climate in north east Texas. We found that we could haul more hay per day if we kept the load to about 90 bales. This way, we could load the truck without having to stop to cool off, and cool down during the 3 or 4 mile drive. To unload, we would have to switch places every few minutes to avoid overheating. This was in 1954 and '55.

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