Re: Re: Re: Hay removal dilemma

Posted by paul on July 10, 2003 at 12:27:24 from (206.10.55.183):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Hay removal dilemma posted by GlenninPa on July 10, 2003 at 12:10:16:

Ok, I understand.

If you can get a layer (front face) of bales peeled off, after that a fork should work. You stick the fork into the side of about 1/3 of a bale, and it should lift out. The very top & very outside is difficult, the inside becomes easier. Also the twine becomes a hinderence, you wish none of it was left! :) Loose hay you would stab down from the top, but baled stuff with the twine rotted off you want to stab from the side.

It is slow, dirty, hard work. And maybe the problem is different than I imagine, but really the hay should be in 14x18" cuts already. If you've never worked with hay & a pitch fork, might want to set aside a few hours & practice with it, difficult to explain it, but a pitch fork can require some skills & technique to make it work right. You'll hit upon it if you keep trying.

If you are more experienced at this than I'm giving you credit, no insult meant. Just trying to cover the simple bases & help out if I can.

(I've watched my wife work with a pitch fork - she comes from small-town, & I never realized a fork was so difficult to learn how to use & apply properly! No insult to my wife, either, she's a smart cookie & I thank her every day for being willing to learn & work at it.... I grew up on a farm, & have never realized the tools I use every day I learned to use when I was 6, and it's not easy to just pick them up & go - needs time to figure out. She's teaching me a lot too.)

--->Paul

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