Another attempt fourth crop hay

[IAfarmguy]

Here is a load of hay bales at the barn ready to unload. The elevator is an old Kelly Ryan that Dad bought before I was born. It is rather narrow so bales have to be dropped on an angle to be carried up into the barn. I didn’t have help that day so I would start the elevator to send ten bales up, stop the elevator and go stack them, then repeat! I began to wish for a smaller wagon. If you like these sort of posts I will try to do more. If not, ask me to stop!

 

[Royboy]

Never to many pictures. Tks

 

[RobRightmyer]

yes, I too envy the pictures and the story, please keep going.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Nice looking hay. Why can't you put more hay in the barn at a time then go move it around. If it is up a bit you can set a pyramid type pile under the drop point and they will spread out more so they would be partially out where you want them and not a jumble under the elevator. Biggest thing I found was if they were not reasonably tight strings they would fall apart and if to tight they would break the strings doing that. Just with 20 per it would save a lot of climbing.

 

[Tgrasher]

Just keep telling yourself $6 a bale, $6 a bale . . . . .

 

[showcrop]

Nice looking hay. Why can't you put more hay in the barn at a time then go move it around. If it is up a bit you can set a pyramid type pile under the drop point and they will spread out more so they would be partially out where you want them and not a jumble under the elevator. Biggest thing I found was if they were not reasonably tight strings they would fall apart and if to tight they would break the strings doing that. Just with 20 per it would save a lot of climbing.

It looks like the elevator ends at about five feet inside the door, so it would be a pretty small pyramid of maybe ten bales.

 

[flying belgian]

We had to set bales at angle as well with the Owatonna elevator.
Looks like you could crank elevator higher and bales still fit under door. Get a few more at a time. Or will elevator reach to mow door? Unload the whole load without stacking and have the Grandkids stack them next weekend.

 

[SweetFeet]

Here is a load of hay bales at the barn ready to unload. The elevator is an old Kelly Ryan that Dad bought before I was born. It is rather narrow so bales have to be dropped on an angle to be carried up into the barn. I didn’t have help that day so I would start the elevator to send ten bales up, stop the elevator and go stack them, then repeat! I began to wish for a smaller wagon. If you like these sort of posts I will try to do more. If not, ask me to stop!

A big "LIKE". Keep posting.

 

[deere4040]

Sounds a lot like what I did years ago when had a surplus. Run a batch up elevator. Go too ok mow and stack. Got to the point I was handling them 4 times to stack them as the hay mow grew. The fun of doing it yourself

 

[Ray,IN]

That to me looks like an ear corn elevator.
When I was in high school 5 of us boys hired out putting up hay. We sometimes could manage to put up 2,000 bales a day and got 10 cents a bale to split 5 ways. Now I wonder how any of us passed HS economics class.

 

[IAfarmguy]

That to me looks like an ear corn elevator.
When I was in high school 5 of us boys hired out putting up hay. We sometimes could manage to put up 2,000 bales a day and got 10 cents a bale to split 5 ways. Now I wonder how any of us passed HS economics class.

I know the elevator, at various times, has been used for ear corn, shelled corn, oats, straw bales and hay bales. I don’t remember dad ever using it for soybeans. I think by the time he had a bin on the farm for beans he also had a grain auger. Regarding your share of the pay- at that time you thought $5 per day was pretty good- especially if you got good eats during the day. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ray,IN]

I know the elevator, at various times, has been used for ear corn, shelled corn, oats, straw bales and hay bales. I don’t remember dad ever using it for soybeans. I think by the time he had a bin on the farm for beans he also had a grain auger. Regarding your share of the pay- at that time you thought $5 per day was pretty good- especially if you got good eats during the day. Thanks for sharing.

That was $4/day each and lunch, but ya you understand; that was in the late 1950's. Not bad pay but hard work, something today's teenagers should have a crack at at least once.

 

[ss55]

That to me looks like an ear corn elevator.
When I was in high school 5 of us boys hired out putting up hay. We sometimes could manage to put up 2,000 bales a day and got 10 cents a bale to split 5 ways. Now I wonder how any of us passed HS economics class.

We sometimes could manage to put up 2,000 bales a day and got 10 cents a bale to split 5 ways. Now I wonder how any of us passed HS economics class.

2000 bales/day x $0.10 per bale = $200/day to split 5 ways would be good money for a high schooler fifty years ago.

 

[showcrop]

That was $4/day each and lunch, but ya you understand; that was in the late 1950's. Not bad pay but hard work, something today's teenagers should have a crack at at least once.

Wow! I was making $1.00 an hour bucking bales in the late fifties.

 

[DoubleR]

Wow! I was making $1.00 an hour bucking bales in the late fifties.

I got a buck an hour back in the sixties.When I helped the neighbor would usually start at one and work till five unloading thrower wagons, one after another is fast as he could get him to the elevator. Made a whopping 4 bucks a day working. My butt off. Although it was more than my dad paid me would give me $5 after the summer. We usually put up 10000 bales. Throughout the summer.

 

[Scott(Ks.)]

In 1954 I bought a K-5 International and built a flatbed in school shop. I was fourteen and made $14.00 a month payments to the bank. Two of my friends and I hauled and stacked for 0.10 cents a bale. It was split 2. 5 cents apiece and 2.5 cents to the truck. We had more work than we could handle and did pretty well.
I took all my high school dates out in that truck.

I had put an old set of air horns on that truck and hooked it to an air bubble. After a long day of hauling hay we would go to the local drive in diner and pull up under the canopy. The drive in had a sign that said "Honk horn for service." I would sound the air horns, then we would order two dollars worth of nickel root beers. Great fun.

 

[Mule Meat]

Hay looks good.
Grand pappy had a similar elevator that he used to put corn in a crib then use it when putting up hay. The small engine could only handle one or two bales at a time. But it moved corn fairly well.

 

[joeysmith]

We sometimes could manage to put up 2,000 bales a day and got 10 cents a bale to split 5 ways. Now I wonder how any of us passed HS economics class.

2000 bales/day x $0.10 per bale = $200/day to split 5 ways would be good money for a high schooler fifty years ago.

I know a guy willing to pay $5/bale to the crew to split but can't get any takers anymore so he's selling his hay monster

 

[flying belgian]

In 1954 I bought a K-5 International and built a flatbed in school shop. I was fourteen and made $14.00 a month payments to the bank. Two of my friends and I hauled and stacked for 0.10 cents a bale. It was split 2. 5 cents apiece and 2.5 cents to the truck. We had more work than we could handle and did pretty well.
I took all my high school dates out in that truck.

I had put an old set of air horns on that truck and hooked it to an air bubble. After a long day of hauling hay we would go to the local drive in diner and pull up under the canopy. The drive in had a sign that said "Honk horn for service." I would sound the air horns, then we would order two dollars worth of nickel root beers. Great fun.