@@boehmfarm4276 Yup just gotta be careful of snagging the forks on the trailer bale frames... We have the same forklift used it all the time til we got a front end loader... Man I like that bale trailer! OL J R :)
No wonder those bales half rotted away... looks like the ground sloped toward the barn and they stored them right next to that barn eave where all the water off the roof was dropping around them-- ground had to be sopping wet because the bales shade the ground and hinder airflow! Plus they weren't even stored in proper rows flat to flat like they should be LOL:) I've seen a lot of stuff over the years that'll make you shake your head. Guys down here on the TX Gulf Coast, pyramid stacking bales UNCOVERED (so the rainwater from the top bale(s) just funnels down into the lower ones and rots the whole thing into the ground) to storing bales on low ground on river bottom and have them in 4 feet of standing water after a hurricane, then piling up 100+ six foot round bales to burn... Silliest thing I think was my old boss, I baled for him one time and made some really nice bales, as a courtesy I'd move them off the field and stack them so long as it was close enough to do it with the tractor-- if I had to move them with the trailer that was an extra charge. I figured he'd want a row along the field road into the meadow, nice and easy to get to when he needed them but still on high ground and fairly dry. Nope, he said "stack them UNDER THE TREES next to the other ones". My first thought was "WHAT other ones?" Well, when I started scouting around where he was talking about, behind all the horseweeds (giant ragweeds) and crap, under the sprawling low-hanging limbs of the trees, there was indeed a few ROTTEN old round bales under there... sitting on ground RIFE with crawdad chimneys and from the lack of ground cover and water marks on the bales you could tell there would be about 6 inches of standing water after a heavy or prolonged rain.... PLUS just stacking round bales under trees is about the WORSE thing you can do. He told me "the trees keep the rain off them" which is BS... ever been under a tree during/after a storm?? Yeah if it's a five minute rain shower it MIGHT keep some of the rain off, anything more just as much rain drips and shakes down out of the tree from the wind on the leaves as it does out in the open... plus even AFTER it quits raining, the leaves on the trees continue to drip and shake water off for a LONG time because of all the water on the leaves... so it continues to "rain" on the hay long after the rain has stopped... the trees block the sun (shade) and they reduce airflow drastically, which means once the bales get wet they STAY wet for a long period of time! Plus you always want to stack hay on the HIGHEST ground you can get, NOT the lowest! Those rotten bales were only a year old! LOL:) Plus it's all heavy clay at Needville and that soil is TERRIBLE about wicking moisture up into the bottom of the bales, which is why on wet ground it'll rot them in half from the bottom up in a single season! Crazy! We've started putting our bales up on a pair of old electric poles sitting side by side with about a 2 foot or so gap between them, to keep them up off the ground and provide an air gap under there between the bales and the ground to prevent wicking... cut the moisture damage to the bottom of the bales to nearly nil... maybe a little white mold on bottom just due to the high humidity under there. When we ran out of utility poles, we were using wooden pallets I used to get from the school warehouse, since the only thing they could do with them was pile them up and burn them. They rot down after about 2 seasons on our clay and then you have mess of rotten wood with a ton of nails and stuff to pick up, no bueno, so we stopped doing that. My BIL's sister in Indiana works at the recycling center and they were having whole stacks of plastic pallets dropped off from time to time, and so she started saving them for me, periodically my BIL would run his truck into town and pick up a stack and set them beside his barn with the skid loader, and I'd load a stack in the back of the pickup or bring my trailer up from Texas and strap a load on there and haul them back, yeah gas, but free plastic pallets. They work pretty well but some moisture from rainfall off the sides of the bales seeps in under the pallets, but still NOWHERE near as much moisture damage on the bottom of the bales as sitting on heavy clay wicking moisture out of the ground constantly... Later! OL J R :)
Those bales look good for 3 years old. We've got some 3 year old hay we're finishing up; it's what's on the inside that counts. Cows probably don't care either :)
After the bottom crud falls off if you could put this in a grinder with soybeans and wheat the cows would love it. Not sure about mold. If moldy your cows could get sick, thus the darker bottom stuff maybe not used except for bedding.
Jacob I see u got some of that weather we got looks like u had busy day moving hay that international moves them bales like there nothing u take care enjoyed the video from Kentucky
I saw one of those 3pt forklifts advertised here with hydraulic top link, and hydraulic mast? Says it lifts 6 feet. Also looks like you can take the forks off and has 2 spears on then. I don’t have a use for it really, just thought it was neat.
First bales looked wider.? I have 435jd round baler used to make 4wide6ft high.now just 4×5 to sell.put them inside. When was farming put in tight toitsie roll in field.when pulled apart were nice and green.but some loss. 4×6 were 1300 lb. Dont know what my 4×5 is.sells like hot cakes.squares too. Im amazed how farms are mostly gone here now.but everyone sells out.horsey farms
The ones in the barn are 5x5 and the outdoor ones started out as 4x5. I didn't make the outdoor bales. Yeah, I am wishing I had more hay, but have pulled my hair out the last couple seasons to get it made.
if its free its good! ive left hay outside like that for 2 years and it was still good hay but 50% of it either is rotten or the cows wont eat it so i make dang sure its in the barn now
Yeah I have that same forklift and I've thought about making a spear attachment for it... double spears are the way to go IMHO, at least for hay in good condition (bale wrappings still intact). We have double spears on our front end loader on the 5610 and a double spear attachment for the Mahindra. Single spears are a PITA IMHO. Never liked them. Double spears do double duty as pallet forks and the bale cannot rotate on them, plus two lift points do a better job. OL J R :)
That forklift works good. Nice video, as always. Thanks!
I was surprised that I could unload the wagon so smoothly.
@@boehmfarm4276 Yup just gotta be careful of snagging the forks on the trailer bale frames... We have the same forklift used it all the time til we got a front end loader... Man I like that bale trailer! OL J R :)
No wonder those bales half rotted away... looks like the ground sloped toward the barn and they stored them right next to that barn eave where all the water off the roof was dropping around them-- ground had to be sopping wet because the bales shade the ground and hinder airflow! Plus they weren't even stored in proper rows flat to flat like they should be LOL:)
I've seen a lot of stuff over the years that'll make you shake your head. Guys down here on the TX Gulf Coast, pyramid stacking bales UNCOVERED (so the rainwater from the top bale(s) just funnels down into the lower ones and rots the whole thing into the ground) to storing bales on low ground on river bottom and have them in 4 feet of standing water after a hurricane, then piling up 100+ six foot round bales to burn... Silliest thing I think was my old boss, I baled for him one time and made some really nice bales, as a courtesy I'd move them off the field and stack them so long as it was close enough to do it with the tractor-- if I had to move them with the trailer that was an extra charge. I figured he'd want a row along the field road into the meadow, nice and easy to get to when he needed them but still on high ground and fairly dry. Nope, he said "stack them UNDER THE TREES next to the other ones". My first thought was "WHAT other ones?" Well, when I started scouting around where he was talking about, behind all the horseweeds (giant ragweeds) and crap, under the sprawling low-hanging limbs of the trees, there was indeed a few ROTTEN old round bales under there... sitting on ground RIFE with crawdad chimneys and from the lack of ground cover and water marks on the bales you could tell there would be about 6 inches of standing water after a heavy or prolonged rain.... PLUS just stacking round bales under trees is about the WORSE thing you can do. He told me "the trees keep the rain off them" which is BS... ever been under a tree during/after a storm?? Yeah if it's a five minute rain shower it MIGHT keep some of the rain off, anything more just as much rain drips and shakes down out of the tree from the wind on the leaves as it does out in the open... plus even AFTER it quits raining, the leaves on the trees continue to drip and shake water off for a LONG time because of all the water on the leaves... so it continues to "rain" on the hay long after the rain has stopped... the trees block the sun (shade) and they reduce airflow drastically, which means once the bales get wet they STAY wet for a long period of time! Plus you always want to stack hay on the HIGHEST ground you can get, NOT the lowest! Those rotten bales were only a year old! LOL:) Plus it's all heavy clay at Needville and that soil is TERRIBLE about wicking moisture up into the bottom of the bales, which is why on wet ground it'll rot them in half from the bottom up in a single season! Crazy!
We've started putting our bales up on a pair of old electric poles sitting side by side with about a 2 foot or so gap between them, to keep them up off the ground and provide an air gap under there between the bales and the ground to prevent wicking... cut the moisture damage to the bottom of the bales to nearly nil... maybe a little white mold on bottom just due to the high humidity under there. When we ran out of utility poles, we were using wooden pallets I used to get from the school warehouse, since the only thing they could do with them was pile them up and burn them. They rot down after about 2 seasons on our clay and then you have mess of rotten wood with a ton of nails and stuff to pick up, no bueno, so we stopped doing that. My BIL's sister in Indiana works at the recycling center and they were having whole stacks of plastic pallets dropped off from time to time, and so she started saving them for me, periodically my BIL would run his truck into town and pick up a stack and set them beside his barn with the skid loader, and I'd load a stack in the back of the pickup or bring my trailer up from Texas and strap a load on there and haul them back, yeah gas, but free plastic pallets. They work pretty well but some moisture from rainfall off the sides of the bales seeps in under the pallets, but still NOWHERE near as much moisture damage on the bottom of the bales as sitting on heavy clay wicking moisture out of the ground constantly...
Later! OL J R :)
I'm with you here in Missouri.
Nice video. Really like that round bale trailer. Take care, See you next post.
I like the round bale trailer too, that's why I have been borrowing it all summer.
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LOL!
1st free hay is the best hay. 2nd would really love to have one of those lift attachments. And last but not least, cool video!
The forklift has been more useful than I expected.
Those bales look good for 3 years old. We've got some 3 year old hay we're finishing up; it's what's on the inside that counts. Cows probably don't care either :)
They have survived well. The problem is that next year, I won't have more three year old free hay.
You would have fun in northern Alberta with our 3 feet of snow. lol
That would be a delightful adventure.
Boehm farm functional work out, way to flip those Round bales..thanks for sharing.
farmfit, way better than crossfit.
Heck yeah.
Another great video, keep up the great work like that 66 by the way 👍
thank you
After the bottom crud falls off if you could put this in a grinder with soybeans and wheat the cows would love it. Not sure about mold. If moldy your cows could get sick, thus the darker bottom stuff maybe not used except for bedding.
Just drop the bale in the feeder and let them pick out what they want.
Jacob I see u got some of that weather we got looks like u had busy day moving hay that international moves them bales like there nothing u take care enjoyed the video from Kentucky
Thank you
If you had a long and good size , rope . and hock it to the tractor and around the big bail and pull it out.
Thanks for the video like it .
you're welcome.
Can't beat free hay. Those net wrap bales will keep pretty well.
In the middle they are nice.
Great video
Thank you
u should look into a after market heater for those old tractor. we have one in are old 966c payloader at work and it works great
I have a less abused cab that's supposed to have functional climate controls waiting to be mounted.
love the old 1466 we have a 766 a 786 and a 1066
It's still not a 1086. I'd trade it for an 86 any day of the week.
I saw one of those 3pt forklifts advertised here with hydraulic top link, and hydraulic mast? Says it lifts 6 feet. Also looks like you can take the forks off and has 2 spears on then. I don’t have a use for it really, just thought it was neat.
Yep, all sorts of hydraulics on it, but no side to side. I want to make a spear work on ours, then loading hay at the field would be a breeze!
Nice snow and Hi .
Thank you
You got some exercise today!
I'll get fat without it.
Good vid man
Thank you.
First bales looked wider.? I have 435jd round baler used to make 4wide6ft high.now just 4×5 to sell.put them inside. When was farming put in tight toitsie roll in field.when pulled apart were nice and green.but some loss. 4×6 were 1300 lb. Dont know what my 4×5 is.sells like hot cakes.squares too. Im amazed how farms are mostly gone here now.but everyone sells out.horsey farms
The ones in the barn are 5x5 and the outdoor ones started out as 4x5. I didn't make the outdoor bales. Yeah, I am wishing I had more hay, but have pulled my hair out the last couple seasons to get it made.
You roll them like big snowballs , must have had your Wheaties 👍
No too many wheaties, Bruce ;)
I was surprised to see no loader on the tractor
We have a loader on the hydro 84, but I'm not taking it on the road in this weather. No cab.
if its free its good! ive left hay outside like that for 2 years and it was still good hay but 50% of it either is rotten or the cows wont eat it so i make dang sure its in the barn now
Our steers will clean these bales up. But i do prefer them inside.
Yea me too. Pulling hair out to get in.. Bought 4 basket tedder and 10 wheel speed rake. (To do faster).??
The only way I'd make hay faster if it was a next day scenario. If only I could set up the rake in front of the baler.
Lyckely you havent got like we have 34cm snow 😃
That would be much more fun!
Boehm Farm you can check out my channel ? ☺
Nice video love that stuff with other farms around you you should buy our international 986
Well, message me about it.
Boehm Farm yeah I don’t know how
What I message you on
We have a facebook page of the same name.
you could add a spear to the middle crossmember and make it detachable you could get them a lot easier
I have though about that, and it would work great, I am just holding out for a speedier loader tractor. Then I wouldn't have to use the three point.
Yeah I have that same forklift and I've thought about making a spear attachment for it... double spears are the way to go IMHO, at least for hay in good condition (bale wrappings still intact). We have double spears on our front end loader on the 5610 and a double spear attachment for the Mahindra. Single spears are a PITA IMHO. Never liked them. Double spears do double duty as pallet forks and the bale cannot rotate on them, plus two lift points do a better job. OL J R :)
nice vid. :) i'd just take the pipe off when doing jobs like that.. my 1586 would not fit in that barn my tractor is 2 high up..
I only needed three bales. Maybe not worth taking the pipe off.
if thats all ur getting then theres no point.. :)
i have a 986 and a 1586
is that a krone bale trailer
No, it's something that begins with M, like a welding shop.
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You got heat in that 14? Wouldn’t mind having a 3 point forklift like that.
No more than what blows in the holes in the floor, but it is great to be out of the wind.
@@boehmfarm4276 That's half the battle! OL J R : )
Got a ft of snow here yesterday 1/7/18
That sounds fun. We got a quarter inch of ice.
Is that the new cab that you bought not long ago?
Nope, I'm sure there will be a video about putting the new one on.
u should invest bale spike
Barry Dean he said he tried to spike them and they were falling apart
It wouldn't work on these old bales. I said in the video how they fall apart.
snow a coming tonight!
I think we will be south of it.
What size bales were you pushing 4x5? Didn’t look very big
The ones in the barn are 5x5 and the outdoor bales probably started as 4x5.
Red power in a video gets a like
Thank you.
let the car roll and come help with this miracle to clean up the city .. there are bad work here
any farms for sale in you area for less then 200k
Only if it's hilly and covered with trees.
ok thank you