it was only 50 bales

[Phillip Allen]

took the hay outa the field and put in the barn (garage)..two trips in my short bed truck

I need a shower cause I itch...except my arms can't be raised above my hips ...gonna be rough

[ishmael]

He he. One of these days old man you're gonna have to hire a kid. Put it off as long as you can. I think the trick is finding some low level activity you do all the time, like walking or yoga. These spurts can be rough. I know when I rebuilt my steps, two and a half days of moving stuff around, it felt good, but I was sore. And that wasn't exactly heavy lifting.

When I lived in MA I heated with wood, and my wood guy, Walt, was closing in on seventy. Between cutting and splitting and delivering he was constantly moving and it showed. Spry is a good word.

[Captain Blight]

I like the idea of haying. But after a 2500 bale day, I really grew to hate the reality.

[Phillip Allen]

Originally Posted by Captain Blight

I like the idea of haying. But after a 2500 bale day, I really grew to hate the reality.

I doubt you could get an hour out of me at this point...before needing to call the coroner

[CGrant]

coastal bermuda?

[paladin]

The hay wasn't bad......but when Mr. Redding backed up his truck, he would get out and light his pipe, and sorta make the statement "you boys are gonna have that milk loaded by the time I finish my pipe, ain't cha"
Two of is picking up cans of fresh squeezed milk, lifting the from the ground to the bed of his truck and your hand end up in a permanent death grip from the cramps.

[Domesticated_Mr. Know It All]

I have hay fever so I seldom was asked to help with that.
The one time I loaded hay, it was with my cousin. We loaded a hundred bails from out in the field, on a farm tractor trailer and then un-loaded it into an upper level of a barn.
Took us all day.
I got paid three dollars and a sunburn for helping.

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

Hay's OK. Barley, now that is horrible.

[skuthorp]

Quote Odetta, The Logger Lover.

My lover was a logger,
There's none like him today.
If you put whisky on it
He'd eat a bale of hay.

Got much whisky in the house Phil.

[George Roberts]

Originally Posted by Phillip Allen

took the hay outa the field and put in the barn (garage)..two trips in my short bed truck

I need a shower cause I itch...except my arms can't be raised above my hips ...gonna be rough

Moving hay or gain is never much fun. Even when you have hlep.

[Mrleft8]

If his daughters hadn't been so beautiful I never woulda helped Hugh with the haying that day... After that day the daughters kinda lost their looks...

[bob winter]

God, Phillip, I just checked your age and you are not much more than a pup. You should be able to crack off 50 bales without breaking a sweat. I presume these are the little rectanguar bales. The big round bales might be a tad harder to handle.

[Mrleft8]

Originally Posted by bob winter

God, Phillip, I just checked your age and you are not much more than a pup. You should be able to crack off 50 bales without breaking a sweat. I presume these are the little rectanguar bales. The big round bales might be a tad harder to handle.

He claims to be a wee bit out of shape these days.... (Actually he's in great shape.....If the shape yer looking for is "pear" )

[Phillip Allen]

Originally Posted by bob winter

God, Phillip, I just checked your age and you are not much more than a pup. You should be able to crack off 50 bales without breaking a sweat. I presume these are the little rectanguar bales. The big round bales might be a tad harder to handle.

I should be able to but I haven't worked in 3 years...I'm very beat up and now outa shape...75 pounds over weight and an iffy ticker...still I managed but had to take lots of breaks

[Phillip Allen]

Originally Posted by Mrleft8

He claims to be a wee bit out of shape these days.... (Actually he's in great shape.....If the shape yer looking for is "pear" )

how ya gonna 'splain to everyone on the fourm how a pear breaded your legs?

[Paul Pless]

Originally Posted by Captain Blight

I like the idea of haying. But after a 2500 bale day, I really grew to hate the reality.

I used to cut, rake, and bail lots of hay. Riding an old Ford tractor around in circles all day was the ultimate stoner activity - especially since I got paid for it!

[Phillip Allen]

I remember guys in high school bragging about getting 1 1/2 cents a bale for taking from the field and stacking in the barn

[Paul Pless]

Originally Posted by boylesboats

Wow... must've been long ago...

rofl... rubbin it in ain't he Phillip???

[Phillip Allen]

Originally Posted by boylesboats

Wow... must've been long ago...

There never was good profit in hay baling... tractor break down, bailer get confuse and stop tying bales, sickle bar alway, alway breaks, I hate it at time those wooden arm breaks, loosin' a sector or two... but it is music to my ears hearing that ol' John Deere model G poppin' away, and the smell of clover and pasture grass being cut... in perfect rhythm.. like a well oiled machine

Anymore now day, around here they been balin' in large round bales... less manual labor...

large bales sometime a pain to handle...

for folks like you, Regan was a long time ago...

[MiddleAgesMan]

I thought this was about the bales of cocaine confiscated last month:

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/artic...ring%20October

"...on Oct. 29th the crew detained several suspects aboard a speedboat carrying 74 bales of cocaine, weighing about 3,700 pounds, off the coast of Nicaragua...."

OIC--that wasn't 50 bales, it was 74.

[Canoeyawl]

If you want to see a mechanical wonderment, you have to watch a self-powered string bailer at work.
Repairing and adjusting one is another matter altogether!

[Captain Blight]

Originally Posted by MiddleAgesMan

I thought this was about the bales of cocaine confiscated last month:

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/artic...ring%20October

"...on Oct. 29th the crew detained several suspects aboard a speedboat carrying 74 bales of cocaine, weighing about 3,700 pounds, off the coast of Nicaragua...."

OIC--that wasn't 50 bales, it was 74.

Bales of Cocaine