Got the straw baled now

Jpshostr · July 31, 2002

94 degrees all afternoon, just wonderful conditions for baling straw. :sarcasm:

Raked it this morning.

As I got all the hayracks staged.

While baling the rack isn't the most fun place to be, lots of dust, as well as trying to keep up stacking bales while the whole deal is moving right along. I loaded a few rakes, while the neighbor that was helping loaded one while I drove.

Now they are all loaded on racks, waiting for morning when Dad and I are going to unload them before the heat of the day comes.

pacodiablo · July 31, 2002

94 degrees?? thats it???

silverado man · July 31, 2002

Do I see green machinery in your field. :0

antig24 · July 31, 2002

lol,cool pics. it has been hot in ILL the past couple of days.

MarkD · July 31, 2002

Cool Pics! Keep 'em comming!

97Z71 · July 31, 2002

Too much work for me....

The office is a cool 72 today

99Silver6.0 · July 31, 2002

JP,

So there is some Deere in there.. Deere baler and tractor. I hate baling round bales. Suxs

regcab02HD · August 1, 2002

So that's how ya'll do it in Ill. We do it alittle different her in Texas, atleast the loading part. I'll have to get some pics when we bale our hay in a week or two.

What do ya'll use for hay? We plant Redtop cane. In a good year we make between 125-150 bales an acre on the first cut.

k1500chevy97 · August 1, 2002

JP,
So there is some Deere in there.. Deere baler and tractor. I hate baling round bales. Suxs

Finally we see some signs of life from this guy

Go mean green farmin machine!!

Jpshostr · August 1, 2002

Guys, sorry to say this, but the Deere tractor and baler aren't ours. We don't have a square baler, so our neighbor brings over his when we bale up our straw. That green thing is also the only one on his place, all his other tractors, the ones he uses, are red. That tractor is really overpowering that baler, but when he baled his own straw his wife drove the tractor, gotta keep them happy and give them A/C.

Paco, it must be easy to say ONLY 94 degrees when you aren't following around a baler. I was wore out last night, and am even more so today. Was out there at 6AM on three hours sleep unloading those bales trying to beat the heat of the day (didn't work, I got real warm), then helped a neighbor put up 800 bales of his straw this afternoon. Oh well, went and saw Trick Pony tonight, just one night of a week full of country music concerts!

regcab02HD, we don't square a single bale of hay here, all ours goes into round bales. We only use 200 squares of hay a year, just buy those. Anyway, we have been using a mix of alfalfa, fescue, bromegrass, and a few other assorted grasses the past few years with good results. First cutting we averaged 3.5 5.5x6 round bales/acre.

Jen · August 1, 2002

I agree with Paco...94 degrees here is a cool front!!

Gig'em Ags!!

CMNTMXR81 · August 1, 2002

Too much work for me....

The office is a cool 72 today

My thoughts exactly!

Too much labor involved there JP

Those comparing heat, 94 degrees with 1,000% percent humidity and 1,000% dewpoint (yes I know that's not possible) like it has been here and most of the eastern U.S. is considerably different than 104 no humidity and low dewpoint heat of the desert!

It feels like you're hitting a brick wall when you walk out of A/C!

OhioPlowboy · August 1, 2002

you guys that think thats easy standing out there in the sun with 99% humidity....I get a laugh out of you..

And then, it takes a certain amount of intelligence to stack a wagon so that it will ride without tying anything on.

Anyone wanna help me bale some hay???

CMNTMXR81 · August 2, 2002

I don't! I'll sit back with a Pina Colada and "Supervise" though.

Kansas Kid · August 2, 2002

Those comparing heat, 94 degrees with 1,000% percent humidity

How about 109F, with the high humidity? That is how hot it was here last Friday and Saturday, the heat index was well over 115F. It takes a lot for me to complain about the heat, as it gets over 100F here quite often and it is always humid. But that was damn hot.