Posted by Dave H (MI) on July 07, 2015 at 13:11:36 from (50.108.17.95):
Woke up to a torrential downpour this AM. Had to wonder about the 9 to 5 folks who drive by daily watching me put up hay. Wondered what they were thinking when they drove by the field this AM and the 800+ bales that were still laying there last night had mysteriously vanished! Maybe melted in the rain? Here is what REALLY happened...
The SMTA had a meltdown Sunday night...literally. Smoke pouring out from under the hood and oil running down the block onto the ground. Couldn't see a problem with the block or head. Getting dark so left it. Both my regular customers took a powder on me that same day. One told me they were both 60 now and could not pick up hay anymore so they were paying some fella $6 a bale to put it in the barn. I told them I understood completely (BUT), a phone call would have been nice as I was counting on them. The other guy told me he would buy the whole field if I knocked off 30 cents a bale so I gave it to him. He took 100 bales and claimed (first) it was dusty (but he could not show me any dust) and (second) it was stemmy (dang, first cutting in July, imagine that). He wrote me a check for the full amount...no discounts and left with the understanding that he could buy somewhere else.
So laying in bed that night with steam coming out my ears it occurred to me that maybe the SMTA had blown a power steering hose ABOVE the engine. In fact, it had. 30 minute fix once the new hose was purchased. Then my two daughters and I (with the rotator cuff issue) tried to load hay all day while SWMBO worked the phones. Round about 6:30PM there was a great ruckus out on the road and three pickups with big trailers pulled in. In something like 2 hrs these guys had loaded over 800 bales, 10 layers high. I was told by SWMBO that I was discounting the hay about 40%, they paid cash, and the biggest trailer loads I have ever seen disappeared down the road. I made a solid profit at what they paid me and never gave it a second thought.
This AM I lay in bed listening to the rain and wondering how relaxed I would be if those bales were still down there. I think later this week I will take the girls up to the National Cherry Festival. Spend some of that hay money.
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