Posted by sandel on December 11, 2016 at 10:25:07 from (71.48.165.59):
In Reply to: Hay Rope Questions... posted by Super-H-Mike on December 10, 2016 at 16:38:54:
Dad put up loose hay until mid-fifties. I started my life as an operator driving straddle of a windrow pulling a MH hay loader while he built a load. Then I drove on the rope while he set grapple forks, tripped to drop and pulled back forks to do it again. Usually unloaded several loads along the length of the 60 foot mow floor then went up and started mowing it back to the sides. Then the following spring he handled the hay again when he forked the manure into an old case spreader. Almost unbelievable how many tons he handled multiple times with a pitch fork-year after year.
But I digress. Reason for comment is to urge caution if you try to drop bales from trolley track. Those old barns would stand under lots of weight but couldn't take the stress when we started dropping bales from a height. Broke quite a few bales to begin with and wasn't long before the native lumber floor joists(walnut and oak) started to break from dropping 7-8 bales at a time.
In this part the country(east. Ks)it would ordinarily make sense to spend a little money and time putting up an open front shed. Doesn't take all that big a shed to hold a 1000 bales. Simpler to unload, load out and alternate usage options. For what it's worth. Good luck.
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