For the first half of it....stacking on the bed, it is. But once it's loaded, it is off to the barn at 30 to 40 mph, and when you get there, the same set of drag chains that picked it up go into reverse. The long snout that picked up off the ground elevates so there is no pitching up or lifting required. The 3 1/2 of us last summer, trying to stack bales 6 and 7 high to fill the vertical space were huffing and puffing and winded before we were done. A hay monster becomes an elevator just by raising the snout, so shoots them up there with zero effort. They literally fall into place. 2 guys could easily do what it was taking 3 or 4 of us to do in half the time and less than half the effort.
It also means one machine vs. a whole fleet of flat bed wagons, which are not going to travel well down the road when fully loaded. I could deliver to customers at the rate of 150 bales per load (enough for 1 to 3 horses....which is what most have) and stack directly into their barns, whatever the size or shape. As long as I can get the snout in the door.
Believe me, I've stacked on wagons and and a hay monster runs rings around any other alternative I've seen to date.
New Holland stack wagon being the best alternative I've seen to date, if you have the barn for it. Not a good alternative to deliver hay if the customers on the receiving end are not setup for it and/or several miles away. None of my customers are setup for such a beast. I'd have to sell out of the barn......but I'm doing that now and that requires it to be handled by somebody one more time. Far better in my mind to take them from the field and place them in their final resting place the first time.
Also curious how those with stack wagons deal with the mold issue. As discussed in this concurrent thread.....
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