I also put up about 2K square bales of hay for my small beef herd, in 2017 I was the only person to touch any bale. I bale onto flat wagons, can load seven high for 140-190 bales per load. With a hay elevator up to and inside the barn, I can unload then stack at my own pace, and room for four loaded wagons inside a pole barn give me time to bale 600-800, then rest and unload as I have time/energy. All the labor i need is a driver, or if capable, a stacker. I paid a stacker $20/hour last summer, and a friend comes over and drives/stacks just for the exercise/memories. My own kids are not going to be available as of this season. I have fields that are around 5 acres each, and try to space the cutting out to keep this on schedule, 2018 did not cooperate, of course. Bad weather and drought can make consistent bale size really difficult to chase.
My barn is built to put hay in and feed it out, not unload for resale. For this reason, the idea of a large barn capable to load bales stacked on the wagon behind the baler then pulled out to unload is the best bet, for selling offsite. Cuts out two handlings (off the wagon and back onto the wagon), each valued at about $.25/bale. I have looked at the pipe/tarp buildings for this use and round bale storage.
Decent pulling wagons can be had for $650 to 1000 each. The guy I bought my mowing tractor from had a new accumulator system, i think he said it cost $16K, and you still need wagons and a loader.
The best advice is sell all $20K worth of equipment and rake in rent for corn/beans. IF you decide to pursue this hay option, be sure to buy a nice hockey helmet- it will soften the blows when you bang your head against the wall for deciding to ally yourself with a group of female horse owners in the first place.
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