Getting back into hay

[Hay Dude]

Do the math even 46 bales is impossible to haul on a 48 ft trailer without bed extensions frt & rear which ultimately makes bed longer than 48 feet. This isn't my 1st RODEO when it comes to hauling hay & farm equipment.
Age of 73 should not be a problem. I'm 77.

And you are still sharper than a tack and a BIG asset to this website my friend.
Humble and extremely knowledgeable.

 

[5030]

Never said it was (first Rodeo). The trailer have no front bulkheads so I start the front bales at the front edge of the trailers. His tractors have headache racks on them (as required by DOT regulations). Every double stack is strapped (as per DOT regs again). All his trailers are 10-2 spreads on air with a pair of Western Star conventional road tractors. He leases the tractors and drivers to a carrier as well.

Tom, my other hunting bud, has 53 late model conventional Freightliner Cascadia's leased to Fed Ex, running teams, coast to coast. I cringe at what his fuel costs are presently. Almost afraid to ask. I do know that Fed-Ex subsidizes the fuel cost but how much, I have no idea.

When I load them this weekend, I'll do a bale count per trailer and like a good boy, report back for your edification. No pictures however. I don't do pictures, I'm not a picture person.

 

[5030]

And you are still sharper than a tack and a BIG asset to this website my friend.

Kind of like you, sort of, maybe or maybe not.

 

[Hay Dude]

Lions are uninterested in the opinions of sheep…..
Tx Jim’s math IS correct and you WOULD have to “edge stack” the round bales to fit that many on the truck. Virtually nobody does THAT.
Better be careful with your customers and telling them there’s more bales on the truck than there really is lol

 

[Tx Jim]

Never said it was (first Rodeo). The trailer have no front bulkheads so I start the front bales at the front edge of the trailers.

When I load them this weekend, I'll do a bale count per trailer and like a good boy, report back for your edification. No pictures however. I don't do pictures, I'm not a picture person.

For your edification as I stated sounds as if you'll be loading 38(THIRTY EIGHT) bales per load if trailers are 48' long with no rear extensions on bed. Photo's are simple to take & post on the internet. We have another thing in common besides rd baling hay as I'm not a picture person either BUT AS THE OLD SAYING GOES A PICTURE IS WORTH 1000 WORDS.

 

[5030]

Well, maybe after I load the first trailer, I'll take a picture and post it. Maybe. Least it's all sold ahead of time. I don't miss dealing with 'hay customers' one bit. If All Hay (website pricing is any indication of where feed hay is headed, it will become very expensive soon.

I do know if I lost my one customer, I'd liquidate everything and go to sitting on the porch and enjoying my 'golden years' instead.

 

[Tx Jim]

I think I could sell all my rd bales for $100+ per bale. I've turned down inquiry's about purchasing hay several times a week. All I have to do is state "YES" but I'm holding out for $125 each

 

[5030]

You will most likely get it. Don't forget delivery is extra. Glad I don't have to deal with that either.

Scope out the bale prices on 'All Hay', what I use as a 'yardstick for determining what I charge.

I may change it up next year with the 2 fields behind the farm and store them in the barn because I can move them from the field io the barn easily. My customer had no issue with the per bale increase at all. He fully understands. These are inflationary times.

 

[5030]

When I was cutting yesterday, a number of pick up trucks drove by real slow, watching. Probably stop when I bale it tomorrow.

 

[Tx Jim]

I checked out "AllHay" for hay located in Texas but didn't see any at my price range

You will most likely get it. Don't forget delivery is extra. Glad I don't have to deal with that either.

I'm confident I will get my price! I don't deliver hay except locally & that's with my pickup equipped with bale spike bed. Transporting hay will be buyers responsibility.