Unloading round bales

[bcp]

Feeding livestock stranded by flood waters.

More photos at:
oklahoma hay helicopter guard - Google Search

Bruce

 

[Texasmark]

Many, many years ago (60ish) the midwest had a horrible snow storm and I saw a movie about it. They were using "Flying Boxcars" (C119s) then and square bales, kicking them out the back doors. Cows loved them for it.

 

[bcp]

Many, many years ago (60ish) the midwest had a horrible snow storm and I saw a movie about it. They were using "Flying Boxcars" (C119s) then and square bales, kicking them out the back doors. Cows loved them for it.

At least two times:

1964
Operation Hay Lift > Malmstrom Air Force Base > Display

1948-49
Operation Haylift: Sheepherders of Northern Nevada, a Multimedia Exhibit

Bruce

 

[cqaigy2]

Now that would cut into the fuel budget.

:thumbsup:

 

[Texasmark]

Thought I posted this. Will try again.

It must have been a newsreel not a movie as it actually happened. 65 tons to 100k animals. Whadda deal.

Don't know how cattle make it up there on the Northern plains.

I have said many times down here that there is nothing between me and the N. Pole. Don't even have that up there.

Thanks for the time and consideration in sharing this event with us.

Mark

 

[bcp]

There was a movie made about it.

Operation Haylift (1950) - IMDb

Bruce

 

[jaxs]

I have said many times down here that there is nothing between me and the N. Pole.


Mark

That's true in the panhandle but farther East we have barbed wire fences to get behind when artic air come's down.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

You guys are so cute with your "cold".

Lol.

 

[Texasmark]

That's true in the panhandle but farther East we have barbed wire fences to get behind when artic air come's down.

I'm not in the Panhandle. N. E. of Dallas.

 

[Texasmark]

You guys are so cute with your "cold".

Lol.

LMAO. Figured I'd trigger a hit from at least one of you guys from up there. Grin

 

[oosik]

Ha, ha - Slim. I worked in Anchorage, AK for 18+ years and had a fellow work with me that came from Bismarck, ND. We though he was a little off in the brain pan because when we would get snow and cold wx in Anchorage, he was still wearing just T-shirt and shorts. Then he showed up at work one day with with a copy of a story about a weather event that had recently occurred in Bismarck. My God man, the recorded wind velocities and temps would put Fairbanks to shame.

Still didn't convince me to wear T-shirt & shorts in cold wx but I could certainly see where his frame of reference came from.

 

[EddieWalker]

If you drop a round bale into a field for livestock to eat it, would you have to remove the netting or string around it first? How do you do that in a helicopter? Or do they do that before loading them?

 

[oosik]

Many, many years ago the Game Dept in WA would feed hay to the deer & elk. Idea was - keep them from starving and help keep them out of orchards and causing damage to fruit trees. I know they and the military worked together on remote drops. I remember one video in particular - small square bales out of a C-130(or something like that). The bales must have still been "tied" when dropped because they split open like a ripe cantaloupe when they hit the ground.