We went to pick up the rest of out hay today. This is the year from hell for hay, our supplier had dropped off a couple of bales of what he had for us to try as they're just not up to the standard he usually has. Luckily our horses define "easy keeper", they tore into the substandard hay like it was candy. Hay's going to worth something come the winter, Glen, the hay guy, said that someone had come by on a Harley with Florida plates looking to buy 160,000 bales. That'd cost slightly upwards of half a million dollars now, but in winter and in Florida, millions. As a city boy in a virtual business I'm kinda startled that real things, plants already, can make people fortunes.
When we went for the hay Glen was changing a tyre, country style.
The hay was on a wagon that would be awkward to get to our door so he proposed that we take it by truckloads when he was done. In the meantime we took ten bales in the Land Cruiser.
then it was back and forth with the truck, just short of 40 bales can be stacked in a F250 if you're not going too far.
It's hard work loading and unloading bales
but we were adequately supervised
and, having got it done, went off to the rodeo.
Ah, the joy of hay deliveries. We had 18 tonnes arrive last week (approx 500 bales), and hopefully it's the last one before we sell up and move on. The 6 week cycle of back-breaking stacking really isn't something I'll miss.
ReplyDeleteGlen has another customer, a boarding stable, where he said they put up 3,000 bales into a loft. That was just the husband and wife who also have day jobs as cops.
ReplyDeleteMy back ached when I heard that.