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Re: [RC] Good Hay - Heidi Smith"About 23 bales to the ton seems to produce a bale that is not outrageously hard for a single person in good condition to wrestle with. " Wow! I thought that the average 72 # per bale (28/ton) that was put up on my field last summer was heavy. They would barely go up my hay elevator without ripping out. I much prefer the 40 lb. kicker bales (50 /ton) that were put up in the midwest. I am going to make sure they are lighter next year. At 40 lbs. I can lift them to the top of my trailer, but not at 70+ lbs I'm getting pretty wimpy as middle age marches onward, but I still prefer the 70-80 lb bales--they are packed so much tighter and the hay seems to keep better. My husband is from Denmark--they make tiny bales there, too, and they were so fluffy they really boggled my mind. It was only later that I realized they did that in the midwest as well. Having had horses come out from the midwest to our western hay, they will invariably turn their noses up at the hay from home in favor of our tighter-packed stuff. But I sure do prefer our "ranch" bales to the commercial ones--those 15-to-the-ton or worse ones... I've got some alfalfa bales here now that are "only" 110, as opposed to the 130 lb ones that I usually get from the same supplier. Our local grass bales average about 85 lbs--MUCH nicer! I've just found that as I get less tough, I have to get more smart about how I deal with them... <g> Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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