Three In Two Days

This hay season is trying. Each day it looks like it may be breaking out to better weather and before we get the field raked or baled, the moisture starts coming in. Seems like the clouds disappear in the early evening without giving us enough time in the day to get any further along with this season.

We had the current field fluffed twice, then raked, now we had to go back and run the fluffer back through the field to break apart the windrows so they would dry again after rain during the night and early morning.

And to top off the fun we are already having, three of our haystacks that were placed by the bale wagon fell down. That’s three in less than two days, and not all in the same barn. The one that fell yesterday was the last one we had stacked in the barn before all the rain. This morning I found one had fallen in my show barn, this was a stack that was placed almost two weeks ago. And then this afternoon while Mike was fluffing the field, a third load fell.

Our bale wagon is quite used, it is a bit eccentric, it has a tilt to the bed and groans and creaks with each bump in the field. We have had stacks fall before so we now always tie the stacks together when they are placed in the barn. Mike climbs a ladder to reach the uppermost bales to tie them securely. This trick has always worked in the past and it is a surprise times three to have a falling problem.

It worked out well that we could not get out into the hay field today to work because re-stacking the three loads took up most of the day. It looks like we may be back to making bales tomorrow.

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