Hay Loader

[dominiquer60]

http://www.youtube.com/user/MrUltralightmike#p/a/u/0/FPwlUTK0Ybg

The same same guy that took video if the I&J that George posted also took a good video of the Green Mountain College Guernsey oxen and a hayloader in use.

[Baystatetom]

I have one of those stuck out in the woods. Kind of makes me feel bad for shooting it full of holes with my first .22 back when I was a kid.

[Ed Thayer]

Very cool video.

[Big Horses]

We pull the hayloader at our local antique tractor show whith our Clydes. This year, we had a couple older guys on there, pitching the hay (which was a bit green yet, and alfalfa, so heavy). About half way into the wagon load, the one asked me if we could get the horses to walk any slower!! I was already holding them back quite a bit…but those hayloaders can move alot of hay!
John

[Robert MoonShadow]

How heavy and how much draft are we talking, here? Could a team or a 3-abreast of lg. standard donkeys handle it?

[Big Horses]

I’d sure think so Robert! Most of them used a team. It would depend on the amount and type of hay also. We pulled a Cockshutt hayloader and it really pulls pretty easily.
John

[Robert MoonShadow]

Thanks…that’s good to know – I think I know where there’s one tucked away in the brush. What type is that in your photo? I don’t know the different types…

[gwpoky]

We are transitioning to loose hay here, I have two McCormick loaders that need to be mated, hoping by spring to have one good one. We do some loose now by pitching but the loader will make it much better. The only squares we will be doing will be enough for travel and when we have someone doing chores for us. Loose hay makes high quality feed, the only down side is it is hard to sell off the farm and we don’t sell any hay so loose works well.

[Jay]

We have put up our hay loose with a loader for 30 years- a New Idea. Looks basically like the one in the photo. The IH is very similar – IH also made one with 9 bars for green chop or 2nd cut, rather than the usual 6 which work better for 1st cut. An old timer told me they were ” a labor saving device for everyone except the person on the wagon,” We often use 2 people loading/packing on a 16 foot wagon, one in front and one in back packing and distributing. ” Take care of the edges and the middle will take care of it’s self” It’s a great way to put up excellent hay – if you plan to feed it right near where it is stored in the barn. Jay

[Big Horses]

Robert, sorry….I didn’t see your question earlier. It’s a Cockshutt. There’s 2 JD’s coming up in a week at an auction near here… we’ll see what they go for…..
John

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