On 12/5/2012 11:45 AM, harry wrote:
On Dec 5, 2:21 pm, Home Guy wrote:
Bob F wrote:
The more I read that story the more BS it is.

How do you "hook into hay"?
How are bales left out "prior to harvesting"?

Journalism has sunk pretty low in the USA.

Ever drive past hayfields? I see bales all over them at times,
with nobody in sight.

Harry (being in the UK) is not familiar with the size and scale of farm
fields here in north america.

I know they are moved under cover as soon as possible to keep them dry.


Dude, out here in the big prairie states where huge acreage and large
animal operations are the norm, farmers don't fool with the standard
hay bales. They make massive round bales, which are cylindrical and
weigh up to a ton each. Their shape means they shed rain easily, so
they don't need to be covered. The outer layer may rot, but there's
plenty of good solid hay tight and dry inside. It's not unusual to see
bales on the edge of fields that were made over a year previously.

They're usually 4-6 feet tall, and are moved with a truck (hooked up
and dropped on the bed) or by an all-terrain vehicle used as a skid
loader. They're usually left in the fields where they're made. Farmers
haul them in as they are needed.

It's leaving them out in the fields that makes them easy targets,
especially the bales that are on the sides of a road.