We are parked up near Crows Nest & next to us was a field of cut hay. Yesterday about 5pm the farmer came out with his tractor & a machine behind him which picked up the mown hay & turned it into neat rectangular bales. The odd thing is that he continued working on until after 9pm & it was a dark night.
KFT said
05:52 PM Aug 29, 2012
G'day Kandagal
I think it is a case of baling the hay while it is dry. If you bale damp or wet hay it is very likely to start a fire from spontaneous combustion which is what causes most hatshed fires.
frank
Happywanderer said
07:52 PM Aug 29, 2012
When I was a kid on the farm, dad would be out there all hours of the night baling the hay and getting it in. It had to be dry with the sun on it all day, so they had to start late to bale it. A whole gang of men would come in to get it done and we would pitch in to do the night milking.
justcruisin01 said
02:58 AM Aug 30, 2012
Been there, done that.
gold dandelion said
04:46 AM Aug 30, 2012
to condition the hay it has to be done in the cool. i presume it was lucerne hay, green bales not dry coloured bales. they will probably cut the paddock 3 times
We are parked up near Crows Nest & next to us was a field of cut hay. Yesterday about 5pm the farmer came out with his tractor & a machine behind him which picked up the mown hay & turned it into neat rectangular bales. The odd thing is that he continued working on until after 9pm & it was a dark night.
I think it is a case of baling the hay while it is dry. If you bale damp or wet hay it is very likely to start a fire from spontaneous combustion which is what causes most hatshed fires.
frank
It had to be dry with the sun on it all day, so they had to start late to bale it. A whole gang of men would come in to get it done and we would pitch in to do the night milking.
Been there, done that.