Loading hay into a rail container

Today we load a railroad container with our hay squeeze. It’s a CareLift Zoom Boom 20044 with a Clerf clamp.
#haysqueeze #farmlife #container #alfalfahay #carelift #zoomboom #clerf

[@michaelbeauchaine6912]

Love your video, Alicia! He who has the best tools wins!

[@freewheelingfarmlife]

Thanks! That’s so true.

[@adamblackwell2718]

Thanks its a good video and I am impressed with the fork truck skills. Mind boggles that its economically viable to transport hay bales over 2000 miles. Must be top quality hay.

[@freewheelingfarmlife]

So glad you enjoyed it. It is crazy it can ship that far. Yes, this is our premium hay.

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

I stum,bled apon your channel.......There is also a Producer that is in Ohio and he ships hay to S,C and Florida,,,,,, My Son is also in the Hay Business We once planted Peanuts and Cotton, but there were too many deducks in depen,,,,,,Luckily we Managed to sneak into Rebaling rounds into square trailer load lots for sale in TSC......We are limited by climate as to what we can grow...... But once established and managed it last forever.....We round bale (4x5) transport store, and convert to small squares as stores need..... We own our trailers and Drop and Hook..... usually about every 21 days......We have discovered that, Small squares lose color if not stored in light restricted buildings, whereas rounds retain , plus the store has bales that have that just baled look.......

[@freewheelingfarmlife]

So glad you’ve found us! That’s really interesting about the rebailing. Color is the biggest concern for retail. That’s great you’ve found a solution!

[@highdesertfarmin7213]

I would highly recommend,if you're doing 90 to 100 lb bales to chamber baler to a 14" by 21" bale. We can get 420 bales in and the buyers love it. If you do heavier that doesn't work. Lookin good though👍

[@freewheelingfarmlife]

Thanks. It’s a goal for the future. Once we do one of our balers we have to do them all. We’ll get there one of these days. 😊

[@georgecass8529]

That must be the hay grown here by Saudi Arabia then shipped there .

[@freewheelingfarmlife]

That would be awesome! But it’s grown in western US (Utah) and sent on the railroad to Florida.

[@georgecass8529]

@@freewheelingfarmlife what mean do you mean ( that would ) they are doing it . They won't let them grow hay in Saudi Arabia because it uses to much water . So they are buying land in the United States and growing it here then they ship back to Saudi Arabia

[@didierfertil6334]

Question from France how do they un load the container of hay ?by hands ?

[@freewheelingfarmlife]

Yes! I’m so glad we’re on this end of it. 😁

[@robwar2288]

That’s not the First Time he has loaded a Container…

[@freewheelingfarmlife]

Definitely not. Here’s loaded hundreds of them by this point in time.

[@stevenloheac7655]

What kind of hay do you produce?

[@freewheelingfarmlife]

Alfalfa grass mix.

[@stevenloheac7655]

Do you sell it by the ton or by the bale?