A guy down here does that. They found a sawmill that made them for him out of oak. Don't quote me but I believe he told me he only paid around $40 a pallet. He has the 12 bale on edge Kuhn system. He loads the empty pallets on flatbed trailers and then loads the hay on the pallet in the field with a grapple. He puts 60 bales to the pallet then when they get to the barn they unload the pallets off the trailer with an extended fork forklift. He only handles the actual bales one time in the field. Stacks the pallets 3 high in their warehouse. Works really good for them.
I love that idea Dennis! We are lucky, there is a pallet maker a few miles away and my brother-in-law knows them well and they said they can make those things for us. We will just bring over our flat rack and they will load it up with pallets.
@@DLHFarms we had a mass shooting here last week, over 22 killed. It was great to watch your video and forget about the crazyness. Look forward to the next one.
Looks like you got the job sorted Dennis.be worth it .Be good to make good use of the height of that great shed of yours by lifting another few layers on top will let alittle air in aswell .space saved always helps .
Good morning Dennis. Great idea of stacking your hay. This will make it easier for u. And I remember how good hay smelled. Great video enjoyed watching. Thanks 🙏👍👍👍
I like the idea. Especially reusing the skids that you already have on hand. You can always build the new material ones as you need them later on. Looking forward to seeing how it works out. That round bale unroller should be interesting. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.
That’s a good idea!! That should make a lot quicker work of moving those buggers around! Can’t wait to see your take on re-baling rounds into squares. My brother and I looked into that 4 or 5 years ago and it wasn’t cost effective enough unless you already had a square baler available that runs twine and not wire... lol That unroller is the bit I never found, we just planned to use our bale unroller on the three point to unroll the rounds.
...and to see pickup trucks going along the roads with loads of 'new' pallets on board, just for fire wood! I always thought " what a waste of perfectly good pallets'. This was interesting Dennis,.thanks!
In our sale barn, we stack with the bale wagon, it's raised rock floor with a few inches of chaff as a barrier. The one barn at home we used to use pallets, but the hassle wasn't worth it. We now stack on plastic. Same in the big bale barn, all on old Ag Bags. The main barn is actually asphalt under most of it, we rarely have any issues. Nice grapples!! Do you have a high lift loader so you can load and unload trucks??? Before we put our grapple on a truck chassis, we had an extension for the Tractor loader...
@@DLHFarms I'm used to moving bale wagon stacks, loading and unloading trucks, so everything is 14' high.. and yes, 7 high is plenty!! I've seen some rocket scientists go 8 or 10 high on a trailer.. not only unstable, but at 10 high on a low trailer, they're over hight... They wonder what all the phone cable is dragging behind them🤣😂
Great idea, we have been thinking a way around the “Bale Bandit” and this is a good start. Load 10 bundles and try moving it around as you would during a sale. I would like to put the “pallet pack” on the trailer then load with square bales , Strapping them with ratchet straps.Then my buying point would remove and store the 50 bale bundle one at a time. Happy Harvesting
I have worked in warehouses that have had extra long pallets that we have had to move . They make fork extensions that fit over regular forks . They are very simple design, easy to put on and take off , and would be easy to make in your shop . You might want to look into making some so you wouldn't have to make the pallets so strong and it would make it easier to move them around . Just a idea for you . I am sure you get many of them from your viewers .
These pallets will work great. Did something similar about 4 years ago but only needed 6 for a lot less hay as I am not a big operation like you Dennis. I couldn't stop laughing after the ka-chunk sound effects.
I was wanting to do the same thing and also try and put them on a trailer when loading out of the field and the unload the whole pallet into the barn. But only problem is we have termites here and wood on ground won’t last a year. We got to use plastic pallets for hay.
Getting to stack them higher with another layer of quad-pallets is going to do you well. Both in easier handling and in storage when that new field is ready in a year or three! By then you'll have perfected the quads as well :)
When I made my pallets for my stack wagon (got a video on them), I took full advantage of the discount/irregular lumber at home depot. It's usually pretty good discount and if you don't need it to look good or consistent, can't go wrong
I bought me a Deere 458 about a month ago and earlier today I cut some grass that was tall. They aren’t hay fields but it was multiple small patches and it should be enough to make a 5ft bale. Believe it or not it was dry enough to rake later in the day so I can bale tomorrow then the weather is gonna turn off crappy. Storms. I swear that’s all we’re getting now. It don’t have to be extremely dry just to make a test bale but dry enough I reckon. Hopefully I don’t have any netwrap problems lol.
The round bale feeder looks as though it is designed to feed directly into the square baler seems pretty interesting. A few years ago a hay farm near by was using a round bale feeder that you would use to feed cattle in a feed bunk to rebale round bales into square bales. He said it didn’t work as good as he thought and took more time do it.
Jeff Brooks I was afraid we would have the same issue with our unroller. It would be too compacted to feed into the square baler correctly right off the round bale...
actualy I was going to make something much the same for my hay bales! i can only like 3 bales high but heck! anything to make my like easier. glad to see someone has the same idea as i do.
You could put those pallets on your hay trailer and stack the hay in the field on them then when you get back to the hay shed all you have to do is pick the pallet full of hay up and set it where you want
You could put the new large pallets on the hay trailer and unload the entire stack at once if you have the lift strength and the long forks. Load it once on the trailer and that is it.
I like your idea but - A few thoughts 1. Is the floor in your barn smooth and level throughout? if not then two planks on the lower face of the mega pallet may not be adequate to support the weight if it bridges over bump or dip with multiple layers of bales on it. 2. Could you consider stacking pallets on edge perhaps leaning on a suitable frame (rather than a sidewall) at the entrance? (possibly a 4 wheel trailer ) 3. Any notion of what a layer of 10 fresh baled hay might weighs? and from that what might 5 layers + pallet weigh? Do you have ready access to a nimble forklift with extended forks and decent long travel sideshift at hay time that would comfortably lift such a stack and be able to stack them on top of an original stack of 9/10 layers? (I'm guessing an operator would be able to see clearly and safely over the top of a pallet +5 layers). see below. does the barn have the head room to stack 15 layers high? 4. An eventual end goal might be that bales are built as stacks on pallets laid on the floor of trailers, trucks etc. in the field in the first place however this would necessitate many more mega pallets and costs of materials. Could the skid steer reach to do 10 layers +2 pallets in the field and would you be comfortable transporting tall loads home? I'm personally dubious with all your slopes, dips, hollows and overhanging trees etc. Time for a trial I suppose even with stored bales!!
@@DLHFarmsWe have serious health issues with my wife who has now become fully bedbound through ill health and I am now her primary carer 24/7. Besides which she has had two spells in hospital and 2 new grandchildren and most recently be locked in the house for nearly 6 weeks due to this pandemic - it looks as though the lockin will continue for more weeks yet. Difficult times I'm afraid.
@@DLHFarms Thanks, hopefully we will get through it all but life is pretty rough at present. Thankfully we have not lost any family yet but loads of people have. Have you had a chance to consider my ideas yet?
Pallet places sell used ones for $5 or less. Even the good ones. They buy used by ones for $2 from places like wharehouses. Don't know if it's worth it or if there close or open. Nice video
Awsome sound effects makes me excited for hay season. Great idea on one big pallet. I've only been dragging them around for a year and tired of it. It would be pretty nice if u could double stack on another pallet of hay. Do you have any good ideas on how to get chaf off gravel floor? Your appears to be more packed down than barn where I keep my hay. Anyways I've got a lot of chaf mixed in.
The floor in a hay barn has been one of my biggest challenges. The best thing to use is something that packs like "crusher run" or asphalt grindings. Then the chaff stays on top and you can blow it out with a leaf blower if needed. Biggest problem I have is the dust after grinding on it with a skidd steer over and over it gets super dusty. Another thing that has helped me keep a cleaner barn is using plastic twine i use 7200/170 and I hardly ever bust any bales now that helps a lot.
Dennis, is there a place that sells/distributes vinyl siding or metal siding/roofing anywhere near you, maybe a metal shed/carport business? They use pallets that might work for you and may have a few laying around they would sell or give you that might work for what you need.
Hello Dennis ,your thinking ahead will cost a little now but you should recover this expence quickly once the haying season starts .Take care ,be safe an say hello to your family . See Ya .
Where I live in Vietnam they grow a low grade timber that's used in pallets and box's. Supplied to factories just down the road. What grade wood are you buying as it sounds very expensive for pallet making. I think you were a little tired when you made this vlog and any wonder with all the projects you have going on. Hey man take a nap it will do you the power of good.
looks like a really good effient way to prevent the bales from rotting.!:D You use the pallets because you have a dirt floor right? I dont need to do to that if i have a concrete floor,right?
Actually I’m not sure you may still need to use pallets. I would do some testing before you set a bunch straight on the floor. I found out that if you set them on steel they will rot.
Sound affects had me laughing as well! Would it be possible for you to stack it on those big pallets while they are sitting on the trailer or wagon and then pick the whole stack off at one time? Fork extensions on a front end loader I think would do it. Just a suggestion out of pure curiosity. Definitely looking forward to hay videos!
Take it one step farther make eight by eight put on empty wagon stack hay bundle on time unload whole thing at one time just need long pallet forks on tractor, not my idea but seen it on RUclips.😎
hmmm, if this keeps up I could see an agricultural telehandler making an appearance in the not too distant future. In my own looking for material handling solutions, I've yet to another other type of machine that has better lift to weight (or cost) ratio -- other than perhaps an off-road/rough terrain forklift (which doesn't seem quite as adaptable).
@@DLHFarms No reason to unless it can pay for itself :) --- just thinking if/when you get to moving any of those super pallets loaded with hay it might be getting close to the lifting/tipping limits of some equipment given how far out it hangs. Well, unless my guesstimating is off with 40lb/bale, 10bales/layer, 5 layers/pallet = 2000lbs (+pallet weight) at 4ft from fork backplate, which roughly translates to 4000lbs at the 2ft distance that most equipment ratings are given. .....so "not too distant future" really depends how fast the hay operation grows.
Hi Dennis, just curious how you like the Kubota Hay rake now that you have had it some time? We do alot of wrapped hay and are looking at center delivery. Does the middle of the windrow get turned or does it stay against the ground?
Love the hay rake been using it 4 seasons, this year will be the fifth. If you leave it in the narrowest position it will rake all but about 18 inch's of the hay which is how I run it for square baling. I normally Tedd the same day I bale so it's not a big deal.
Haying customers leave their empty trailers before I bale is my favorite one time handling method. Read your mail and call me about a Steffen grapple. The way it pivots you can get 12 or more layers
I was in the pallet business. You should get custom built pallets and charge the customers a deposit . Custom built would be a lot stronger lighter and easier to pick up.
there is a video of a person who puts his pallets on his trailer and loads the hay on them in the field. He then unloads them at the barn with an old payloader
😂 😂 😂 loving the sound overs, was almost like I was sat baling already!! Have a watch of this, it's more the loader bit towards the end ruclips.net/video/KYl3zbZTp8E/видео.html and it looks like you've beaten me to the unroller idea 😂😣
Why are you spending the extra money for PT boards? Your just screwing them to untreated lumber. So the untreated is going to rot away and you’ll be left with PT boards screwed into rotting lumber. At least put the PT deck boards on the bottom where their contacting the ground and protecting the untreated pallet boards. Better yet just go to a saw mill and buy rough cut 4X4 and 1X4 Spruce or Fir and build your pallets out of that. Then if you really want,, use the PT deck boards for the bottom boards to prevent the pallets from rotting at the ground contact point.
Well treated was about the same price for one. Also what I'm buying is pine and most of the pallets are oak they will probably still last longer then the treated wood.
DLH Farms depends on what kind of oak. White oak will last longer than red oak because white oak has a tighter grain. But you were talking also about building just one big pallet. Hard woods have less strength over horizontal distances than Spruce, Pine, or Fir. Which is what construction lumber is made from. That’s what the SPF grade stamp on the boards stand for. Hardwood tends to snap over long horizontal distances where as SPF will flex a little. Pallets are are made of hardwoods because of what is transported on then because their surface will take more abuse. I was just making a suggestion. You ultimately need to do what’s best for you. If it helps you fine but I didn’t mean any disrespect.
She is making you stay outside working more........Get a buddy and ride behind shopping centers for pallets. It was that guy driving a ford tractor wearing a MF hat that was a messy bail pallet stacker...
If you were to pile the big pallets on the side of the barn half way down, then you wouldn't need to move them to put in hay. If they are piled in the corner, then they will get in the way. .
Have you considered buyin rough cut from a sawmill to build the pallets. Since they will be inside all the time they should last a while. Just a thought. What other sound effects do you do hahahbababa
Very clever solution to an old problem. Nice work.
A guy down here does that. They found a sawmill that made them for him out of oak. Don't quote me but I believe he told me he only paid around $40 a pallet. He has the 12 bale on edge Kuhn system. He loads the empty pallets on flatbed trailers and then loads the hay on the pallet in the field with a grapple. He puts 60 bales to the pallet then when they get to the barn they unload the pallets off the trailer with an extended fork forklift. He only handles the actual bales one time in the field. Stacks the pallets 3 high in their warehouse. Works really good for them.
This is what I'm wanting to do over time as I figure things out. I made the pallets the right width that 3 will fit on a gooseneck or my hay wagons.
Hi D.L. Nice idea so far. Can't wait to see the results. Good use of old pallets. Keep on nailing!
Thanks Jeff!
I love that idea Dennis! We are lucky, there is a pallet maker a few miles away and my brother-in-law knows them well and they said they can make those things for us. We will just bring over our flat rack and they will load it up with pallets.
I'm thinking of getting a price from a pallet manufacturer.
Thanks for the video Dennis. After a rough week or so here in Nova Scotia, it was nice to watch and listen to you. Take care.
Hope everything is ok
@@DLHFarms we had a mass shooting here last week, over 22 killed. It was great to watch your video and forget about the crazyness. Look forward to the next one.
Great idea Dennis. Cant wait for hay season.
Me either!
When you started making the sound effects I spit coffee out my nose! Love it....and your pallets are a good idea. Should work out good for you
You should have heard my wife giggling in the next room. She was like what the heck are you doing in there.
That hay baler was going KA...CLUNK....KA CHUNK. ..can you grease it first before using 😂😂😂
You always got that brain workin to figure how things can be done more efficiently and save time. Thanks for the videos.
Got that right
Looks like you got the job sorted Dennis.be worth it .Be good to make good use of the height of that great shed of yours by lifting another few layers on top will let alittle air in aswell .space saved always helps .
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Good morning Dennis. Great idea of stacking your hay. This will make it easier for u. And I remember how good hay smelled. Great video enjoyed watching. Thanks 🙏👍👍👍
Thanks !
I like the idea. Especially reusing the skids that you already have on hand. You can always build the new material ones as you need them later on. Looking forward to seeing how it works out. That round bale unroller should be interesting. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.
Thanks 👍
That’s a good idea!! That should make a lot quicker work of moving those buggers around! Can’t wait to see your take on re-baling rounds into squares. My brother and I looked into that 4 or 5 years ago and it wasn’t cost effective enough unless you already had a square baler available that runs twine and not wire... lol That unroller is the bit I never found, we just planned to use our bale unroller on the three point to unroll the rounds.
Yeah it's not what I would consider cost effective but in a pinch you can make what you need.
That’s what we found, you will not get rich quick rebaling hay, that’s for sure... lol
Yeah that pallet systems going to work for you I do believe thanks for the video.👍
Thanks!
...and to see pickup trucks going along the roads with loads of 'new' pallets on board, just for fire wood! I always thought " what a waste of perfectly good pallets'.
This was interesting Dennis,.thanks!
Yep lots and lots get tossed
@@DLHFarms Oh well, at least it keeps folks working to make them, I guess!
Well, it sure sounds like a time, energy and space saving project. Very clever. I'm sure it'll be a great success!
Thanks I hope so
Ya know. I was having a really really bad day before this and your sound effects really cheered me up
Farmer Tyler same
I love the sound effects . Your spot on. Lol. Glad you still have my Ford . I spotted it in hay barn.
Haha how much you give me for it.
Great idea Dennis, makes the skids reusable, a space saver, and a time saver. A win win win! Nice.
Exactly!
In our sale barn, we stack with the bale wagon, it's raised rock floor with a few inches of chaff as a barrier. The one barn at home we used to use pallets, but the hassle wasn't worth it. We now stack on plastic. Same in the big bale barn, all on old Ag Bags.
The main barn is actually asphalt under most of it, we rarely have any issues.
Nice grapples!! Do you have a high lift loader so you can load and unload trucks??? Before we put our grapple on a truck chassis, we had an extension for the Tractor loader...
I just use a skid steer and it will put them 7 high on a gooseneck and that's about all you want on it anyway.
@@DLHFarms I'm used to moving bale wagon stacks, loading and unloading trucks, so everything is 14' high.. and yes, 7 high is plenty!!
I've seen some rocket scientists go 8 or 10 high on a trailer.. not only unstable, but at 10 high on a low trailer, they're over hight...
They wonder what all the phone cable is dragging behind them🤣😂
Wow, with those sound effects it was almost like i was there in the field with you!
Bahaha you should hear my tractor noises
Great idea, we have been thinking a way around the “Bale Bandit” and this is a good start. Load 10 bundles and try moving it around as you would during a sale. I would like to put the “pallet pack” on the trailer then load with square bales , Strapping them with ratchet straps.Then my buying point would remove and store the 50 bale bundle one at a time. Happy Harvesting
I think that will work but one thing I think you will need to make it work better is a Kuhns Tie Grabber. Look it up.
@@DLHFarms I have seen the video on Kuhns tie grabber. We have recently purchased the Parish Grapple and Accumulator. Have a Great Day
I have worked in warehouses that have had extra long pallets that we have had to move . They make fork extensions that fit over regular forks . They are very simple design, easy to put on and take off , and would be easy to make in your shop . You might want to look into making some so you wouldn't have to make the pallets so strong and it would make it easier to move them around . Just a idea for you . I am sure you get many of them from your viewers .
We actually have a set of them and we have some 8 foot forks that will fit our Cat forklift too! 👍
Great idea 👍. Looks very efficient.
Thanks!
Thanks Don
These pallets will work great. Did something similar about 4 years ago but only needed 6 for a lot less hay as I am not a big operation like you Dennis. I couldn't stop laughing after the ka-chunk sound effects.
Glad to hear someone has done this and it worked good.
Good idea. I bet your hay season this year is gonna be great.
I hope so!
I was wanting to do the same thing and also try and put them on a trailer when loading out of the field and the unload the whole pallet into the barn. But only problem is we have termites here and wood on ground won’t last a year. We got to use plastic pallets for hay.
Well that's an interesting problem. Can you get an exterminator?
Classic! This is why I watch this channel!
Haha I appreciate you watching!
Getting to stack them higher with another layer of quad-pallets is going to do you well. Both in easier handling and in storage when that new field is ready in a year or three! By then you'll have perfected the quads as well :)
Makes perfect sense to me .great videos
I like that idea! May have to do that for my square hay.
I'll let ya know how it works out at the end of the season.
Amazing sound effects 👌
Thanks haha
Sound effects for the accumulator was fricken hilarious. Great video as always brother, looking forward to more.
Haha thanks
When I made my pallets for my stack wagon (got a video on them), I took full advantage of the discount/irregular lumber at home depot. It's usually pretty good discount and if you don't need it to look good or consistent, can't go wrong
Cool never thought of that.
I bought me a Deere 458 about a month ago and earlier today I cut some grass that was tall. They aren’t hay fields but it was multiple small patches and it should be enough to make a 5ft bale. Believe it or not it was dry enough to rake later in the day so I can bale tomorrow then the weather is gonna turn off crappy. Storms. I swear that’s all we’re getting now. It don’t have to be extremely dry just to make a test bale but dry enough I reckon. Hopefully I don’t have any netwrap problems lol.
Good idea Dennis, alot less handling of the small pellets. Round Bale feeder hooked to Small Square Baler interesting 👍
The round bale feeder looks as though it is designed to feed directly into the square baler seems pretty interesting. A few years ago a hay farm near by was using a round bale feeder that you would use to feed cattle in a feed bunk to rebale round bales into square bales. He said it didn’t work as good as he thought and took more time do it.
Jeff Brooks I was afraid we would have the same issue with our unroller. It would be too compacted to feed into the square baler correctly right off the round bale...
We are doing straw and it is time consuming.
Those will work good! I think you got something there with setting those on top of a stack to get more height that's a pretty good idea
Thanks! Hope y'all are doing well during these crazy times.
I laughed outloud at your sound effects. Keep up the good work!
actualy I was going to make something much the same for my hay bales! i can only like 3 bales high but heck! anything to make my like easier. glad to see someone has the same idea as i do.
Go for it 👍
You could put those pallets on your hay trailer and stack the hay in the field on them then when you get back to the hay shed all you have to do is pick the pallet full of hay up and set it where you want
Yep I'm going to try that but it may not work well without a tie-grabber
You could put the new large pallets on the hay trailer and unload the entire stack at once if you have the lift strength and the long forks. Load it once on the trailer and that is it.
Yep but I'll probably have to buy a Kuhns tie grabber to make it work.
That's a great idea! I use pallets for some of my hay storage, but my buildings aren't big enough for your "mega" pallets lol
I can understand that.
I like your idea but - A few thoughts
1. Is the floor in your barn smooth and level throughout? if not then two planks on the lower face of the mega pallet may not be adequate to support the weight if it bridges over bump or dip with multiple layers of bales on it.
2. Could you consider stacking pallets on edge perhaps leaning on a suitable frame (rather than a sidewall) at the entrance? (possibly a 4 wheel trailer )
3. Any notion of what a layer of 10 fresh baled hay might weighs? and from that what might 5 layers + pallet weigh? Do you have ready access to a nimble forklift with extended forks and decent long travel sideshift at hay time that would comfortably lift such a stack and be able to stack them on top of an original stack of 9/10 layers? (I'm guessing an operator would be able to see clearly and safely over the top of a pallet +5 layers). see below. does the barn have the head room to stack 15 layers high?
4. An eventual end goal might be that bales are built as stacks on pallets laid on the floor of trailers, trucks etc. in the field in the first place however this would necessitate many more mega pallets and costs of materials. Could the skid steer reach to do 10 layers +2 pallets in the field and would you be comfortable transporting tall loads home? I'm personally dubious with all your slopes, dips, hollows and overhanging trees etc.
Time for a trial I suppose even with stored bales!!
Dan where have you been? I thought you had passed away or something?
@@DLHFarmsWe have serious health issues with my wife who has now become fully bedbound through ill health and I am now her primary carer 24/7. Besides which she has had two spells in hospital and 2 new grandchildren and most recently be locked in the house for nearly 6 weeks due to this pandemic - it looks as though the lockin will continue for more weeks yet. Difficult times I'm afraid.
Sorry to hear that Dan. Prayers for you and your family!
@@DLHFarms Thanks, hopefully we will get through it all but life is pretty rough at present. Thankfully we have not lost any family yet but loads of people have.
Have you had a chance to consider my ideas yet?
I always take ideas into consideration
Pallet places sell used ones for $5 or less. Even the good ones. They buy used by ones for $2 from places like wharehouses. Don't know if it's worth it or if there close or open. Nice video
Yep I know of a place like that
Awsome sound effects makes me excited for hay season. Great idea on one big pallet. I've only been dragging them around for a year and tired of it. It would be pretty nice if u could double stack on another pallet of hay. Do you have any good ideas on how to get chaf off gravel floor? Your appears to be more packed down than barn where I keep my hay. Anyways I've got a lot of chaf mixed in.
The floor in a hay barn has been one of my biggest challenges. The best thing to use is something that packs like "crusher run" or asphalt grindings. Then the chaff stays on top and you can blow it out with a leaf blower if needed. Biggest problem I have is the dust after grinding on it with a skidd steer over and over it gets super dusty. Another thing that has helped me keep a cleaner barn is using plastic twine i use 7200/170 and I hardly ever bust any bales now that helps a lot.
Most guys up here in CT put plastic down then the pallet without the plastic the bottom bales seem to get really dusty
I haven't had that problem thankfully
Dennis, is there a place that sells/distributes vinyl siding or metal siding/roofing anywhere near you, maybe a metal shed/carport business? They use pallets that might work for you and may have a few laying around they would sell or give you that might work for what you need.
Not any near by. Other problem is they need to all be the same specific size.
Hello Dennis ,your thinking ahead will cost a little now but you should recover this expence quickly once the haying season starts .Take care ,be safe an say hello to your family . See Ya .
Thanks Stuart hope y'all are staying well!
@@DLHFarms Yes we are all doing well .Just staying close to home .hope your family are to .☺☺👍
Lmfao! Ya killed it with the sound effects!😂😂😂😂
Where I live in Vietnam they grow a low grade timber that's used in pallets and box's. Supplied to factories just down the road. What grade wood are you buying as it sounds very expensive for pallet making.
I think you were a little tired when you made this vlog and any wonder with all the projects you have going on. Hey man take a nap it will do you the power of good.
Always something to keep you busy, which will maximize your time in the end!
Definitely!
Great awesome video
That is cool !!!
looks like a really good effient way to prevent the bales from rotting.!:D You use the pallets because you have a dirt floor right? I dont need to do to that if i have a concrete floor,right?
Actually I’m not sure you may still need to use pallets. I would do some testing before you set a bunch straight on the floor. I found out that if you set them on steel they will rot.
@@DLHFarms thanks for this helpfull advise!:)
Where did you get the Hustler from? Looking at buying one to bunk feed hay.
Ag Central in Athens Tennessee they have them in stock and will ship
@@DLHFarms Oh yeah I have seen them on Tractor house. I am in NW NC so not too far. Looking forward to a video on it, thanks!
You could become a professional sound board. Move over hay Dennis is going big time LoL 😜
Bahaha yeah buddy
Sound affects had me laughing as well! Would it be possible for you to stack it on those big pallets while they are sitting on the trailer or wagon and then pick the whole stack off at one time? Fork extensions on a front end loader I think would do it. Just a suggestion out of pure curiosity. Definitely looking forward to hay videos!
It would work but I would probably have to buy a tie grabber first.
DLH Farms what is a tie grabber exactly?
The sound effects are great. Lol.
Take it one step farther make eight by eight put on empty wagon stack hay bundle on time unload whole thing at one time just need long pallet forks on tractor, not my idea but seen it on RUclips.😎
hmmm, if this keeps up I could see an agricultural telehandler making an appearance in the not too distant future. In my own looking for material handling solutions, I've yet to another other type of machine that has better lift to weight (or cost) ratio -- other than perhaps an off-road/rough terrain forklift (which doesn't seem quite as adaptable).
I'm not buying anything anytime soon. Well I hope not anyway haha
@@DLHFarms No reason to unless it can pay for itself :) --- just thinking if/when you get to moving any of those super pallets loaded with hay it might be getting close to the lifting/tipping limits of some equipment given how far out it hangs.
Well, unless my guesstimating is off with 40lb/bale, 10bales/layer, 5 layers/pallet = 2000lbs (+pallet weight) at 4ft from fork backplate, which roughly translates to 4000lbs at the 2ft distance that most equipment ratings are given.
.....so "not too distant future" really depends how fast the hay operation grows.
Hi Dennis, just curious how you like the Kubota Hay rake now that you have had it some time? We do alot of wrapped hay and are looking at center delivery. Does the middle of the windrow get turned or does it stay against the ground?
Love the hay rake been using it 4 seasons, this year will be the fifth. If you leave it in the narrowest position it will rake all but about 18 inch's of the hay which is how I run it for square baling. I normally Tedd the same day I bale so it's not a big deal.
Great thanks for the response.
Haying customers leave their empty trailers before I bale is my favorite one time handling method. Read your mail and call me about a Steffen grapple. The way it pivots you can get 12 or more layers
I'll call you if I get some time. I'm familiar with the steffen
Do you worry about mice with the hay and equipment in the same barn?
I haven't had any trouble. (That I know of). We have more trouble in the shed that has no hay in it.
MacGyver at it again lol. Looking good
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You better get a patent on that!!!
On the pallets or the sound effects? Haha
The place across the street usually has pallets to give away.
Yep we talked about getting some of those is this works out
I was in the pallet business. You should get custom built pallets and charge the customers a deposit . Custom built would be a lot stronger lighter and easier to pick up.
That's a good plan wonder what a pallet like that would cost?
The price would be around $15.00 you should get around 10 to 15 uses out of each pallet before rebuilding it
You missed your calling as one of those guys who makes sound effects with his mouth! LOL
there is a video of a person who puts his pallets on his trailer and loads the hay on them in the field. He then unloads them at the barn with an old payloader
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What you are doing makes since
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My crystal ball predicts a sawmill in your future.
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Cling, clang, Cuchunk Cuchunk Cuchunk Cuchunk...........Bang Wam bam. LMAFO
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Bang Wham Bam, oh yes lmaoooo
Well we know Lumber is not cheap I replaced four boards on my equipment trailer they cost $100
Yeah it adds up in a hurry
If there's a pallet company close by- may want to get a quote from them...their material cost will be a lot less than retail....
Yeah if these work out good and I see the need for a bunch more I will probably do that.
To bad you don't have a sawmill then you could make your own lumber!
Dad almost bought a woodmizer once but talk himself out of it.
Nice thinking Dennis, keeping things in some order helps with limited space in barns like that.
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😂 😂 😂 loving the sound overs, was almost like I was sat baling already!! Have a watch of this, it's more the loader bit towards the end ruclips.net/video/KYl3zbZTp8E/видео.html and it looks like you've beaten me to the unroller idea 😂😣
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With those mad sound skills, you should think about a career change to Foley Artist.
Yeah I'm working on that, talking to Disney now. Haha
I think your camera broke , it keeps showing red instead of Green 😂😂😂
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Why are you spending the extra money for PT boards? Your just screwing them to untreated lumber. So the untreated is going to rot away and you’ll be left with PT boards screwed into rotting lumber. At least put the PT deck boards on the bottom where their contacting the ground and protecting the untreated pallet boards. Better yet just go to a saw mill and buy rough cut 4X4 and 1X4 Spruce or Fir and build your pallets out of that. Then if you really want,, use the PT deck boards for the bottom boards to prevent the pallets from rotting at the ground contact point.
Well treated was about the same price for one. Also what I'm buying is pine and most of the pallets are oak they will probably still last longer then the treated wood.
DLH Farms depends on what kind of oak. White oak will last longer than red oak because white oak has a tighter grain. But you were talking also about building just one big pallet. Hard woods have less strength over horizontal distances than Spruce, Pine, or Fir. Which is what construction lumber is made from. That’s what the SPF grade stamp on the boards stand for. Hardwood tends to snap over long horizontal distances where as SPF will flex a little. Pallets are are made of hardwoods because of what is transported on then because their surface will take more abuse. I was just making a suggestion. You ultimately need to do what’s best for you. If it helps you fine but I didn’t mean any disrespect.
I didn't think you where being disrespectful, but for some reason the treated lumber in some cases is the same price or even cheaper than untreated.
She is making you stay outside working more........Get a buddy and ride behind shopping centers for pallets. It was that guy driving a ford tractor wearing a MF hat that was a messy bail pallet stacker...
If you were to pile the big pallets on the side of the barn half way down, then you wouldn't need to move them to put in hay. If they are piled in the corner, then they will get in the way. .
Have you considered buyin rough cut from a sawmill to build the pallets. Since they will be inside all the time they should last a while. Just a thought. What other sound effects do you do hahahbababa
Yes I've thought about using rough cut.