i have been dating him for aobut 1 month and a half we talk on the internet alot and about what we are going to do when we get out of high school and when we get out of college……he says he wants me to move down to texas with him and i guess we would farm and stuff..i really like him and feel like he has my heart in his hands but i don't know if we will last that long i mean i want it to..he says he loves me and i say i love him and we mean it but will we last that long we only get to see each other mabey once a week mabey twice at church or if we are hauling hay…so please help me and help me to understand if i will be with him that long
ps will i be with him till death do us part
ps…. will i be with him till death do us part

I think you guys will last for a good little while. I mean everything seems to be going well between you two. All you have to do is find time to go out with him. Ya'll needs to go a have fun,enjoy ya'll time together while ya'll still have time.But besides that everything sounds good and yes I think ya'll should last for a while….

I bought a bunch of hay . The horses were eating it fine. The hay came off of 4 or 5 wagons. Farmer then used some preservative on there . I believe that this hay I am trying to feed now, is loaded with the presevative. I just tried to top dress it with molasses. If anyone has any ideas for me it sure would help . Farmer is willing to take the back but that is no easy chore as I have around 300 bales to haul back . Preservative used to make it dry faster in field.

My Practical Horseman or Horse Illustrated magazine just answered a similar question.

The preservative is sprayed onto the hay after cutting and right before baling to keep mold from growing. It does dry the hay out. The preservative has been used for awhile now and chances are your horses have already eaten preservative sprayed hay. Chances are most of these people who replied saying that your horses could get sick and die, have already fed their own horses preservative sprayed hay without being aware of it.

Almost all major hay growers have been spraying their hay with the preservatives. They do not harm horses in any way, however it does change the taste of the hay and it will take some getting use to for your horses. Even the most picky eaters will consume the hay if that is all the choice they have.

Someone suggested you soak the hay for at least 30 minutes and I think this is excellent advice. It may dilute the smell of the preservative enough for your horses to "settle" with the hay they're given.

Most importantly it will NOT kill or make your horses sick. It has been a great benefit for those of us living in the south east to prevent mold, which is an illness causing bacteria (or whatever mold is). The provider of this 300 bales of hay sounds like he knows what he is doing and even better is a good businessman if he is willing to take back the 300 bales.

yes as a young man, i help haul a many a bail, latter on in the years i then started to run the rake, it a hot an hard job,an to day my kids still help haul hay

Even though I only have 2 horses it still takes a lot of hay to get us throught the winter. I have a hay loft, but I have to haul it up a ladder by hand. As you can imagine, it takes a long time as well as effort. Any suggestions would be appericated greatly.

Well here are three ways:

First get some young workers and have them pull up the truck or trailer to the loft and thorw the hay into the loft. If you don't have enough access for easy access create an second level entry.

Of course you would also buy the expensive hay escaltor.

Also you may devise some sort of pulley system. Take a piece of plywood and insert for loops, one on each cornter. Then attach a pulley (or a pulley system) to the roof of your barn Then either pull the hay up from the ground using the connected rope, or pull the hay up from the loft using the rope. Again more than o ne person will help.

I have a 2001 7.3L powerstroke manual tranny. How much weight can it pull before I start hauling hay with it. There isn't any mountain over passes, but will be hills. Thanks

without additional info I can't give you an exact figure.
(cab style, wb, bed length, axle ratio etc, etc.

What I can ( hopefully) do for you is give you a link to the trailer towing guide for that year ……that is assuming you mean "tow" (when you say 'pull') or did you mean "how much weight can you put in the bed ….that would be 'payload'

I'll try to get you both:
http://www.motorcraftservice.com/pubs/content/~WO1F23/~MUS~LEN/36/01f23og4e.pdf
(review pages 154-156 in the above download, which is your owners manual)

{I'm not sure if you'll be able to get the following links, they are coming from a secure site. If not email me & I may be able to get them to you another way}
tow chart reg cab:
http://esourcebook.dealerconnection.com/truck/2001/specs/f250/tta_sdf2f3rcpct.htm
Tow chart supercab:
http://esourcebook.dealerconnection.com/truck/2001/specs/f250/tta_sdf2f3scccpct.htm

payload chart:
http://esourcebook.dealerconnection.com/truck/2001/specs/f250/f250_swr_tde.htm

please let me know if you are able to "link' these.
If the info you need is not in one of these charts …..give me more exact info regarding your truck. {there's more charts that I can hook ya up with}
I hope this helps

I have a flatbed trailer with mobile home axel and tires under it. I need a hay hauling (for round bails) trailer. I want to be able to unload the trailer with minium force and am trying to figure out how long a leaver I have to have and how I'd have to make the bail cradle to allow safe hauling but quick safe unloading with out the addition of extra weight. I can figure it out but lack the time to build a model or experament beyond a trial or 2.

Ah the fun of farm-stable mechanics !!

We've had a "fun" time on our ranch… we have a low trailer 8'x16' with 1' tall box sides that we use for hauling hay (rectangles) and lots of brush / firewood. Unloading the BRUSH was a particular problem.

Here's how we solved it: We put 2" nylon straps down on the bed BEFORE loading the brush… to unload, we'd just pull the straps over the top and haul it out as a bundle. If two people couldn't tug it out, we'd just hook the straps to the ATV and pull.

This should work FINE with round bales… individually wrap each bale if needed. The straps are about $15-30 for a good set. Round bales shouldn't require MUCH of a lever to get them rolling… I hope a physics-minded person can address that for you !!

For a cradle, I'd saw a few 6"x6" posts on the diagonal to make "chocks". They will keep the bales from rolling in all but the most extreme circumstances. I'd ALSO put tie-down points on your trailer so you can use nylon straps to hold the bales down.

GOOD LUCK.

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I want it to do basic farm chores, but I don't want it to wimp out in my soft sand. Imput?
I have five acres of flat, soft sand. I would like to haul a cart of dirt, or a few bales of hay, our hay is about 120# per bale.

Well as a big honda guru i know from years of riding the 08 is a 229cc displacement what year do you have? This is a utility quad and is backed by warranty if you buy it from a dealership so you can do what you want with it but to be honest a 2wd quad cant really do much towing of heavy stuff plus you get cought up somewhere and should need 4wheel drive your going to have to hope off the quad and push it till its not stuck. You get what you pay for this quad brand new goes for about 3500$ has a single cylinder so you cant really force it into so much drastic work but for like individual bails of hay or moving brush with a trailer attached to it then its the quad for you

I am trying to locate hay and might have to find one to haul it from a different state.
I am from Ohio about 60 miles west of Columbus.

try this website….my barn manager had some good orchard grass hay delivered from someone who advertises on this site
http://www.hayexchange.com/