Anyone have or know of any reasonably priced hay in or around south central Texas?
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I’ve gotten 11 18wheeler loads so far from Alabama. Fertilized tifton 85 and some costal cheaper and better than the junk here in Texas. Bales are cheap…. Freight is where it stings
Truck load is $3k. Hopefully will get 1 good and 1 mehhh cutting and I won’t need the other 500
These part time farmer bales are right at 1/2 the forage of one we bale
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Originally posted by Low Fence View PostI’ve gotten 11 18wheeler loads so far from Alabama. Fertilized tifton 85 and some costal cheaper and better than the junk here in Texas. Bales are cheap…. Freight is where it stings
Truck load is $3k. Hopefully will get 1 good and 1 mehhh cutting and I won’t need the other 500
These part time farmer bales are right at 1/2 the forage of one we bale
How many bales on a truck?
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Hay and freight… bales per load…. We quit that mess. Nobody makes a real bale of hay “5 and a halves”… are usually 5’ at best
He called and was excited he got 42 on the trailer instead of 38. I assured him he hadn’t found a magic way to load… 4’3”. We just pay him for a full load. Most are now 38 bales 5’. One this week had 42 but ticket said 38
Texas is the only place on earth that buys per bale vs ton
In my hay barn each section will hold 45 of my 5x6 bales…. I put 96 of these in less space
$45 a bale… the rest is freight the trash here is $125 in the field. Alfalfa is $400 a bale
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Originally posted by Low Fence View PostHay and freight… bales per load…. We quit that mess. Nobody makes a real bale of hay “5 and a halves”… are usually 5’ at best
He called and was excited he got 42 on the trailer instead of 38. I assured him he hadn’t found a magic way to load… 4’3”. We just pay him for a full load. Most are now 38 bales 5’. One this week had 42 but ticket said 38
Texas is the only place on earth that buys per bale vs ton
In my hay barn each section will hold 45 of my 5x6 bales…. I put 96 of these in less space
$45 a bale… the rest is freight the trash here is $125 in the field. Alfalfa is $400 a bale
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