Thoughts and Tips On Safely Feeding Round Bales of Hay
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.พ. 2023
- This video is just some safety tips on things to be aware of when feeding large round bales of hay to horses or cattle.
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i dont even own a ranch or a farm but God I love watching your videos.
and listening
Same here! I thought I was the only one 😅. It's nice to know that I'm not. I live in the city, but many times I wish I lived on a farm
@@jocelynllamas6600 right! lol but tbh my end goal is to buy a ranch. looking. im prepping with these videos lol
@@fillup901 that’s a damn good goal man I live on my dads ranch in australia it’s a hard days work but it’s so damn rewarding doesn’t ever feel like work tbh haha good luck with your goal I hope you get there.
@@Rip_in_son thank you brotha! I really appreciate that and glad to hear youre enjoyign what you do for a living. thats very rare.
this is actually excellent advice for folks who take safety for granted and forget easily how serious it is because something else may be weighing on their minds...
Safety is no accident, keep focused!
You speak the truth my friend. I grew up on a farm. I was blessed! I often reflect back on those days fondly.
Good info. Also may not hurt to mention before you dismount the tractor to make sure the implements are on the ground. Know a guy who was killed by a hydraulic failure of a cylinder … bucket came crashing down on him when he was picking something up that he dropped under bucket. Also know a guy who was killed when hydraulics on a dump truck bed failed & cylinder collapsed & he was caught b/w bed & fuel tanks. I like the “ don’t turn your brain off” … good advice whenever you work around heavy equipment or horses
Very good point
Agree 100%. NEVER leave a load elevated. People die every year from that stuff.
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Good point there I’ve finaly found a community on TH-cam where I can learn something from the comments.
All good points to remember. Never let your guard down with horses, tractors or equipment. We always approach horses as they’re an accident waiting to happen. To themselves or others and go from there. Not in fear but approach, respect and reason.
It's crazy how different it is picking up round bales with my ford 5000 versus our john deere 5020.
Those new, little 4x4 tractors are awesome, but I much prefer the weight of the tractors from the 60's and 70's
Adding a bit of water & antifreeze to the tires is also a tip. Helps ad ballast weight. My little JD3032 likes to tip, I have found using the 3 point with a spear is a bit more manageable but don't help much till the bales are down.
I have the exact same tractor set up and know exactly what you are talking about. I’ve puckered hard enough to bite a hole in the seat a couple times when putting out rounds when I suddenly found a patch of soft ground on one side.
I’m a dairy farmer and have had a 1500 pound bale come over on my 135 hp loader tractor because I use a bale squeeze and had 2 bales stacked, I was only holding the bottom bale. Luckily my tractor has a cab and it landed squarely on top and I was safe inside
We always move our bales with the spear on the back of our Kubota as do most of our neighbors. Thanks for showing your method sir
Maybe it can be done both ways, but I think I would agree with the spike on the back. Keeps the weight lower and much better vis. If you only have two wheel drive, the weight is on the drive tires. Safer. Just don't forget that with weight on the back, it might not steer so good. Those bales can weigh up to 1500 pounds.
Good video, you explained it well, I used to feed over 1000 head of cattle in saskatchewan canada in -30 weather in winter. There is a lot to know when using tractors especially in winter due to ice ect. Thanks
I live in Sask as well. Yep, we have a lot to deal with here.
Is that hay better looking inside? Looks kinda dry,but,nice and thin:)
@@toneenorman2135 Horses should not have good hay. They will get fat and sick. Most people have seen so many fat horses they don't even know what they are supposed to look like. A proper diet is made up of weeds and scraps of vegetation they can find.
@@MaxNafeHorsemanship I do agree that being fat is bad for horses,and,they should get small amounts of food all day long.but,good green hay has many nutrients. As long as it doesn’t have a lot of sugar,or alfalfa ( ok in small amounts) which is a legume. His lucky horses look super good,and seem to be able to graze,a lot,which is ideal…..it’s sad that so many horses,now a days,can not have that life…
I drive a bobcat, also I drive a forklift. You're talking since. Great advice
Great video and advice. Might be worth going back to the smaller bails so everyone can move them. Those rolls are a pain on ur own. The wee tractors kinda struggling as well.
As for the roll over bar that should always be up .
Best of luck from not so sunny Scotland.
Thank you both for this channel - its a gem - you are making a really good job , love your podcast , also rumble- Greetings from Germany
Loved this video, can't wait for more practical tips about caring for horses and the land you keep them on.
Good one. All the tools & jobs that have to be done when horses are involved have characteristics that need to be understood. Situations change and effect the safety margins. Thanks Dewayne & Mamma.
The slickest thing I've seen for feeding with round bales was a PTO mounted rod that poked into the bale. The rancher drove out to the cows, engaged the PTO, a drove along as the bale unwound. It spread the hay for about 50 yards.
I like your approach to tractor safety! I get girls at the my park asking to drive the tractors and I also am hesitant. It actually takes a while to explain all these situations to someone. We had a neighbor when I was growing up on the ranch who had a tractor flip and crush one of his workers. Great tips!
Almost lost my leg as a kid on a hay baler being towed by a tractor. Dangerous work.
Dwayne here, Dry Creek Wrangler School and Yellowstone is all the farm I need 💛. Safety is #1 💌
When I was a kid, we used to go visit relatives in AL nearly every summer. We were always told of a farmer or two from the area who was killed when his tractor rolled over on him. There were no steep hills there, and these were men who had farmed their whole lives, not playing at it on the weekend. This was before the days of round bales.
A friend was found dead in his barn hanging upside down between round bales. We never knew if he had a heart attack and fell, or if he fell and hung upside down until he died..
Some years before, his daughter was giving me a tour of his farm. We stood near the door of a barn to watch him pick up a round bale; I don't think he had a spear, but used forks. When he tried to lift it, a hydraulic hose ruptured and the stream of fluid went across our faces and in our hair! That stuff is tenacious. We lost count of how many times we had to wash our hair to get it clean.
Your subject today, is very familiar in forklift driving which I have done for years. Many aspects are the same in paying attention to physics and speed etc. Thanks for this video.
One of the coolest thingymajiggs I've made was part of a small old tractor. Picture the seat and rearend of a tractor cutt off the front. Then welded just some long bars on the side those went to a dirt bike body. So was three wheels . Then had a steering wheel on it instead of handle bars. To shift gears the gear shifter was behind the seat. Found the half a tractor In a junk pile 😂.I called it the beast. it didn't go fast but could climb a hill great. it was fun. Bout as long as a small car. Great video as usual. Hope you are having a good February. I'm starting my plants inside so gotta get some more seeds. Beautiful 🐎's.
That tractor you got is some serious stuff. Stay safe sir.
You are so right, I knew a guy that got pinned in the seat of his tractor and died. Happens all the time
Love you Mamma 💞 Thank you Dwayne for protecting your wife ♥️
My brother's BIL was killed because the tractor he was working on rolled over on him. One of my friends was moving a round bale across the road when it came loose and went rolling down the road right when a law enforcement officer came along running code for an incident at the neighbor's. He had to employ some evasive driving techniques to avoid being squished.
I learn so much from watching you guys. Thanks again.
Thanks for this! Good things to know while working on a farm or ranch.
Also typical dangerous situation; farm tractor's parking brakes that have not been set firmly or is in a bad shape, and it starts to roll and can hit people nearby.
great video's, sometimes we do things often we think about what we're doing and safety first, thanks and God bless.
Man I wish I saw this today before I was in a stock trailer pushing em out while my buddy backed up and slammed the brakes!
Great advice, slow is always better & be aware. One thing that we do to save hay is use a slow feed hay net from Hay chix. Keep in mind that if your horses are shod that you will need to use a hay ring to keep them from catching a shoe in the net. We have almost zero hay waste.
Right on, I make up 40 slow feeders a week. Zero waste, hang them from the trees in their pasture. They are tree grazers LOL
I've fed thousands of round bales and no matter how large the tractor the roll over protection (rop) should always be up. It is designed to keep the tractor from completely rolling over. If a tractor tips over, do not attempt to jump off. I could go on and on. But the main thing is to always be aware.
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I use a loader with bale grab at work and even with that sometimes we push the bales off the trailer so we not lifting them from as high up. If we have to lift them its always with your finger on the release to drop it if loader starts to tip. a boss says he would rather fix a gate fence or trailer than have me get injured.
I'm not bragging I just shake my head when I think of the things I've had to do with a tractor. I almost took my head off one time pulling out a stump and learned not to use chains I got lucky but my trousers not so much 😂
Even the non wisdom related videos come off as wisdom in its own way
It's good to see videos that have good decent and well thought out content. Doesn't matter if you're a farmer or a Rancher or a cigar smoker. What matters is that it's genuine and offers an opinion and thoughts that includes all of these attributes especially with all the nonsense that's out there now!
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We had a neighbor burn to death stuck under his tractor. He’d been using it on the same piece of land for decades.
Good video. I am anxious to see video of your new rifle. Hope you explain what you look for in a saddle rifle and why. Overall length for one . Keep videos coming. I enjoy watching them.
At first glance the thumbnail looked like Dewayne was standing next to his 90’s Corvette with the roof down looking back from the passenger side. Funny how you interpret things sometimes. You see what you want to see.
We use mesh bales cut off mesh before dropping over fence.
On cow winter area we used geotextile and then put gravel pit run drive into pen for 25 feet then put the hay feeder there so you dont tip when wet or icey.
Also use correct size equipment. Hay in winter is a 410e jd backhoe loader with a single hay spear. Much easier and safer with over sized equipment.
When we have to load high we use an excavator to lift bales into place if out door 3 bales high. Average bale for us is 1600 lb or so.
In winter we use skid steer chains front and back tires on 410e jd Its worth the $4000 to have the traction on ice.
Grandparents have a farm and we started driving four-wheelers/tractors when we were like 10. The kubota is a nice small to mid sized vehicle and super easy to work. But as Dewayne says- it’s ultimately all about experience and smarts. If you don’t adjust for physics there is no stopping a piece of machinery at that weight
I guess I’ve led a sheltered life, because everywhere I’ve had anything to do with horses, they used regular sized square bales. However, for cows, I’ve put out untold numbers of round bales. Out free in the field, like you did. Once in a while on a wood platform. Never in those rings you can buy at the various farm stores. They get their head caught in them once in a while. The hay they mess up isn’t worth losing an animal over. Besides it makes good mulch and the seed comes up nice in the spring. Thanks for the good videos. Take care.
I will be more mindful. APPRECIATE THE HELP.
Hey man, love from the UK I wish you a great remainder of the beautiful life you have left I may never meet you in real life bud… but I sure as hell wish I could too shake your hand.
That was a very good video and I have lost some people that lost there live with tractor
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Good advice that tractor is definitely under sized and ballasted tired and or wheel weights are a necessity with a loader
Keep your bucket as low to the ground when it's loaded
Fun to listen to that's hard in the Hydraulics leave it at set like you showing us there
Do you have your tractor tires specal filled with water to help give better stability while moving round bales? It's helped the Kubota i use at work, greatly moving full buckets of gravel, etc
liquid filled tires and wheel weights and or a 3 point hitch with suitcase weights for ballast are necessary are tractors especially smaller ones. while these are not common knowledge they are extremely important for tractor safety
Wonderful video as always I am wondering what brand of vest do you use I’m looking for a new one my old one finally gave out on me
Thanks for the tractor safety but I am concerned on feeding round bales to horses is foundering, I have one Horse and one mule. I already feed round bales to the cattle and if there is no problem with round bales to horses it would make my life so much easer. Thanks for all you do.
I wasn't aware those bales are 1000lbs thats dangerous. A lil tip in either direction can be deadly. Great video and hope to see more farm related vids in time where it fits.👍
Around here, those bales can weigh up to 1500 pounds. When they got wet, even a bigger tractor couldn't lift them.
Yes, tractors are very dangerous. I knew 2 people who were killed by tractors. They had used them for years.
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how did they die? we’re the accidents similar?
@@ayg2199 one man was bailing hay. His shirt got caught up in equipment. It was grisly so I won't give details. The other man was a soybean farmer. Had been farming for decades. He didn't come home that evening. They found him with the tractor on top of him. You can never be too careful around tractors.
@@chloemartel9927 I worked with heavy machinery for years, from drill presses to forklifts. And for some reason I’ve never considered tractors being as dangerous? Guess I’m that much of a city boy 😅
@@friedrichwulfgang3655 most of the time that’s what makes anything dangerous, people not realizing how dangerous something can be 😂
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I’m a city boy but this was fun to watch
one simple advice. Keep the weight before the pivoting point of the lifting system and you won't have issues flipping over
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I like to have the animals in a different pen when set out a round bale.
Yea,I was worried for the dog…. I would not want my horses standing there while dumping 1000lbs…
Old Wise man said machines and equipment have no feelings!
Dewayne i feel like you would get annoyed if bounced the rear end like a lowrider 69 imapla.
At least till the ram seals give way.
Love the channel btw 🇦🇺
Lot of people think one roll of hay is the same, as another. My bales are 68” tall, there a LOT heavier. The dangers are even multiplied.
i'm only a minute 50 seconds into this and i'm pausing to say, just cuz something's dangerous isn't a reason to tell someone to avoid doin it. You should only be telling them that it's dangerous and to be mindful of that danger. If they still want to do it, hell, why the fuck not. Some people like to get hurt learning, pain's a great teacher.
You should have watched the entire video before you commented. It's not a question of people getting hurt. As I make very clear on this video, people get killed every year. I didn't tell anybody to avoid doing it either. I told them to be aware of the danger. There is not a lot that irritates me anymore, but someone who does not watch my videos but gets on and schools me and corrects me and tells me how I should have done my video, the video that they did not go through the effort to watch before commenting, that irritates me.
What are your thoughts on the Train wreck in Ohio and the toxic gas release into the air and water supply.
Gee, what are the UPSIDES to making round bales? They'd have to be pretty big for me to keep making them round, that's for sure.. (I think, therefore, I think some more...Lol! Love both you "kids"1 i really have been enjoying all of you're video's! Happy Valentines!
The advantage is you don't have to put out hay near as often, and it is cheaper...assuming you don't have to buy the tractor. I used to drag them around with my 4X4 that I already had.
Fact, Moving bales or using a front end loader can be very dangerous. My former barn owner just killed himself with his skid steer. As with a crane, FEL or fork lift etc, NEVER lift higher than you need too, and never leave your load elevated unattended. NEVER go under any load. Hydraulics CAN fail and the load will crush you. Every year people die from trucks with a box and hoist because they went under a load supported only by hydraulics. Dwayne isn't being a jerk by saying "no" to momma. There are a lot of factors to be aware of. Your center of gravity etc.Putting out a bail is not a simple task. Even on a much bigger tractor, someone lifted too high and the bail landed on the tractor. The operator wasn't hurt, but the bail landed on the hood and caught fire from the exhaust. The tractor was destroyed and they no longer had it to put out bails.
I bet ya'll will be glad to get away from the traffic noise
Man, you have no idea! I would teleport to Wyoming tomorrow, if I could
Our neighbor got his arm caught in a disc harrow, but was so far out that no one could hear him cry for help. He was bleeding out so decided to finish the cut with his pocket knife.
Did he make it?
@@ethanlee3254 yes...minus one arm.
Good grief!
I was once climing a steep grade on my tractor when I lost a gear and brakes and went rolling down backwards on a 8000 pound piece of equipment. You talk about scary. You never know what could happen it's best to never get comfortable
I know this isn't the theme of the video, but how do I get a job as a ranch hand. I live in Alabama, and I graduate in May. I'm willing to take a greyhound bus, train, or plane to anywhere. Anyway, the point is how do I get a job with no experience. I've watched a lot of your videos, and they are amazing, but I'm still not sure how to actually get a job.
Time to get rid of my tractor! Lol Btw, as a man I take umbrage at logical and safe!
Another day in the life...people don't understand what could happen here, there, or in a city...just takes a second and it's over.
What's Ur view of Kubota tractors they make better sound than John Deere, they are getting popular in India.
Yes sir you are exactly right 👍 I had a uncle get killed using a tractor.he was pulling on a stump shouldn't been anyway but using clutch the tractor raised up on him flipped over backwards & killed him.
My name is Edward or (Eddie)
I'm 53 my wife passed away my children are grown & I'm trying to make it tell I go home to be with my wife of 23 years
I've been a jack of all trades master of none...lol
I would love to come out work with you I just love the life style & how beautiful it is where you are I'm a God fearing man,I don't know everything but I learn quick.im easy going love animals I am 53and like you have had some accidents cause of life meaning Im not quick as I used to be I guess I'm 53and starting over I've been lost the last 5 years without my wife she was to me what your wife Mama is to you,we were married 23 years
It's definitely been hard & still is without my wife.
I'd love to be there with you all.love your videos, maybe we can talk sometime I'd love to have a friend most one's I had have all passed away
Would love to hear from you
God Bless you & Mama🙏
howdy partner!
Put your seat belt on. If you roll you dont want to be under the tractor if it rolls...
I know this is about round nails. But image all the many lost souls that fell off the tractor only to get run over by the discs the tractor was pulling!!!
Sir your a pipe smoker. So do you know anything about the curing and bleaching process of tobacco to get good flavors? Figured I'd ask. I'm growing Virginia 509 ATM.
I’m sorry, but that is one subject that I know absolutely nothing about. I enjoy smoking them, but I have no knowledge or experience when it comes to the curing process for affecting flavor.
@@DryCreekWranglerSchool ok figured I'd ask. Yeah Im not into cigars but also not sure if I've ever had a good one either.
I don't got a horse ATM but I want to have 1 one day. So I'll definitely keep watching and learning. Appreciate the videos.
I smoked a Cuban once and it tasted nasty. Got it on the mohawk reservation right near st Lawrence river. for 80 bucks wasn't worth it.
I've ridden a lot when I was just a stable hand. It's a wonderful feeling to ride. Definitely ain't cheap to keep and feed.
No sir. I never buy a pipe that requires a filter.
@@DryCreekWranglerSchool Really doesn't require ok. Hmm
Why no hay ring?
There’s many many ways a tractor will get you if your not Jonny on the spot!
Those tractors can tip forward, backward, or roll over. The newer tractors are equipped with a roll bar and a seatbelt. The roll bar is not much good without the seatbelt. Unfortunately, I only use the seatbelt after a close call. Shame on me. Do not move your load in the elevated position. The higher you go, the more susceptible you are to having BIG problems.
If Dwayne or anyones reading this what cigar would u recommend for starters? I’ve heard Ashton classic
I usually recommend a charter Oak Connecticut shade for a beginner. There are many others that are just as equally fine for beginners, but that’s just a good solid cigar. That’s easy to smoke and not too expensive.
Excalibur Maduro 50 ring
Do you have a round feeder?
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Will you be letting your wife drive the tractor after time and training at any point in the future? Safety first
Yes, when we get to Wyoming plan on getting a bigger tractor, that will be a little bit safer. And then I will give her some training and some experience on it
@@DryCreekWranglerSchool yep you should definitely teach Mamma when you get a bigger tractor. There's nothing like having a backup for putting out hay if needed. My partner has taught me how to drive our tractor and put the hay out. Good video!
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Maybe it is a man's prerogative to say "This is my job, because it is dangerous".
How will she ever learn
She will learn when we get out to Wyoming and I get a bigger safer tractor. The danger here is this little tiny tractor with those heavy bales. Once she learns the mechanics of operating a bigger, safer tractor than if need be she’ll understand what needs to be done When it’s time to use a smaller tractor.
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I run a John Deere 32 horse if you learn a smaller one the big ones will be easy
I enjoy your videos been running equipment and horses all my life keep up the good work
Have to be smarter than what you are doing.
Your gonna get someone hurt if not more careful about what you're doing and saying. I'm calling you out.
Umm….Ok. Call me out.
That bush hog makes a great counterweight!