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Yeah, if I had room to store all my 200 bales I would think about  
paying to have it delivered and stacked, but I don't.  I go get it 40  
bales at a time, and my hay guy lets me pay as I pick them up, rather  
than all up front.

NEXT year it seems I will have a better solution, my neighbor is going  
to use his flatbed trailer to go pick up all 200 bales for me and  
store them in his unused hay loft!  FOR FREE!  Going *half a mile* to  
get each 40-bale batch will be SOOO much nicer than driving for 45  
minutes.  :-)  This is the neighbor, BTW, who I just helped find a  
bombproof pony for his young daughters.

-Sharon L. in Maine





Quoting kathy swigart <katswig@xxxxxxx>:

> Sharon said:
>
> > Move to Maine... specifically near Belfast.
> > ?I'm getting 40# bales of excellent timothy/brome
> > ?for $2.50 out of the barn and $2.25 out of the
> > ?field. Of course, if you want alfalfa around
> > ?here, good luck... you'll have to ship it in.
> ?
> Well, one of the big differences between the price per bale of hay   
> in California and the price per bale in other places is that a   
> "regular" bale of hay in California is a 3 string bale not a two   
> string bale and weighs between 100 and 130 pounds.
> ?
> The other big difference is that few Californians buy their hay "out  
>  of the barn" or "out of the field" but if you do you can get it for  
>  ALOT less than from the feed store or delivered and stacked in your  
>  barn.
> ?
> Go out to the Imperial Valley and buy your hay out of the field   
> there and it won't cost you $15 to $20 a bale...at least it won't   
> until you have done all the work and paid for all the gas to get it   
> from there to your horse.
> ?
> Me?? I am willing to pay to have my hay delivered and not have to go  
>  get it from the field myself; especially since those 120# bales are  
>  a PITA to shift.
> ?
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
> :)
>
>
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