Nick
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Hay.How much do you reckon a round bale of hay weighs? Roughly.
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RichardW
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I think 200-350kg & silage at 4-600kg ish
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maryf
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Depends who baled it - you can set a weight on the baler!
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frewen
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I don't think we've said *Hi* yet 
Nice to see another Sufolk person 
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chicken feed
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 depends what size round bale we get 2 - 3 different sizes on offer here
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Rob R
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Re: Hay. | Nick wrote: | | How much do you reckon a round bale of hay weighs? Roughly. |
What Richard said; a four foot bale is usually 4 to the tonne or there abouts. Depends how wet it is 
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Nick
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Thanks. It's all pretty dry (and stored well). Just working out how to move it. 
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Mary-Jane
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| Nick wrote: | | Just working out how to move it. |
We bung a few quid to one of the local farmers to turn up with his tractor with those big prongy things on the end and shift the bales for us.
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Nick
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Yeah, I did that, which is how it left my farm and ended up in his barn. I just need to shift a bale a week for the cows, and don't want to be hassling him every Sunday, or whatever. I've a wee tractor, so I'm looking to see what bit I need to add to carry one down the lane. I'm fast becoming that farmer, I guess.
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Mary-Jane
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| Nick wrote: | | I've a wee tractor... |
Better get yourself a big prongy thing as well then...
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Nick
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Naw, I'm going for the forklift on the back kind of thing, I think. More useful for shifting other stuff.
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Rob R
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Is the barn higher up than the cows? You could roll it
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Nick
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I could, and it is. But, by about half a mile along a road. Not sure the Parish council will appreciate it, to be honest.
Perhaps I could smuggle the cows into his barn for the winter, and solve all of my problems at once.
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Rob R
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That sounds like a plan  You wouldn't need to muck it out come Spring either...
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Mrs R
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get the cows to move it.
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Jo S
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My mother's rather stubborn solution involves lots of time, sacks and thick gloves. I don't recommend it.
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