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Title:Equine Notes Conference
Notice:Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:MTADMS::COBURNIO
Created:Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2080
Total number of notes:22383

1846.0. "Hay elevators - cost, recommendations?" by HYLNDR::PRESTIDGE (John Prestidge - SQOIS group) Fri Jan 14 1994 16:20

    
    
    Moderator; I looked through existing notes on Hay and they didn't seem
    appropriate...
    
    I'm considering buying a hay elevator to move hay up into the loft of
    my barn.  I like a good workout and all, but I'm getting somewhat
    burned out from tossing hundreds of bales up by hand every few
    months...
    
    I know electric models exist - are there also PTO driven models
    attachable to tractors?
    
    Any experience out there with either?  Any ideas on price ranges I can
    expect and any specific models worth noting?
    
    Thanks, -John
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1846.1He likes collecting PTO driven equipmentSTUDIO::BIGELOWPAINTS; color your corralFri Jan 14 1994 16:313
    
    
    they make PTO driven hay elevators......don't tell my husband!
1846.2dont waste the moneyAKOCOA::LPIERCEHappy New YearFri Jan 14 1994 17:2514
    
    We have a PTO driven hay elevator... my reccomendation is dont waste
    the money.  Granted ours is old, but I've seen the new ones and unless
    your loft is very low - it does not work.
    
    We have to balance the elevator on the bed of the truck for it to
    kinda work.. even then the hay falls off 1/2 way up..it's more of a
    pain then anything...you have to be at just the right angle...
    
    I'll stick to the old fashion way...manual!  or what we do is make
    a party out of it.. kinda like a painting party.. we have a hay
    party and we invite all my hubbys close muscle bound friends :-)
    
    Louisa
1846.3advice from the Perma-FrostESKIMO::DIFFUSIONFri Jan 14 1994 17:3914
    Dear John,
    
    If you check around, you should be able to find elevators that are
    mounted on wheels and have a winch mechanism for adjusting the height
    and angle of the elevator.  A used elevator like this could cost you up
    to $500 dollars, but after putting 4000 bales of hay up over time, I
    only have good things to say about it.  Also, the unit I am familiar
    with has sheet metal guides all along it, so if a bale becomes
    unbalanced, it will still reach the top.  
    
    More importantly, I believe you are expecting this month.  How is the
    mare or are the mare and the foal doing?
    
    Ed D.
1846.4congrats: new fillyMTWASH::DOUGLASMon Jan 17 1994 12:3811
    Hi John,
    
    Can't help you with the hay elevator but ......
    
    CONGRATULATIONS  on your new little filly!
    
    Anytime you're in the market for used foal equip, i.e, halters,
    blankets, let me know because my 7 week old filly is growing 
    faster than I can blink!
    
    Tina
1846.5good info - thanksHYLNDR::PRESTIDGEJohn Prestidge - SQOIS groupTue Jan 18 1994 15:1111
    
    
    RE: all
    
    Ed, that sounds ideal.  I'll keep my eyes open.  I've just got too
    much to do to keep on the way I'm going.  
    
    Thanks Tina for the congrats on the new baby.  I put more details on
    it into my original foaling note 1841.  Mom and baby are doing great.
    
    -John
1846.6Hay Elevator CostMPGS::SHEPHERDThu Feb 24 1994 09:579
    
    I just priced a hay elevator at the Agway in Gardner.  He got the price
    from the John Deere dealer in Fitchburg.
    
    The elevator is $500. for a sixteen footer and the electric motor is 
    $250.  
    
    Jim
1846.7Padula's ?TRACTR::BLAKETheory decides what can be observedThu Feb 24 1994 16:4711
    Jim,
    
    Would the name of this JD dealer be "Padula Brothers"?
    I know they are not exactly *in* Fitchburg... just wondering
    where there might be another JD dealer.  We love their stuff!
    Every piece of yeard/farm equipment is a JD... Heck, even our
    mail box is a miniture JD tractr - all green and yellow!
    
    
    Thanks,
    Cheryl
1846.8POWDML::MANDILEmy hair smells like hayFri Feb 25 1994 13:112
    
    There is a John Deere dealership on Powdermill Rd., Maynard MA
1846.9Near any DEC site?TRACTR::BLAKETheory decides what can be observedFri Feb 25 1994 14:508
    Really?  Near any Digital facility?  That way I can get the
    directions from VTX... not familiar with that neck of the 
    woods - at all.  It's a long drive from Temple Mountain
    (Wilton, NH) don't want to spend time *lost*  rather spend
    it shopping!
    
    thanks,
    Cheryl
1846.10MSO1KITYKT::GITArecycled stardustFri Feb 25 1994 18:313
    It's across the street from MSO1  (Powdermill Road) in Maynard.
    
    Gita
1846.11POWDML::MANDILEmy hair smells like hayTue Mar 01 1994 12:552
    
    The phone # is 508-897-5452 - Powdermill Equipment......
1846.12THANKS!XCUSME::BLAKETheory decides what can be observedTue Mar 01 1994 19:2410
    
    THANKS! Always good to have another JD dealer phone number
    handy!  Might make for a fun field trip this weekend...
    
    can you tell we've been married 15 years?!  a trip to the
    farm tractor store is a big event!
    
    :-))
    
    hey, I like them too!
1846.13Manufacturer informationMPGS::SHEPHERDFri Mar 04 1994 08:3416
    The Agway dealer got me a brochure on the Bale Conveyers.  
    
    The company that makes them is:
    
    Hammerblow-snowco
    2716 Chico
    El Paso, Texas  79903
    Phone: 915-565-7297
    Fax: 915-565-7290
    
    They go from 16 to 52 feet, with or without wheels.  There are also
    4 and 8 foot extension sections and they have attachments such as
    bale guides, bale chutes, pto drives and swing extensions.
    
    Jim