Draft Horse Powered Hay Loader

This is our newly refurbished McCormick-Deering hay loader picking up mixed alfalfa and grass hay on our farm. It made it possible to load the wagon in 20 minutes where it used to take an hour and a half.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• draft
• horses
• hay
• loader
• alfalfa
• stack
• kentucky
• farm

[onceANexile]

In Montana, they used a beaver-slide.

[KYGuyz]

I wish I had enough hay to use a beaver slide! We have small steep fields here in Kentucky. We used to stack outside but now have a barn to stack in.

[shovelhd07]

i have one of these for sale is anyone wants one it is a McCormick Deering all original in operating condition

[Hughganaught]

When oil hits $200 a barrel, we'll be doing that again.

[FirstClassSkeptic]

I used to go by one of these things, near Woodstock Virginia. It was along the road that goes down to the river, toward the fire tower. I forget the name of the road, but it started behind the Safeway store, w hich probably isn't Safeway anymore.

My friends asked me what it was, and I didn't know, but I suggested maybe a potato digger. A few years latter, I figured out that it might be a hay picker-upper. Now, thanks to this video, I can see it in action.

[pecoslover97]

cool

[itrancesoul]

i want one loader too. can anyone send me some close-up pictures of a loader please.cool and interesting stuff, thank you for posting the video

[nquadess7]

my grandfather did the same but he used voice commands nah and hee i think. i got some of the old equiptment like hte mower and i think the other piece is some sort of tedder for hay.

[KYGuyz]

We live near an Amish community that uses a number of ground drive balers and one that uses motorized balers instead. It seems the John Deere balers are best for ground drive due to the fly wheel being on the side. A lot of the Amish in Indiana are going to motorized fore carts and pto's. Ground drive balers can be bought cheap there now.

[jakephelps01981]

I just subscribed to SFJ last month. I am going to see if the book is at the library or if they can get it. I have been wanting to read it. my e-mail is towboatjake (at) yahoo (dot) com. please let me know how it works if you make that baler ground drive! Do you have plans of some sort for that???