Re: Hand Tools and Machinery for Country Living
Originally Posted by
Tom
Give yourself a little room, grip both loops of twine with one hand and with a swing, a push from your free hand and a little practice you can throw the bales practically so they stack themselves. Haying season was one of summer's highlights when I was a pup.
Same for me but I never thought of handling bales as the highlight. Riding on (and jumping off) the tractor all day, riding down the road on a stack of bales in the back of a farm truck … which makes me shudder now to think of the danger … being sweaty and dirty and appreciated for hard work by a bunch of joke cracking local guys I looked up to, including my dad, those were my highlights. Getting up the day after it was done and knowing I could ride my motorcycle again.
Dan Fuller, local bicycle enthusiast
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