Some people.....

sixtyninegmc · Dec 20, 2012

A hay customer is on her way, for another 3 square bales of hay for her horse. Thinks me delivering 40 bales would be too much money. What really takes the cake is that it is -45F here right now, I would not be out running around unless I absolutely had to, maybe some people should resist the urge to buy that cheap horse.

Mike (WA) · Dec 20, 2012

Just curious- where is it -45F right now?

sixtyninegmc · Dec 20, 2012

Fairbanks, Alaska.

GordoSD · Dec 20, 2012

At -45 those three bales will last that horse 5 days.
Why not put a sign out by the hay."10 bales minimum, or there is a surcharge".

cole in mo. · Dec 20, 2012

Most times I don't mind them getting 4-5 bales, if it will keep the horse comfortable a few days, what the heck. But my hay barn is 6 miles down the road at the other place, and somtimes after waiting on somebody, they don't show up.

paul · Dec 20, 2012

I can't imagine hay in Alaska is cheap, either, for a 'cheap' horse.

Interesting financials people put together. I just never understand.

--->Paul

Adirondack case guy · Dec 20, 2012

I bet the "Ice Road Truckers" are huddling in the Carlisle Trucking yard. HeHe

Hoofer B · Dec 20, 2012

Do you think they are on the haul road yet??

sixtyninegmc · Dec 20, 2012

Gordo, the hay is right by my house, so I really don`t mind selling 3 or 4 bales, it is just the fact that she was driving around with kids in the car, only wearing sweatshirts, and can barely afford hay for the critter. People buy horses up here not realizing that they take more work than a gerbil.

sixtyninegmc · Dec 20, 2012

Paul, I`m charging $12 per bale of grass hay, not the highest in town, nor the cheapest. Most good horses start at $1000, but you can find deals where folks buy a horse without finding out the price of hay first, then they get sold fast.

sixtyninegmc · Dec 20, 2012

(quoted from post at 18:04:59 12/20/12) Do you think they are on the haul road yet??

hey never come off the road, the trucks run north 365 days a year. Those IRT boys are just about a disgrace to the real folks that make a living with a truck up here.

paul · Dec 20, 2012

Actually, that's not too bad. Been so dry down here, finding good hay has doubled in price. While hay has always been cheap in my local area ($2-4 not delivered), it's worth something more these days and I'm not in the driest areas.

Bet you only get 1 cutting up there?

--->Paul

Leroy · Dec 20, 2012

Thought you were in northeastern Canada

sixtyninegmc · Dec 20, 2012

If the weather cooperates, we can get two cuttings, and irrigated can get 3 if they are VERY lucky, but I only know of 5 pivots in the state, and a very little bit of wheel-line irrigation. On the plus side, cleared farmland is going for $500/acre, and the state is still selling uncleared full sections for around $90/acre.

rustyplow · Dec 20, 2012

Many years ago I sold hay a woman that lived 1/4 mile down the road who had 2 horses. She would buy 20 bales at a time. My barn was 2 miles from home, but on the way home from town. Short on money, she would ask me to bring just 10. When she got down to 5 bales, I told her I would bring 30 and to pay as she could. Crazy little womam about 25 years old but she always paid me 5 or 10 dollars at a time. She finally gave up and got rid of the critters. I was as glad to see them go as her husband was.

Nancy Howell · Dec 20, 2012

I've had horses for nearly 20 yrs, and having enough hay for just a few days would make me crazy.

Before we started raising our own hay, I wouldn't be comfortable until I had enough to get through to spring stacked in the barn.

old · Dec 20, 2012

I thought people up there knew how to prepare for things. Guess you have a number of people up there with out a clue

sixtyninegmc · Dec 20, 2012

Yeah, there are a lot of folks living in Alaska nowadays that are in no way Alaskan. One of my favorite customers always keeps 2 years worth of hay on hand, and always wants the first couple hundred bales every spring. It is down the -48F right now, if horses don`t get enough feed and water at this temperature, they will go down FAST.

old · Dec 20, 2012

Yep have a neighbor wh goes by the nick name cowboy. He is at least half Indian but yet dump trash in a sink hole and does not feed his animals be it horse ot cows one lick of hay no matter what the temp is. He does feed them a bag of feed now and then but the deer eat at least half of ti and he does not have a clue he is doing both his animals and the deer bad and also his neighbors. Just wish I could prove he got his land by insider trading from his job with the telephone company

Old Iron · Dec 20, 2012

(quoted from post at 01:10:19 12/21/12) I thought people up there knew how to prepare for things. Guess you have a number of people up there with out a clue

Alaska certainly doesn't hold dibs on the number "of people without a clue" any more than any other state in this country.
People from the lower 48 move to and from Alaska all the time.

Fact is, clueless people can be found anywhere, but the repercussions of one's bad judgment can have much harsher results in a state like Alaska vs a more temperate state like Missouri.

Old Iron (formally from the "upper Tanana Valley")

sixtyninegmc · Dec 20, 2012

(quoted from post at 22:50:45 12/20/12)

(quoted from post at 01:10:19 12/21/12) I thought people up there knew how to prepare for things. Guess you have a number of people up there with out a clue

Click to expand...

Alaska certainly doesn't hold dibs on the number "of people without a clue" any more than any other state in this country.
People from the lower 48 move to and from Alaska all the time.

Fact is, clueless people can be found anywhere, but the repercussions of one's bad judgment can have much harsher results in a state like Alaska vs a more temperate state like Missouri.

Old Iron (formally from the "upper Tanana Valley")

pper Tanana, huh? I`m farming in Delta, where abouts were you?

Old Iron · Dec 21, 2012

(quoted from post at 01:55:57 12/21/12) Upper Tanana, huh? I`m farming in Delta, where abouts were you?

A couple of miles south of the Alcan, between Tanacross and Tok.

I still keep in touch with a few friends in Fairbanks and Delta Junction, and I have a cousin living in North Pole.

I used to do "mine reclamation" up in the Seventy-Mile River area west of Eagle.

Old Iron · Dec 21, 2012

(quoted from post at 01:55:57 12/21/12) Upper Tanana, huh? I`m farming in Delta, where abouts were you?

A couple of miles south of the Alcan, between Tanacross and Tok.

I still keep in touch with a few friends in Fairbanks and Delta Junction, and I have a cousin living in North Pole.

I used to do "mine reclamation" up in the Seventy-Mile River area west of Eagle.

Dick2 · Dec 21, 2012

My brother sold hay to horse owners for awhile. It didn't take long to realize he had to put them on cash-at-pickup. One buyer had 3-4 horses; they would drive 28 miles to the farm and buy one bale as that was all the money that they had. They would come out a week later and buy another bale.

He knew that the horses were starving with only one bale a week. He didn't like that thought so he sold the hay to a dairy farmer for less money and got out of the hay business.

JRSutton · Dec 21, 2012

I was filling my tank and had some bales in the back of the truck - some woman came over and started talking my ear off asking where I got the hay. Told her we cut it.

She wants to buy some, blah blah blah - how hard it is to find good hay - blah blah blah.

Explained we use all of ourse, but gave her a friends name and number who I hay with - he sells all his hay - gave her directions to his house - a mile past past this street, next to that big tree, detailed type directions.

Tell her he'd probably deliver it if she wanted.

She was ALL excited to hear that. She only has her little bmw, blah blah blah...

The whole time I'm assuming she's a "horse lady". 15 minutes later I finally get to asking how much she uses...

"oh I'd probably need about one bale a month"

On seeing my raised eyebrow, she explained that she likes to line her dog house with hay!

I was thinking I was doing my buddy a favor giving him a sale - now she knows where he lives and is going to go wasting his time for dog house hay - AND want it delivered!

Oh well - his problem now

krm · Dec 21, 2012

Have you seen Sarah Palin lately?

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