37chief
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- Location
- California
It never fails when there a farm seen on TV when hay is being moved, the person always grabs the bale it by the twine. When Dad raised hay the bale was tied by wire. It didn't take long to figure out how to use hay hooks. I started by dragging hay bales. When Dad sold hay he always delivered and stacked it in barns. Not too many years later I could lift the bails with hay hooks. Always had a scratched up belly, from pushing the bale up higher on the stack with my belly to Dad at the top. To get higher we would hook two hay hooks together to pull a bale higher. To this day When I pull down a bale to feed daughters horses. I still need to use the hay hook. Would love to deliver a load of hay with Dad now, with the old chevy flat bed, but that will never happen. Stan