Square Baling Hay With 60 Year Old Baler : That Was Fun 🤪

Ahhh, memories of square bales, tremendous character building. One day your kids will be standing around and one of their friends will be talking about putting in a hard day's work and they will laugh and say "Let me tell you about a hard day's work".

When I see Wes and Austin it gives my hope for the future. Great kids come from great parents. Well done. God Bless, Daryl

Great video Meredith and Lawrence and kids

My hat is off to you and your children. For doing that job. It's hard enough to bail, let alone using a bailer that doesn't want to work. We used to put up over a 1000 bails a summer of hay. That's not counting The 40 acres of alfalfa. And might I say Miss Meredith you have a beautiful complexion.

I love it! Did a lot of round bales, but there's something about running a square baler that's just plain fun. I had 13 tractors, my favorite for square baling was a Case 430 pulling a New Holland Hayliner 273; it'd just talk to you. I'd usually square bale around 800 bales in my bottom land and round bale the rest the next day. I've been told i'm crazy, but i love to haul square bales. Nothing like sweat pouring off you on a 95 deg. day loading them bales. Age has put an end to all that for me, sure enjoy seeing y'all doing it! I thank God that by His grace i'm his child and He blessed me with being on the farm all my life. God richly Bless y'all!

My hat's off to Lawrence and his tenacity keeping old equipment going. Maybe when Meredith gets a million subscribers, he can update his machinery. Family farms are struggling all over the country.

L.B. knows what he is doing , the knotter creates more problems while baling small bale's ! Most farmers have more trouble , they say it has to be in sink , making the twine work proper , L .B. has a lot of patience, stay safe everyone !!

We just finished putting 100 squares up in the barn today, as a kid my 2 sisters and I did this every summer, when all there are is girls in the family you do the heavy work not just for the boys! Great job Wes and Austin.

I am wondering if Lady didn't like that rainy, stormy weather you were all having and she got frightened - my nearly 10 year old girl last week got out while I went to work for the morning and was picked up by the pound for the first time in my life of owning dogs. We had terrible wind here in New Zealand, when I would take the dogs to the beach the wind blew so hard that the sand was blowing in my eyes and I had grit in my mouth and hair - their hearing is so much more sentitive than ours - I am pleased she is settled and happier now

You guys done a great job outside in the heat. It brought back memories 50 years ago, but we pick it up at nitetime after the sun set. Bet no trouble sleeping tonite. Thank you for sharing.

Glad to see Lady looking happy!

Meredith, you and the farmer are wonderful parents who deserve to be family of the year on YouTube and in your local community

Hello from Denmark. When I was young we made 3000 to 5000 small bales every year, so I know the trouble with this hard work. When they were in the barn it was nice all winter. Thank for all Your kindnes Meredith.

Memories, yup. Our square baler seemed to make larger square about same length. My grand uncle called it "Character Building", but then everything to him and my grand father built character.

Back in the 70's we had a 268 baler and when we would have a tying problem it was because of a burr on the knotter. Usually it was at the beginning of the season. We would put up 6-7,000 bale's a year. We fed about half of it and sold the rest. We would hook a wagon behind the baler and stack it on the hay wagon as they came out of the baler.

Hey I am a retired New Holland service representative living in Greensboro. Would be glad to help make the 268 tie more consistently if LB needs some help! Enjoy your videos!

Yup- small square bales like to be used a lot to keep things shined up. You did well and will be glad for it next winter.

In 1976-77 I was on a hay crew, and it paid a 1/2 cent a bale. Hard work but it made me who I am today. Very appreciative of the things in life!

Kids today just don't know what Hard Work is!!! I remember the Model 268 square bailer cos I grew up with one. Then we went to the Mod #273. Those were the days, Thanks for sharing memories and God Bless us all that lived in that era. Amen

That brought back some old memories of baling hay on my Grandfather's farm in Southeastern Pa. He had one of the older New Holland balers that had it's own motor to power it. He use a chute from the baler to the wagon. Thar way one man could load the wagon , not have to pick bales up from the ground. The bales weighed around 75 lbs. Some times we would drop the bales when the 3 wagons were full . I got to drive the the state body truck , like age 9 or 10. Unloading in the old bank barn in July up near the roof the temp could reach 130 degrees. After he got rid of the dairy he sold the hay at different sales . A lot of Amish would raise Tobacco, their cash crop and then buy hay in the winter for their stock. Best was when Kings Ranch would buy the hay right from the wagons for their Farm near Coatesville, where they shipped the cattle from Texas and glazed them for awhile before selling them. It was neat as a young boy to see some real cowboys in their boots and cowboy hats when they in the morning to get it.