tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post6431205832611100936..comments2024-01-27T06:46:56.744-06:00Comments on Paradigm Farms Horse Retirement: Making HayMelissa-ParadigmFarmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274830693649851658noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-45724233321540110572011-06-08T22:50:14.635-05:002011-06-08T22:50:14.635-05:00Wow, love the "hay porn" pictures. Noth...Wow, love the "hay porn" pictures. Nothing makes horse people drool like a barn FULL of beautiful hay! Is it Bermuda? Man do I miss good Bermuda.<br /><br />Anyway I can't do rachets either. In the fall, G bought some rachet straps to rachet the tarp down on our wood pile and I just walked away when I saw them. An hour later I wandered out, "to get wood," and happened to notice that the tarp was tied down by the nylon straps and the rachety bits were all thrown over in the corner. A man after my own heart!Funderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-6136167032211040252011-06-07T04:03:29.507-05:002011-06-07T04:03:29.507-05:00oh, i did not know you guys made your own hay! on...oh, i did not know you guys made your own hay! on friday ours got baled and taken away - we always have a bet how many bales it will be and i lost this year - it was only 14?! and directly after the tractor and trailer left, the rains came, woo, perfect!<br /><br />now i have to go move temp. fence so my horse can go back out there in a divided field. he'll be so happy! <br /><br />i've been worried about letting him out there cuz the equipment always seems to miss some hay, there are some swaths of missed hay out there that is very wet now. <br /><br />i cannot do the ratchets but i sure admire the father and son team when they do it for us. <br /><br />i can back a tailer into a spot, but i cannot back a straight line, not at all...it's terrible.lythahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01719586193059362084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-19796898482689317972011-06-06T21:48:13.535-05:002011-06-06T21:48:13.535-05:00Ha ratchet straps! I have one pasture that has no ...Ha ratchet straps! I have one pasture that has no water run to it, consequently I usually put the 80gallon trough in the bucket of the tractor and haul it to the house to fill. I can finally work the ratchet after about 2 years of this, but only if its 'my' ratchet strap :)CGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083608347643075663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-65308746177069779592011-06-06T19:27:35.200-05:002011-06-06T19:27:35.200-05:00First cut's all over with and we have 183 bale...First cut's all over with and we have 183 bales in the new hay barn. Off to secure another hundred and then pray for rain for good second cut ! :)<br /><br />PS. Melissa backed up the trailer like a bat out of hell today and kept it straight as an arrow. Southern girls really are steel magnolias ! Yee haw ! :)<br /><br />However there are limits. I *still* had to dismount to hook up and unhitch the ratchet straps every load.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092424684260339977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-31676743303044132622011-06-06T11:58:06.096-05:002011-06-06T11:58:06.096-05:00I'm good at backing due to where we used to st...I'm good at backing due to where we used to store our horse trailer, and years of fun with the 'nure spreader, but rachet straps are awful. Tim keeps his neatly rolled with rubber bands around them. Not only can I not operate them, but I also cannot roll them right.SmartAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219182373225762230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-66094494491482349382011-06-06T10:26:08.406-05:002011-06-06T10:26:08.406-05:00I better not show this post to Pete as it will res...I better not show this post to Pete as it will result in a lecture as to how terrific Melissa is and how well she helps Jason where as I am a total weenie and inept girlie girl who can't back anything up much less something with a trailer attached! I know well what it's like to work with one's husband. We have a joke, any time he would ask me to hold something while he nails it, I would let it slip (inadvertently)and say "oops!" Now he just says, "I wish I had someone who can HELP me". You two do great together and don't worry about the ratchet straps!Vivian, Apollo's Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-89425490793408176912011-06-06T07:41:07.640-05:002011-06-06T07:41:07.640-05:00I hate ratchet straps!!!! So, did you jam it in re...I hate ratchet straps!!!! So, did you jam it in reverse and hit the gas???!!Minus Pridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554342160024959549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-29248942294962554502011-06-06T05:09:57.332-05:002011-06-06T05:09:57.332-05:00It must be a good feeling to see that hay barn hal...It must be a good feeling to see that hay barn half full...<br /><br />You guys are very cute with your stories... :-) I would shudder to think of me driving a truck with any kind of trailer. I imagine it wouldn't go well!<br /><br />Fortunately I neither have to drive a truck/wagon/trailer or deal with ratchet straps...probably best that way. lolLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01736592362765508427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-8754972110676575402011-06-05T22:49:45.625-05:002011-06-05T22:49:45.625-05:00ES, not a lot, around 60 acres would be my guess, ...ES, not a lot, around 60 acres would be my guess, give or take a few acres.Melissa-ParadigmFarmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274830693649851658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-69082345785805400722011-06-05T22:24:29.561-05:002011-06-05T22:24:29.561-05:00It's so satisfying just looking at your half-f...It's so satisfying just looking at your half-full hay barn. Ratchet straps don't enter my life often but I have always felt seemingly unreasonable anxiety just looking at them!RuckusButthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760056031442317243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-14877818508140278612011-06-05T22:05:58.327-05:002011-06-05T22:05:58.327-05:00CFS' Other than ratchet straps she's a kee...CFS' Other than ratchet straps she's a keeper. :)Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092424684260339977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-12074346738650406252011-06-05T22:03:58.502-05:002011-06-05T22:03:58.502-05:00It's SO NICE to get the hay in the barn, witho...It's SO NICE to get the hay in the barn, without incident--other than the occasional ratchet strap glitch. ;-D I always take a try or two before I get it right, but Al can't figure them out for the life of him. How many acres of hay ground do you guys have, if I may ask...EvenSonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02032555334605790413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-4061445257499844762011-06-05T20:05:48.349-05:002011-06-05T20:05:48.349-05:00FWIW I can't figure out ratchet straps either....FWIW I can't figure out ratchet straps either. I don't know what it is but my husband also has similar reactions. Huge dramatic sighs as he has to stop whatever he's doing and undo them for me.Candy'sGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10714758020336093821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113210295764288330.post-61816178560694904382011-06-05T20:04:11.915-05:002011-06-05T20:04:11.915-05:00Struggling with ratchet straps is a deal breaker i...Struggling with ratchet straps is a deal breaker in my book... just sayin' ;)Calm, Forward, Straighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360276614916635500noreply@blogger.com