Some places need to be wild
Eric Hanson wrote:Hi Joshua,
I am curious, how many acres do you have? This is just to give an idea of how much work needs to be done.
I do like the horse drawn equipment idea—do you have access to this?
Another idea is to see if you could find a friendly neighbor to cut and bale it up for you. Possibly you could pay him with some of the hay if you have enough.
Personally I would think that mowing and raking by hand would be impractical. While it might be possible, I think it would take most of your time and effort.
I am curious as to how this works out for you, please keep us updated.
Eric
John Young wrote:Joshua,
I think we need some more background to provide good advice. Is this truly a one year problem, or is this going to be a recurring issue? What is the size of the hay field, how many cattle worth of hay do you need to put up? Is this hay on your land, or someone else's, are these your cattle on your land or someone else's? What is the amount of time you have to put into this project? What is your budget for acquiring additional tools and equipment? Can you build, weld, and/or repair damaged equipment? Is there truly no access to a tractor/conventional equipment?
Some places need to be wild
Some places need to be wild
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