Selling small bales from the field?

[jpd]

i have some small square on adverts
got a message if i would deliver
no, collection only says i
this was friday
can i collect sat at 9?
no probs says i, but after 10 sat morning
i have to get fuel in my tactor at local fuel depot
sosorry says yer man/wan
thats too late
he/she must have a very structured day schedual
that an hour would mean the difference between getting or not getting them
this is the norm for small squares
have enought shed space
and a way to get them under cover if you make them
you have bean warned

 

[Courier]

We get around 200 small bales off a small paddock every year for local sales. We have acquired sufficient tackle to bale and load onto a trailer without needing any hand work. The trailer goes undercover on the day of baling if needed. Then sell off to locals at inflated prices.

 

[kiwi pom]

i have some small square on adverts
got a message if i would deliver
no, collection only says i
this was friday
can i collect sat at 9?
no probs says i, but after 10 sat morning
i have to get fuel in my tactor at local fuel depot
sosorry says yer man/wan
thats too late
he/she must have a very structured day schedual
that an hour would mean the difference between getting or not getting them
this is the norm for small squares
have enought shed space
and a way to get them under cover if you make them
you have bean warned

Why couldn't he get them at 9?

 

[kiwi pom]

Thinking of doing this. I am assured Facebook is the answer. Anyone do it? I've visions of my fields strewn with small bales, rain threatening, and lots of promises that don't materialise! Cash up front? On collection? What do you do?

How many acres are we talking about?

 

[Dry Rot]

How many acres are we talking about?

I think you are a bit late. The question has been answered!

 

[kiwi pom]

I think you are a bit late. The question has been answered!

Fair enough. Don't see why it wouldn't work for a couple of acres or a few hundred bales. More than that's probably a pain but hay in little bales, in Scotland isn't my idea of an easy life.

 

[Dry Rot]

Fair enough. Don't see why it wouldn't work for a couple of acres or a few hundred bales. More than that's probably a pain but hay in little bales, in Scotland isn't my idea of an easy life.

Nor mine!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I've seen them as cheap as £2 off the field on Facebook , Facebook Jockeys are looking for giveaway deals, join the race if you can make them for free

 

[jpd]

Why couldn't he get them at 9?

it was me had to get diesel
and could not load until 10
why they couldnt wait till 1o i dont no

as it happened
that fuel the depot open early and i was home at 9.15
but that carry on is the norm with s s bale buyers

 

[jpd]

i have mine at €5
i had to get up at 5 in the morning to get them under cover
to avoid the heat of the day
all hand handeled
so no bargins here

 

[Paddington]

Depends how reliable people are in your area. We have on a good day about a 50% chance of people actually turning up. We "sold" all our spare hay one year to a buyer from Faceache, should have asked for cash in advance as we are still waiting for collection.

 

[7610 super q]

" Facebook is the answer ". Best ever quote on TFF.

 

[ewald]

" Facebook is the answer ". Best ever quote on TFF.

If 'Facebook' is the answer, what on earth is the question........

 

[ewald]

Seriously, I have got on well selling straw out of the field to regular customers - any that are not collected on the day are stacked into 56 stacks, if it rains I normally lose the top layer.
I have neither the time or inclination to cart small bale straw at harvest.

 

[Loftyrules]

Thinking of doing this. I am assured Facebook is the answer. Anyone do it? I've visions of my fields strewn with small bales, rain threatening, and lots of promises that don't materialise! Cash up front? On collection? What do you do?

Count them out, I had people taking way more than they paid for. It's then the balance between letting them help themselves and standing guard (wasting my time and therefore value)

 

[hampshire-farmer]

I think you are a bit late. The question has been answered!

 

[flowerpot]

We used to do this for a neighbour which was OK. But probably better to stack, store and sell later.

 

[Canada Farmer]

Why couldn't he get them at 9?

Speights poisoning eh???

 

[Wandering sandy]

Thinking of doing this. I am assured Facebook is the answer. Anyone do it? I've visions of my fields strewn with small bales, rain threatening, and lots of promises that don't materialise! Cash up front? On collection? What do you do?

I used to buy around 20 tons of small bales at one stage, ok if the farmer has a flat eight ect to load the lorry, seen stacks ( uncoverd) in field when I went to see it once, not flat 8's though one of those squeeze grabs, there was a downpour of rain all night, the farmer in this case was working elsewhere during the day, stacks uncovered all night.
As there's always someone who'll try and take advantage, I'd load it with flat 8 ect then you know what's going on the trailer, small bales hard to come by, if it's good hay there'll always be a demand. folk will come back to you, as I was selling most of it on to locals I'd place ordered bales near the doorway so they knew what was theirs when they came to collect ( it was in a shed ).

 

[Dry Rot]

I usually get the contractor to put it into rounds, then line out on pallets and cover the top half with plastic. It's a pain tieing it down but it does free up space inside.

Builders' DPM split lengthways is about right. Last year I split the sheet into thirds which is not wide enough. The wind got under it so it was only half covered. Still sold it all no bother. It shocks me how these horsey people buy hay but I suppose if the animals have nothing else, they'll eat it.

So, it will be 4x4s as usual. I'll probably put the smaller fields into small bales. I have a flat 8 but need a larger trailer. They will be going inside.