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citygirl

Question

Do you find your horse/s comes down with Colic..more-so when Pellet fed ?

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Lee

p.s sorry to hear the horses are getting their tails chopped.. hope they catch who ever

Arnie

Hmm I've never noticed that Citygirl???


Another question - If I pick up an export bale of hay on the back of a ute if the guy doesn't delivery then how do I get it off the back of the ute safe and not break the pallets in the mean time???

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deschuur

Arnie how big are the export bales you are talking about? The ones I get from the farmer here is York are HUGE and wiegh 750kg I am guessing that the bales are either those ones which won't fit on a ute or the compressed kind?

Instead of pallet I had a tarp laid out and bales went on that then covered with a tarp. For the 750kg bales I now get delivered they just have a tarp thrown over them as my horses go through one in almost a week!

Anyway, you can pull it off a ute using another ute or 4wd.

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Arnie

He said their 800kg, equivalent to 40 bales of hay he said.

I didn't think a ute would be big enough but thats how he said people pick them up. (he puts them on the back with a tractor)

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The Ranger

They weigh about 750kg and you would need another vehicle to pull it off with or tie it to a tree and drive off. Dont tie it off to your clothes line like I have seen people do - lol

Arnie

ROFL clothes line???

How would I get it on the pallets? Wouldn't it break them or would I be clever and be able to slowly slide it off? lol (with a car of course!)

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Remaani

Dropping a bale like that on pallets will crush the pallet/s.

They are nice bales hey deschuur, i will have to order 1 shortly, a roll is lasting 2 ponies, 1 horse & 5 mini's about 2 days, lol......

I dont understand how people dont feed hay.

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The Ranger

place the end on the pallets and slowly feed it off onto the remaining pallets. If you fo this slow enough the pallets should not smash. Key is to go slow or to have a tipper do it.

Arnie

Thanks Ranger.

This is going to be fun . Who bets it all goes wrong then I'm stuck with a 800kg bale of hay in the wrong position rofl.

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wheatbeltanimalrescue

Sarah, if youare worried about smashing the pallett i guess you could try tyres instead??? Cliff Haines tyres always have old tyres to get rid of but you would need tarps or something underneath first to catch any hay that falls through as you use the bale.