The Dinosaurs are Back! Square Baling Hay & Farmer Stories

l grew up in the San Joaquin valley... I loaded and stacked more hay than I care to recall... I am 74 now... and i remember a loader a lot like the one you used today... story time at the end of the day with my father and uncles, brother and cousins was the best part of the day... I still miss it... listen to all the story's you can right now... cause them that tell them wont be hear for ever... love yall...

I can listen to Lawrence tell stories all day. He reminds me of my grandfather. Thanks for sharing I love your channel 😊

The history from the old folks cannot be ignored. What they have been through is absolutely fascinating!!!

As a boy I helped my Grandparents Bail hay, with a stationary bailer, Grandad fed the hay into it with a pitch fork, Grandmother pushed the bailing wire through , from her side and tied it off, it was powered by a big flat belt off the PTO of an old AC tricycle tractor, Haying is always hard work, but its a lot easier now than 60 years ago!

Growing up in the 60s and 70s in the country I can tell you hauling hay all summer with just a pickup there is a art to handling hay

Enjoyed Wednesday Story Time with Lawrence !!!! Hope it becomes a regular addition to the channel !

Please get Lawrence to write a book stories by Lawrence of farms back in the day I’m in tears and I’m 61 😢😢 love them

I love Lawrence's stories. Y'all need to record them, even if we never see them. Trust me. Austin was doing good. Love it when the kid's pick

I always enjoy Lawrence's stories! Our farm put up 10,000 bales back in the day, when I was younger we put up 1k, now we just buy 50 or so for convenience. The rest are round bales. Great music!

Opinions are like elbows, most everyone has them but yours are the ones that count!!! You have the right idea, do anything that you are comfortable with. I enjoy your videos, it is my form of entertainment beings I am 100% disabled and 83 yr old. If I get bored or tired I just change videos or take a nap... God Bless you all!!!!

I’m 73 years and I would like set down with Lawrence and talk awhile. The whole family is extra nice!

My grandfather used the hay elevator. It was a big help to put it on the truck and in the barn. Just brings back so many memories.😊

I have watching you for years Please don't change that is why we all tune in each week you channel is clean and fun to watch I love seeing your children grow into young adults So stay the same and enjoy your life and family from fan in Canada 🇨🇦

Dang, I remember those days. That old loader was a life saver.

I was on a hay crew back in the early 80s that used a pop-up loader. Definitely better than picking up off the ground. We'd average 2500 bales every day ... nowadays there's not 2500 small bales put up in the entire county in a year --- everything is big bales due to not many teens willing to pick up bales. Edit to add:. What worked well for us on the hay crew was to stack hay on the trailer one full layer at a time, so we could stand on the hay -- the bales came off the loader at an easier height to handle as the load filled up, not dumping chaff/dust down your neck the entire load. On the knotter problems, if the bill hooks are tying the knots and THEN the knot breaks, it's a dull knife that's not cutting the twine -- which then pulls on the knot until it breaks.

Lawrence is the man. I could listen to him for hours. I’m 70 and I know he’s real. Them children are lucky to have him.

Hi Meredith and family, really enjoyed this video, bailing hay should be a requirement of every teenager , especially the square bales like you're doing. Keep telling those stories Lawrence, those young folks will have those memories for the rest of their lives and will cherish them dearly. Keep farming and please keep sharing Meredith, thank you and God Bless

I am 78 and on our Nebraska farm we had a Minneapolis Moline wire tie bailer with a Wisconsin motor. It was the biggest pain to operate. It had good days and many more bad days, and might I add that the motor had a temper or maybe an attitude similar to what Lawrence stated. Two people stood on the trailing wagon attached to the bailer and we hooked each bail and stacked them on the wagon. Not uncommon to put 100 bails on each wagon! Then we needed to unload the wagons. We handle haying much different today with a JD windrower, large rake, JD round bailer and payloader. Requires far less help which is hard to find. Enjoyed the time you spent to bring the dinosaurs back to life. And, yes Lawrence could have a Number One selling book with his story telling.

Lawrence knows what he’s doing, of the boys on the trailer stacking hay would pay attention. Y’all have a blessed day.

I heard a story once. “Young men talk about their future because they have no past. Old men talk about the past because they have no future.” Keep the stories(memories) coming Lawrence.