Hay Trolley- how does it work? Loose Hay 1930's style

Описание: Bringing the hay trolley back to life in our old hay barn (c1930-45). Using both hay slings and a hay fork to put up our hay to feed two dexter cows and their calves for the winter.
This is one of our earliest movies- for better videos of the trolley in use, check out our Cozy Cow channel or these links:
Living with a Hay Trolley, is it worth it?    • Living with a hay trolley- is it worth it?  
Reviving a Hay Trolley:    • Reviving a Hay Trolley  


-Meyers 8 wheel Cannon Cross Draft Hay trolley MY62 (early 1900's)
-Sling Releases: Boss & Hudson
-1948 Farmall H

Haying 2.86 acres
3.95 tons loose hay
May 26-July 5

It sure was a process to learn how to use everything as we had no manual for how to use the equipment or what precautions to take while using the trolley itself.

Building the hay slings began when we bought two releases on eBay. Then we looked at old advertisements to estimate how long the boards were (we did 4 foot long 2x2s), as well as how to connect the ropes to the boards (J bolts), and how many ropes to run across the boards (we ended up doing 3), using metal rings for the trolley pulleys to clip into, and then having to shorten overall length so the sling didn't scrape along all the barn's crossbeams while we pulled it in.

Coming Soon: Video of some of the many things that went wrong while putting up the hay.