Where I grew up, there were a couple of brothers that contract cut, rake, bale, and would haul your hay for you. These fellows would do over 200K bales in a year. They hired us high school fellows to haul. Getting on with them was money in your pocket, but it was work. Sometimes you hauled 7 days a week.
When I started hauling hay, we got a nickle a bale and you used your own truck.... 3 cents a bale if you used the owners truck. I used Dad's long wheel base pu and could haul 42 bales at a time....$2.10 per load. If it was really bad, I'd hire a guy and give him 2 cents and I'd keep 3 cents.
Then it went to a dime using your own truck. For a high school kids, we was making some good money. During the summer, on a average week, you could make $120-$150.
Only time I got 25 cents per bale..... Hauling about 10 miles and had to put it in a loft.
Last edited by Oldman03; 10/12/21. Reason: kant spel
