KKL described him position the hay forks of the tractor, then using a ladder to climb the hay and crawl on his hands and knees across the tops of the bales to where the toote was, then he stood up and lifted it onto the hay forks. The question is, after it sat for two days on top of the haystack rotting the hay, how did a 220 lb man lift 37 lbs of tote , 110 lbs of body, and a bunch of miscellaneous weights without sinking deep into the rotted hay?
There likely was no rotting hay since the tote/body had only
been there for 2 days.
Haven't heard what type bales they were- small 2 string square bales? these usually weigh 35-70 lbs. each depending on type
of hay and method of baling. Loose baled or compressed?
Or were they 3 string larger bales- 90-135 lbs. each. ??
Or were they round rolls, much larger and usually wrapped
in protective covering. ??
there would have been no problem maneuvering over the top
of stacked bales, regardless of size. Stacked hay is pretty firm.
There 'may' have been slight discoloration of the affected bales
where the tote sat but I question this also because of the short
time the tote was there AND the bale(s) where the tote sat
were the ones on the 'outside' of the large stack. In other words
these top bales were exposed to air and had been curing more
than inside bales. IME, bales do not discolor from something
sitting on them for two days unless hay was put up very wet
and had not cured at all. Curing is when moisture is evaporated
or dried out of hay. Most ranchers/farmers do not stack damp
or uncured hay knowingly due to chance of smoldering and fire
from spontaneous combustion. This is how barns full of hay
burn down. Moisture content of baled hay is watched carefully
even when transported. My stacked hay is trucked, sometimes
2,000 miles, before it comes to my barn. And that's stacked
high and tight in a semi.
I'd really like to see pictures of this 'darkened' hay. More likely,
imo, that the tote leaked body fluids onto the hay if the tote
was not leakproof.
pathetic.
