If you are around fields you can always just toss it out there and get rid of it.
Depending on how old it is, the local farmers or the spca might be interested in it. If it is too old it really isn’t worth them using it due to crap being in the hay.
And as the others have said, throwing oil and some gas on it will make it burn very easy.
Why is it that things can magically start on fire but when you need to burn something it won’t burn? lol
How many hundreds of barns have burned because hay ignites itself?
My buddy burned his entire yard with a match but when I try to start a bonfire I need 10 gallons of gas. lol
Get a bunch of 2 stroke and light up a decent size pile then keep feeding the fire man, BUT dont forget to turn it into a party because now you got your friends helping you for beer and all your hay is gone
Don’t forget as of Oct 14 2009 in NY there are restrictions on burning.
The key to being able to burn anything is to get a good hotbed of coals. Get some hardwood and burn it first, put the hay on top, it will dry out in seconds.
It sounds like it is old, and probably bad. No farm will take it.
You could take it to your town dump, or pay a local farmer to do so.
As some others have said, you can use it as mulch/compost if there’s an area where you want grass to grow. Hay is full of seeds, whereas straw is not. Straw can be used for animal bedding for horses, cows, etc but not hay. Old hay like this is probably moldy/gross and will make animals very very sick. The SPCA will not take it.
I would just spread it all over your land… let nature have at it
This.
Its almost Halloween. Get a bunch of paper bags or old clothes from the salvation army and build scarecrows and sell them.
PROFIT!
JayS’s oil idea sounds like a pretty solid win win
Make a big pile at the road and put a FREE sign on it.
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Does it still hold together or is it all moldy/falling apart. My company might take some for erosion control. Have a pic?
this seems like a pretty good idea
ya, burning it does not work lol
(d) On-site burning of agricultural wastes as part of a valid agricultural operation on contiguous agricultural lands larger than five acres actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use, provided such waste is actually grown or generated on those lands and such waste is capable of being fully burned within a 24-hour period.
I think I’m going to try the gas/used oil idea and add in a few cases of beer to get help LOL. I will have 2 cars worth of oil pretty soon, and I have a ton of old gas. I have almost 4 acres, but I’m trying to clean it up. The previous owners were here for 50 years and I’ve been dealing everything they left behind. At least they left me a ton of tools, lumber, and a lifetime’s worth of hardware, so that makes it worthwhile. The highway department is right around the corner so I’ll ask them.
As for the hay, it’s dry at least, but the bales usually fall apart when you pick them up. That makes transporting it a bitch- no way this stuff is going in my Jeep.
correct. old/moldy hay will cause colic in horses - which is potentially fatal. also, when getting rid of it, you do not want the hay to be compressed. moldy hay can and will eventually combust if left to mold, so if you’re stuck with it, you want to spread it out so it can dry out completely.
people ALWAYS come to our barn looking for bales around halloween and get mad when we wont give it to them because it’s food for the horses, idk what to say there… goodluck, though.
this doesnt sound like a good idea. the wrong person finds out and you may have trouble pulling in the driveway
safest way would be to just spread it around your property as mentioned… by late spring it’ll be taken care of.
not to mention how prices for hay have gone up so much in the last 3-4 years!
You should tag your ad online with the words “Halloween” or “Thanksgiving” “Decoration” considering the time of year and the number of places that go all out decorating for holidays and such…that might help you get more hits with online ads.