How they hay those steep Alpine meadows, reposted

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Sunday, September 14. 2014

How they hay those steep Alpine meadows, reposted

Hay is gold in the Alps. Gotta keep the cattle, horses, and sheep fed all winter. There are hay barns all over.

It was haying season when we were in the Italian alps and the Dolomites last September, so many of the meadows looked almost like golf courses. You can't get a baler on the steep slopes, so they store it loose. They don't let a scrap go to waste.

They use equipment like this:

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So easy a child can do it!

#1 JimK on 2013-09-21 16:35 (Reply)

What's not to love about that?

#2 vanderleun on 2013-09-21 18:17 (Reply)

Oh hay Thank You BD ! I have always wondered how they do those beautiful hills--now, I know. But, I think you might have missed the next piece. When that video is finished the screen shows a collection of shots of other hills/hay. Click on the picture that says Italy Hills. There you will see a good example of the cultural difference!

AP

#3 apple pie on 2013-09-21 19:55 (Reply)

Did you see how that thing pivots? Sweet machine!

#4 Wannabe Farmer on 2013-09-21 21:04 (Reply)

I got tired just looking at it - good lord that is steep.

#5 Tom Francis on 2013-09-21 21:27 (Reply)

I worked on hay baling crews for a few years in high school. Good, hard work. Makes you strong. I can sure see where this type of haying would build your legs up, too!

#6 Carl H on 2013-09-21 22:42 (Reply)

Spiked tyres, Nice.

#7 Lazarus Long on 2013-09-22 11:04 (Reply)

Interesting. I wonder what type engine is driving that device. A nice little flat six a la Corvair (joke). Or, do you suppose batteries. Either way a well balanced and engineered machine.

#8 RöntgenBeam on 2013-09-23 20:58 (Reply)

I wonder how many laws would be broken if something that dangerous were imported over here and a child were allowed to operate it?

#9 B Moe on 2014-09-14 20:06 (Reply)

In 1983 in Bavaria I watched, for quite while, despite harassment from my wife, a very pretty girl in a complete traditional dirndl outfit, harvest a hillside like that with a scythe.

#10 Fred Z on 2014-09-15 01:00 (Reply)

where do I get one?

#11 lhf on 2014-09-15 06:39 (Reply)

Schlep that thing around a few days, you could bend rebars. How come Swiss wimmins weren't shown running the machines?

#12 SgtBob (Link) on 2014-09-15 15:12 (Reply)

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