Watch as I pile 160 bales of grass hay onto this 1069 NH stackcruiser, put it in a stack, and return back to the field in 11.5 min.

One of my faster loads of the day while using my balewagon in a customer's alfalfa field in the beautiful San Luis Valley.

A good operator will easily notice my (several) mistakes. Years ago, I had a veteran operator tell me that in order to be fast you first have to be good. That means you have to go slow enough to not makes mistskes, and as you build muscle memory, the speed will come automatically. I was trying to go too fast here and made some mistakes.

As anybody knows who has run one of these machines, when it's good, its fun. But when the bales suck, it can be a long day. Here the bales were pretty decent, just a bit short so youll notice I had to stagger the tie bales a little several times per tie tier on this load so they would fill out the sides properly. Otherwise tying would be a nearly automatic operation and a bit faster.