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Posted on 03/21/2005 7:18:04 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
I scrolled past it and going back now. I figured it was going to be good and wanted to have time to enjoy it:')
I thought the price was good and the land looked like something I would be interested in, so I thought of you.: )
Why can I not find anything like that around here?:'( It's what I want but still a heck of a commute to work:')
I wasnt sure quite where it was, but it just shows that their is a bargain to be had out there.
Another good place to look is www.landandfarm.com
It's about 10 hours from me.
Maybe the company you work for could relocate????? : D
Good possibility. We are the 2nd of 11 opening. I had concerns but I like my new job. We do talk about moving north when we retire but I got tired of living the somedays. We decided to buy something here and when and if the time comes it's still an investment
Good possibility. We are the 2nd of 11 opening. I had concerns but I like my new job. We do talk about moving north when we retire but I got tired of living the somedays. We decided to buy something here and when and if the time comes it's still an investment
Well I hope you find what you are looking for.
We are still looking for land.
Well this thing with the horses has lit a fire under me. I only want my horses with my horses from now on.
I never thought it would be this hard to find hay. I can get it at the feed store but they charge twice as much for hay that's substandard. Oh well, I guess beggers can't be choosers.
Can you stock up when it's available or can you only keep it awhile?
Our feed store hay is expensive, but it's really good hay. I'd actually like to do a pound for pound dollar for dollar comparison sometimes. Good Eastern WA orchard grass bales at feed store, 100+ pounds - $10. Cruddy filler quality local grass hay, around 50 pound bales, $3.50. I cringe at paying $10/bale, but the quality is nutritous, as opposed to just filler, and a bale lasts a couple days, versus a bale a day. I bet the feed store is a better deal, all in all.
Yes, I can store it awhile, I have it under an awning. I was going to buy 200 bales.
At the feed store it's $7.50 a bale for "ok" hay. The man I bought my last load from charged $4.00 plus delivery and the hay was the equivalent or better than the feed store and the bales weighed about the same.
Hair, $10 a bale is really expensive. The hay that's available here is coastal bermuda and it's good hay, if you get it from a good supplier. I have bought hay that my goats had trouble eating. If a goat won't eat it, you know it's bad. How much is alfalfa up there?
Alfalfa is a ~little~ less, it's not so much in favor. I think it's around $8 for horse quality, lots of cheap alfalfa for cows.
$10 is for a big heavy bale.. I'd guess them to be 100-120 pounds. but you're right, it's expensive.
That is a big bale. I'd say the stuff I buy is about 50 to 75 pounds.
Do you have trouble lifting those big ones? Although, I never have to lift a whole bale, I just bust them open and carry a little at a time.
I can drag 'em, but I don't lug them around once they're unloaded. ;~D We usually unload them together... got some out in the truck now as a matter of fact.
Did you see that piece of land near Dallas that ROS posted? I can't believe the price.
No, I didn't. Do you have a link?
see # 3297
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