Thats the one thing I love about the Amish, they aint afraid of hard work

Great people, with their problems as well, like everyone else. But the hay loader - was my favorite memory as a boy - went to square bales soon after - don't know what happened to the old hay loader - adapted the hay forks to haul bales up into the barn loft. Great to see a hay loader working again. When farmers had less than 10 cows, and several children - loose hay properly stacked kept well and served their needs.

We live in an Amish area and is always a pleasure to watch them work with their teams . They unlike us English continue functioning when there is a catastrophic weather event with the loss of power .Should there ever be a war that dramatically affects our country we then will have to rely on them

When I was a farm child in early 1950s we did this exactly the same manner near Lake George New York!~

Thanks for posting this video. There is much to admire in the Amish, including their adaptability and willingness to use a neighbor's engine-powered bailer on occasion. Using horses as they do for the field work has advantages for the field, too, with no tendency to form "hard-pan" from tractors' effects on the soil. The book "Rumspringa" gives some great insights into Old Order Amish ways of dealing with adolescent curiosity about the exotic wildness they see in the outer pagan world.

My friend, the quality of a pasture produced on land that is not crushed by a tractor and heavy machinery all the time is much greater. is a culture for those who want quality, not quantity.

At the end they were using an actual motor. The machine to the left has an exhaust pipe at the top.

I AM NOT AMISH BUT WHEN I WORKED HAY IN THE SUMMER BACK IN THE 50'S THIS IS EXACTLY HOW THE FARMER I WORKED FOR PUT UP HIS HAY. NOW PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF HARD WORK!

That young boy stacking the bales is pretty strong!

thank you for sharing this video , we don't see a lot of manual work nowadays so this is very important..

I remember doing my time on the receiving end of a hay loader.you had to pay attention.

Yee haw back in the old days of my Granny, I grew up on a farm too in West ,Texas dust bowl panhandle. During the 60s, we raised our own vegetables and chickens and pigs, bought beef from the slaughter house. But it's a good life during those times now I'm in Louisiana and retired. But I remember those times, too.

Interesting to see a mix of old and new. As a Swede, I thought that most Amish people didn't use modern machinery at all. Either way, they are good people.

Used the hay loader. But used a tractor to pull it. Surprised to see a stationary motor on the bailer. Pretty modern. We put the hay in the mow with hay forks. Loose. This is if we couldn't get someone In to bail it. In the later years we didn't have very much livestock Lots of work.

having seen the fields the Amish tend I am amazed at just how healthy the grass and the ecosystem in the ground is by not compacting it, kind of the original no-till concept. The horse drawn implements have far smaller impact on the ground and have benefits in fact to working the soil this way. it's a very efficient way to farm. The only reason they have taken to bailing is portability and ease of stacking in storage, more common sense than affinity to machinery.

It would've been cool to see them using the spring loaded bailey instead of the engine powered one. We have a couple in my area that are folks yard ornaments; one of them my grandpa used as a boy. And then we have one that is ran off an old Wisconsin or B&S engine. That's missing now though so it'll have to be ran with a tractor. Their still cool. Thanks for posting this video.

The Amish are free to use or not use modern machines and live the lifestyle they choose. Their communities thrive.

The Amish Way of Making Hay ------- sounds like poetry

I remember seeing this in East Tennessee, in the 1950's.

"Living in an Amish paradise"

nice to see a hay loader in action--- I remember

That looks fun! I wish you could go stay/work on an Amish farm for a week vacation type thing, but I hear they aren't fond of strangers.

man, i wouldn't mind smokin a blunt, tossin hay out there, looks tranquil

Kēta njerz të mrekullushëm bejn një punë aq të mirë.

i might have to go and look it is so cool how they do stuff

The first time I have seen a horse drawn machine that picked up windrows of hay to elevate to wagon and actually working! I had seen them before on display, but not working!

This is the way every one used to do it. It was raked with dump rakes, and, there are probably rope slings under the hay. Then back at the barn the hoist would lift it up, and, it would travel down a rail until a trip rope was pulled and the hay dropped into the spot where it was supposed to go. Some of those hay stacks would get hard to pull apart, so, they used a hay knife to cut into them.

They appear to make it while the sun shines.

When I was a kid, my grandfather used a hayloader like this, pulled behind a '36 Cheverolet flatbed truck.

They seem to like making a load of work for themselves

I wish the cameraman could have gotten a little further away.

There are so many ignorant people in America, and I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE AMISH, I'm talking about the people who don't know where their food COMES FROM. The Amish know that much, at least, and they don't use profanity in public forums.

it's a horse drawn bobcat, and that bail elevator is clockwork !

Wow great video!

hey, this is the best team ecological classic. and helps clean health, keeps you fit

its gunna be cool. small towns. steam trains. horses. cowboys you know? good shit

you should see the communal phone booth 8) i have seen the amish pull the hay bailer with the motor running so they dont have to pile up the loose hay on the wagon.

Steel wheels and no rubber on the rims.......hmm, they must have come by way of Detroit with that unit :p Kudos to the Amish for sticking to their beliefs in this day and age.

Excellent Thanks,

I was watching a film about the Amish I could not believe that there are people who live this way in the 21st century And also in America / But I think that every person has the freedom to choose his own life/ This world is full of wonders ^_^

@TekBubs You didn't see or hear the engine on the baler in the second half? It's the thing with the exhaust pipe and big belt powering the baler. Natural?

As a kid growing up in the 1940s on a farm...that is how we made hay. I still have a scar near my belly button where I got stuck by a three pronged hay fork...yikes.

This was along 50th St. between Lime Springs and Cresco

Now that is an old fashion way of doing it. I wonder if they salt it down when they put it in the barn.

To all Commentors, they are allowed to use stationary engines. Ergo , hay loader with mechanicals driven through the main wheels, baler stationary and driven by stationary engine.

That kind of work is hard on the back, but good on the soul.

I raised my family in the city, which wasn't good too many bad influences.

I bet that the hay will be top notch. Well won. Not knocked about too much.

We used tractors on the farm and combines during harvest of wheat, maze, corn cylos for feed. Irrigation because of being dry country. Raising cattle. Raising are own food.

Молодцы!!!

Excellent video, thanks for posting, much appreciated : )

gettin ready for the winter feed for livestock

You see....everything doesn't need to be rush and tear!!!

Lovely video. and only 2 horse power! Well 2.3 with the added manpower. Thanks for the upload. Take care. mrbluenun

I read a few of the comments... But I guarantee you this they're better shape than we are. And probably better off

Now that is an old fashion way of doing it. I wonder if they salt it down when they put it in the barn. Nevermind I see they use a baler later.

Beautiful

They need to get that hay to the barn.

The clean life. May God bless You and keep You let His Grace shine upon You and give You Rest.

It is simply fantastic the amish service. I always understood that the Amish refuse to use motorized equipment in their crops, but in this case is sine used a machine to tie the bales of hay. Is this right? , and...

Nice work, these guys are real men, they will survive when others can't pay the rents for their expensive machinery....full respect, only one negative thing is the whole God- issue....

that is some rough looking hay

cool, notice no rubber tires. friend of mine said they do not use rubber but can use engines that do not use rubber.

so agree with you i just dont think i could chow down on my loving pet lol

@yakyakyak69 when my tractor wears out, i smelt it and make a new one. try that with a 'hay burner'

I can't wait to get my hay loader working I'll be running my hay press on an electric motor

hear the birds singing in the background...so sweet!!

Very interesting.

i believe there are bailers u can pull with horses but they aren't light machines in general. it seems to be much easier work for the horses doing it this way and is still efficient would seem to cost less than paying for diesel and and a tractor plus maintenance, what happened to good old farm days big businesses has wiped small farms out also wiping out independent communities, were people had an honest way of living and worked together. go Amish! people forget were food is from

Isn't that way too? Funny thought :DD

' amish way is a good farmer family tree... no need fuel, no need fee dmv trailer tag, no need fee horse tag, no need insurance, no need house property tax

I should introduce you to my cousin, who is Old Order Amish and repairs gasoline and diesel engines for a living :)

Nothing wrong with good hard work and I'd bout bet money that many would like to sleep as good as they do .

Dieser wunderschöner menschen leisten so einer schöner arbeit.

seems quite smart, but why steel wheel with no tires on the cart???

I DID THIS AS A KID WITH MY DAD IN THE 50'S,HARD WORK,BUT I ;THINK IT INSTILLED MY WORK ETHIC TODAY..WOULD LOVE TO GET oBAMMA ON ONE OF THESE..

Where did you hear that it was an apple?

LOVE horses ,

Proving my point .;)

I am new to farming here in Africa. Can you make hay from dried grass or it has to be fresh when you cut and bale it? Thanks

good job

I have one of these elevator hay rakes for sale located in Tennessee if interested.

Amish should be given tax emission credits

@remmidemmi01 believe me, we won't run out of oil. it will only get more expensive.

they can use engines some do and some do not some have tractors too but they mush have wooden wheels or something like that

As a kid we made hay this way, except for a little Ford tractor in lieu of horses... Oh, Yeah, BTDT!!

I find it amazing that there seems a lot of confusion with amish people they do what they do because they do they like it that way, I'm not amish but I believe in our constitution and its contents, "the pursuit of happiness and success". I am a Christian and everyone has there OWN view of this. Respect your fellow man or woman maybe it will rub off n you will get respect back just a thought not a sermon

As there is no reply button for those that ask about the motor baler. To cut the field you have a team and a mower. Then to rake the hay you have a team and a rake. When the hay is dry you take the stacker and wagon into the field with the team again. You are out of the field in 3 trips. The baler is stationary and is fed from the hay wagon. You are not burning gallons and gallons of diesel in your field. To do this job by tractor would require a minimum of 5 trips with a tractor and heavy equipment. Your tractor trips would be cut, rake, flip, bale, load out. This would be done with a $50K (minimum) tractor, a $16K cutter, a $8-10K rake and a $50K baler. and you still have to get in the field to pick up the bales and hand stack them in the barn unless you have a $50K stacker. You scoff if you want but these people are doing the same with much less damage to the field and a lot less money. The motor they are using is internal combustion but they are using belt drive to run the baler so a steam engine could do the same. Da es keine Antwort-Taste für diejenigen, die über die Motorpresse fragen. Um das Feld zu schneiden Sie ein Team und ein Rasenmäher. Dann, um das Heu Sie ein Team und haben einen Rechen Harke. Wenn das Heu trocken ist, den Stapler und Wagen in das Feld mit dem Team nehmen wieder. Sie sind aus dem Feld in 3 Reisen. Die Ballenpresse ist stationär und wird aus dem Heuwagen eingespeist. Sie sind nicht brenn Gallonen und Liter Diesel auf Ihrem Gebiet. Um diesen Job mit dem Traktor zu tun wäre ein Minimum von 5 Fahrten mit einem Traktor und schweres Gerät erforderlich. Ihr Traktor Fahrten würde geschnitten werden, Harke, Flip, ballen, laden aus. Dies wäre mit einem $ 50K (Minimum) Traktor, einem $ 16K Schneider, einem $ 8-10K Rechen und einem $ 50K Ballenpresse erfolgen. und Sie haben noch auf dem Feld zu bekommen, holen die Ballen und Hand stapeln sie in der Scheune, wenn Sie einen $ 50K Stapler haben. Sie spotten, wenn Sie wollen, aber diese Menschen sind mit viel weniger Schaden an dem Feld und viel weniger Geld das gleiche tun. Das sind sie mit Motor Verbrennungs aber sie sind mit Riemenantrieb, um die Ballenpresse laufen, so dass eine Dampfmaschine könnte das gleiche tun. Bitte entschuldigen Sie meine schlechte Deutsch.

yeah totally agree. those were the good old days. damn im born too late...

proving my point. ;)

No debt. No worries.

Except...we will Never run out of oil.

They weren't struggling, they were just barely moving along. Loose hay barely weighs anything.

Indoor toilets and plumbing

@waveman1500 Perhaps there's a horse on a treadmill behind that hay bales. ;-)

Amish are permitted to use engines as long as it's in their line of work, such as a sawmill. They avoid using electricity, though, so it's usually diesel engines. I knew an Amish welder in Ohio. There's no way you can be a welder and not use electricity. But he walked to work.

I'm constantly amused at the lack of understanding people have about the Amish and the big question of why don't they use tractors. Amish are community minded people. Their goal is to look after themselves AND the fellow members of their community. Thus, in their eyes, using tractors is the wrong route to take. Look at it this way: in the American style of agriculture, a farmer buys a tractor and works, say, a hundred acres. As soon as he can afford it, he buys a bigger tractor and leases another hundred acres. With the profits, he buys the leased hundred acres and leases two hundred more. Now he needs a bigger tractor. Or two. As he increases the size of his farm and his machinery, his profit margin begins to shrink to the point where he suddenly finds himself forced to sell out to a large conglomerate that now hires him to be simply a semi skilled operator on the land he once owned. the Amish view is this: a man needs enough land to feed his family and make a living to keep a roof over his head. Anything more is greed. So to use a tractor promotes greed because the farmer then has to force others off their land and put workers out of work. To the Amish, a tractor isn't a path to Hell, the greed caused by being able to produce much more than what you need is.

If it were a game, yes :P

So, how'd they cut the hay...?

@yakyakyak69 well you can always sell an old tractor and use the money to buy some food, or if you wish, one of these contraptions... and Oil will not be running out ANYTIME soon guys, you just all believe whatever the media tell you, this earth has HUGE reserves of oil still!