If you think I can't see where I'm going in this shot, you're absolutely right. With that wall of hay in front of me, I only have a general idea of where I'm steering the tractor, but it's much more efficient to move a lot of hay in each trip that smaller loads in more trips. I have about 18 bales (@70 lbs each = 1,260 lbs or 570 kg) in each load, stacked on a wooden platform we move with pallet forks on the front end of the tractor.
If I stand up to look over the stack of hay while driving, the engine automatically cuts out — an annoying but probably useful safety feature that relies on a weight sensor in the tractor seat. (Definitely more annoying than useful, though.) However, I learned a long time ago that if you're super quick about it … if you stand up really fast and then drop back into the seat really fast, you can keep the engine from shutting off. This makes me look something like a gopher on steroids, popping up out of his hole only to disappear again in an instant. But, I haven't run into anything yet. Yet.
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