Hay transporting ideas?

[poiuytrewq]

Does anyone have a good way of transporting loose hay a fair distance?
I have to get it in the back of a small hatch back (preferably with a small Labradog aswell!) then out and carry it across a field to my horses.
I’d thought this a little way off as I still have grass but actually with the frosty morning I’ve started early!
Currently I full big plastic chaff sacks and drag/carry across with feed buckets balanced in the top. This firstly makes my car a mess and secondly is quite hard heavy work, thirdly it’s not actually a massive amount of hay.
Someone suggested a cheap kids sledge. I imagine this will be great on icy/frosty grass but when it gets soft and muddy?
Also I find the sacks quite hard to grip especially so crammed and heavy. (I also have a bit of arthritis in my fingers so gripping is sometimes hard in the cold)
Any top ideas?
I wondered about a half tonne builders bag which I use at home to stay hay out to the field but am not sure practically if I can get it in and out of the boot and over two gates!
The field I cross is a public footpath so leaving a wheel barrow there I s probably a no go.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Does anyone store hay successfully in a field? The other thing I’d wondered was about taking a Heston down and covering it over with fencing round?

 

[Carrottom]

Does anyone store hay successfully in a field? The other thing I’d wondered was about taking a Heston down and covering it over with fencing round?

Depends how long it would take you to use the bale. I have stored a big on pallets next to the fence with a large tarp covering it, preferably with the tarp lifted from the top of the bale so that air can flow to prevent mold, but would want to use it up in 2 weeks, especially in damp weather.

 

[Annagain]

Does anyone have a good way of transporting loose hay a fair distance?
I have to get it in the back of a small hatch back (preferably with a small Labradog aswell!) then out and carry it across a field to my horses.
I’d thought this a little way off as I still have grass but actually with the frosty morning I’ve started early!
Currently I full big plastic chaff sacks and drag/carry across with feed buckets balanced in the top. This firstly makes my car a mess and secondly is quite hard heavy work, thirdly it’s not actually a massive amount of hay.
Someone suggested a cheap kids sledge. I imagine this will be great on icy/frosty grass but when it gets soft and muddy?
Also I find the sacks quite hard to grip especially so crammed and heavy. (I also have a bit of arthritis in my fingers so gripping is sometimes hard in the cold)
Any top ideas?
I wondered about a half tonne builders bag which I use at home to stay hay out to the field but am not sure practically if I can get it in and out of the boot and over two gates!
The field I cross is a public footpath so leaving a wheel barrow there I s probably a no go.

I was thinking a builders sack. They slide brilliantly even in deep mud and have handles so you get a good grip or can stick your wrist in the loop and don't even have to hold it? You could keep it at the field and put the feed bags inside it so they stay clean and are bit easier to manage in and out of the car?

 

[pippixox]

I like the builders sacks/ they have big handles you can loop over your arm so you don’t need to grip. As they are big you don’t fill them and then less spills into your car! Can drag through mud relatively well. Then put inside another when muddy going back in boot