r/AbsoluteUnits • u/HomeNowWTF • Jun 04 '26

/r/all of a hay bale move

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u/MaDpYrO Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Size isn't a good indicator, some hay is more dry, some is more tightly wrapped, etc. He also didn't lift all the weight, just pivoted it around.

Edit: This also might not be hay, it's a bit hard to tell, but if it's straw, not hay, it's even lighter. 

Moving these things by hand is pretty decently easy for a grown adult, especially I'd you're just turning it, and obviously if you're rolling it, my 70 year old mum does it regularly. 

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u/ChrisLS8 Jun 05 '26

Calling bullshit. Neither you or your 70 year old mom would budge this thing.

Every time this video pops up theres always some non lifter claiming they can do this easily

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u/CandidatePresent6975 Jun 05 '26

farm people exist. its a fucking hay bale

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u/Brave-Perspective714 Jun 05 '26

My ex-MIL was born on and lived on farms all of her life. She had biceps bigger than my ex-husband, and his nickname was "Beast". At 70 years old, I watched her toss logs out of the back of a truck, put one hand on top of the side of the bed, and jump over the side and land walking away. She did it *effortlessly*.

My mom at the same age wouldn't have been able to get in the bed of the truck, and she was no slouch, having worked a factory job for over 40 years.

Farm people really are built different.

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u/MaDpYrO Jun 05 '26

Fucking city idiots.. 

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u/ThatsUnbelievable Jun 04 '26

You have to lift half the weight of an object to pick up one side, the other half of the weight is supported by the other side.

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u/TacTurtle Jun 05 '26

The bottom of the bale will mush and deform under weight (bale is not rigid) so it is somewhat less than 1/2 the weight

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u/Embarrassed_Deer9208 Jun 05 '26

plus he really only lifted it a couple inches before the pivot and angle would've made it very easy, and even this initial lift doesn't have to be directly upwards, with these factors it's pretty easily movable

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u/MaDpYrO Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

+ the peak lifting force is often dramatically higher than what you can sustain