Little Yellow Hay Wagon

When we first got horses years ago, we would use an old red sled to feed hay. It was my childhood sled and even though it had outgrown it's original purpose, we used the heck out of it. As more horses came to Borderlands, the sled wasn't as useful. So for my birthday a few years back, Mike bought me a little yellow wagon (from TSC). I've mentioned it a couple of times throughout the blog (I'm too lazyto go look for those posts). It was the greatest thing ever! My life was WAY easier. I used the heck out of it for the past few years. Unfortunately I'm hard on it. The poor little hay wagon had a few accidents over the years. The last straw happened a few weeks back (that's why I'm relegated to the wheelbarrow). The poor little yellow hay wagon took yet another spill. It usually tips over at least once a month thanks to the horses. I use this hay wagon twice a day for six months out of the year so I use the heck out of it. So, that last spill took it's toll. Some piece that keeps the front wheels connected broke. Because the install instructions were long ago thrown away, we decided that it might be better to simply buy a new hay wagon and use the install instructions to hunt down the website or phone number so that we could acquire the correct part. As Mike said, then I would have TWO hay wagons for chores. (Gotta love that guy!) As a buddy would say "BRILLIANT!" So last night we headed on over to Tractor Supply to buy a new hay wagon. Youch. $100 later and I have a new wagon. It's still in a box in the back of the vehicle, smelling like moth balls but hopefully this weekend Mike can put it together. I'll be living it up with TWO little yellow hay wagons. We looked at some of the other wagons but they didn't work. The dump wagon was a little bit more expensive but the hay wouldn't fit. The cheaper little wagon wouldn't fit the hay either. That little yellow wagon is exactly the size of a hay or alfalfa bale. The hay fits exactly inside the wagon so I don't have to take the sides down. It's also exactly the length of the big hay bales. All I have to do is fold the hay flake in half and I'm on my way! It's great. The hard part now will be convincing the herd to stay away from my brand new hay wagon so we don't get into any more wrecks. Hopefully we'll be able to replace the broken part on my beloved old hay wagon. No matter what, we'll make something work. I'm excited. It may seem silly to be excited about a wagon but it'll make life so much easier. Ah, the simple things in life.