David's e-mail address is:

swamprabbitdas    @    yahoo.com

<-Take out the space before and after the @.
And yes, of course he'll sell hay to those of you (close-by) in Texas.  You can pick it up yourself, yes.

+Pax,
-Dawn in Texas
--- In competitionrackinghorse@yahoogroups.com, "Dawn Walker" <dawnswalkers@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone...I told our friend yesterday that I would post this for
> him. We buy our hay from them, and this year, he has extra hay. We're
> in Texas. The hay is a mixture of (what is called) Bahia and Coastal.
> The closest thing I can think of to what is Timothy up north. Anyway,
> it is what we feed our horses through the winter. David works for a
> company that handles fertilizers, so it is fertilized.
>
> He has about 350 round bales for sale. In Texas, I have found, that hay
> is sold by the bale, not by weight (tonnage). These bales are 5' wide,
> and 6' tall, round. David said that they get 28-30 round bales on a
> semi trailer. The bales are $35 apiece. The driver charges $1.65/mile.
> I've done some figuring below:
>
> 30 Bales x $35.00 = $1050.
> 1000 Miles x $1.65 = 165 0.
> $2700 = $90.00/Bale
>
> You can Map It (the mileage) from Zip Code 77833.
>
> Memphis is 637 miles.
> Nashville is 852 miles.
> Knoxville is 998 miles.
>
> I will be posting David's e-mail address as soon as I find it (duh)...or
> call him. I cannot locate it this morning, sorry! Or I will call him
> sometime today.
>
> I will also check with another friend of ours who owns his own semi.
> He's hauled hay to us from out-of-state for the last 3 years. I will
> see what his rate is.
>
> I will say this...we're in the process of hauling the hay we bought from
> David (35 bales) to our place (with a hay wagon), and we paid $50/Bale
> for the same thing.
>
> I know times are hard...we've been there, here in Texas, with a severe
> drought the last 3 years, so I know what you're going though, in the
> drought-stricken areas.
>
> I will end this with: I will post a reply to this later today, with
> David's e-mail address, and if I can get ahold of our friend, what he
> would charge per mile.
>
> If anybody's interested, and needs hay. Thank you for your time.
> +Pax,
> -Dawn in Texas
>