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[–] einlander@lemmy.world 24 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

Hay is typically wet and holds into moisture, and this is definitely made of hay no doubt. That said, hay isn't normally flammable. The flammable stuff not in the picture is straw.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Those bales are pretty new, so they'll likely sit in the field drying for a while and definitely won't be easy to light. But hay is absolutely flammable once dry, my friends and I almost burned an entire field because someone was lighting dried loose hay on fire while we were playing on them

[–] ME5SENGER_24@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Diesel is the cure-all for your flame starting needs

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Hay is flammable if you try hard enough. Had a neighbor that caught a tractor on fire next to a stack of 500 bales (large round bales, about 1400# apiece). They all burned and nobody tried to put them out, it was a hellfire.

Hay is normally put up at about 12% moisture. Wet bales catch fire because they rot and spontaneously combust.