Hay buck

Hay bucking, or "bucking hay", is a type of manual labor where small square bales, ranging in weight from about 50 to 150 pounds (23 to 68 kg), are stacked by hand in a field, in a storage area such as a barn, or stacked on a vehicle for transportation, such as a flatbed trailer or semi truck for delivery to where the hay is needed.

[1] The act of throwing the bales up to a higher level is called "bucking".

The work is very strenuous and physically demanding, and it requires using proper techniques in order not to become fatigued and avoid injury.

An apparatus known as an elevator is used to move the bales, conveyor belt style, to levels too high to buck them.

Because the work is labor-intensive, many farmers have made multiple-ton bales that are moved with machines.