Guy, I have had the hardest time getting the back of my pick-up truck emptied out this spring. When the sawmill came in, it took me 5 days to get it out of the back of the truck because of the back-hoe anti-theft switch.
Then my son and DIL needed to use the truck to move stuff from their house to mine/ours, and it took two weeks before I drove it again (just today they had to look for one more thing hidden behind the seat). Then, a recent trip north to celebrate my grand-niece's college graduation got me a load of corrugated drainage tile to haul around for a while. That is finally at the farm, so in theory I could pick up straw tomorrow.
Reality says that I need to mow the grass inside the fence then lay out some sheet mulch to put the bales on before I go shopping. The seasonal market that carries straw bales sometimes has the best corrugated cardboard that can be hauled away. The big shipping containers that melons arrive in are about 3 feet tall and 3/4 of an inch thick. A truckload of those would make me really happy, and then it's time for straw bales.
I haven't checked prices this year. Whatever the cost is, I'm sure I will pay it. However, it might make the difference between getting 3 bales or 8 of them. My truck will haul 3. But if the price is right, I will call Charlotte and ask her to meet me. The 8 foot bed on her truck is also wider than my little grocery getter, so it would more than double my carrying home power. Then, if I can convince a couple of my housemates to use a bucket for a few days, I could be ready to plant by Memorial Day, which is about the latest you want to wait for a full garden.