Bale Handling

[5030]

Old Hickory:

Here is a "dusty" picture. The a.c. is going full blast and the radio has a good country station tuned in.

 

[poorboy]

Daryl, after last years season that has brought back some bad memories. Rain till almost July and baling until late October. I am just now getting over it. Sure is a better picture than the tailgate up and someones legs sticking out cussing and tugging. BTW good looking rig.

Patrick

 

[Old_Hickory]

I honestly never helped put up hay with a tractor with a/c. Looks like with the wind direction and the dust the cab really is a plus,not to mention staying cool and being a lot quieter inside.
Do the a/c filters plug up much ?

 

[Egon]

Old Hickory:

If you want qiet times while making hay this is how it was done in some places. Made for better quality hay except for the cap. Was a lot less labor intensive than the small square bales too.

Egon

 

[dancce]

Baling hay kind of gets in your blood. As a kid, growing up in Ohio,bucking squares was the only way to make REAL money.
The attachment shows how I do it today.

dancce

 

[Old_Hickory]

Where the air conditioner/radio/and cup holder at ? /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Egon]

The AC comes from the breeze blowing by evaporating sweat, the cup holder is right beside the canvas water bag and the horseflies buzzing by provide the music.

Egon

 

[cowboydoc]

As usual your posts are my favorite on the site Egon! Tell it like it is and was but with a humorous touch.

 

[Egon]

Doc:

I honestly think those old methods resulted in better hay and definetly less work than them silly small square bales.

Egon

 

[5030]

Egon:

That's why CowboyDoc are into rounds. "Them" silly squares are a pain in the butt.

Problem is, squares are a better value for me, when sold. I guess as long as we have the extraneous labor, we will still make them.

 

[5030]

Old Hickory:

The 5030 has a dry filter on the back of the cab. I shake it out every evening. Once a week, I blow it out with an air hose.

 

[Egon]

5030:
I'm commenting from years past when hay was made for use on your own property. Selling hay was not really common.
Labour wise them little square bales are still a pain where it hurts.

For transporting and selling to small volume buyers I'm at a loss at why commpresed pellatized hay is not utillized.

Egon

 

[powerstroke2000]

Go with round bales and use a Vermeer BM 700 that is the only way to move bales. Side note works good on hills as well, and you don't even have to stop to load oce you get a little practice

 

[twabscs]

Here's another interesting bale handling technique. It's a bit different because the accumulator can be operated with an ATV, Truck, or tractor. I've sent off for the video.

HayMaster.biz

 

[dancce]

Unique accumulator,and it appears to be well built,but I wonder how well this type works on uneven and rough ground. Seems like the bales would take a beating being dragged across some of the fields we have in this neck of the woods. There are some Hoelsher units around here, but they keep the bales off the ground until accumulated and released. Anyone used these drag type accumulators?

dancce

 

[Old_Hickory]

LOL
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[rambler]

If you go to the web site, & look at the 'pictures' you will see at the bottom someone loading up a hayrack. Where did he get that hayrack? Looks like he's putting 360 bales (or more, hard to count the # of rows) on that thing. Wow, he's aproaching 30,000 lbs on a hayrack. Wish I could see the front end, it would have to be double steer axles???? Takes some traction on the pickup to pull that out of a field!

--->PAul