Silage Hay

[CAH2873]

<div class="bbWrapper">Hello, <br /> <br /> I have 90 acres in 2 locations that are and have been ready to cut and bale for the past several weeks. Due to the recent rains, my hay guy has not been able to get it done. He is cutting today and hopefully will be rolling dry hay on Tuesday before the next big chance of rain. We live in East Texas and it typically takes 5-6 day of good sunlight to dry out the thick coastal fields along with teddering it this time of year. <br /> He has suggested that if it does not get dry enough, to wrap it in baleage. I do not have a problem with this- never have sold or fed any- but I do not have a good way of loading and unloading it without puncturing the bag with my forks. I sell most of the hay to various customers and have to load it onto their trailers. I have looked at bale handers for the front of my Kubota- I do have a 3rd function on the front of it. <br /> Does anyone recommend a good cheap bale handler for this situation? <br /> <br /> Can one put holes in the bags then cover them up?<br /> <br /> Thanks in Advance.</div>

 

[Tx Jim]

<div class="bbWrapper">I&#039;ve read there a special type of tape available to cover puncture holes on the baleage wrapping. Do you have a good market for high moisture wrapped rd bales?</div>

 

[CAH2873]

<div class="bbWrapper">It is gaining popularity around here due to protein content and cows eating 100% of it. All of the custom balers have silage equipment now.</div>

 

[LouNY]

<div class="bbWrapper">The squeeze grapples are the only way to handle wrapped bales, if punctured it would be difficult to seal the hole and tear with tape.<br /> Once those bales cook up it is very difficult to move them without tearing the wrap. They almost have to be stacked as they are wrapped and then left alone till time to feed them.<br /> Depending on the haylage and number of cows being feed and the climate the feed will be good for 2-4 days.</div>

 

[CAH2873]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 291973" data-quote="LouNY" data-source="post: 5246549" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forums/goto/post?id=5246549" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-5246549">LouNY said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> The squeeze grapples are the only way to handle wrapped bales, if punctured it would be difficult to seal the hole and tear with tape.<br /> Once those bales cook up it is very difficult to move them without tearing the wrap. They almost have to be stacked as they are wrapped and then left alone till time to feed them.<br /> Depending on the haylage and number of cows being feed and the climate the feed will be good for 2-4 days. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I see several types of squeeze grapples. Do you have one that you recommend?</div>

 

[CAH2873]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 291973" data-quote="LouNY" data-source="post: 5246549" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forums/goto/post?id=5246549" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-5246549">LouNY said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> The squeeze grapples are the only way to handle wrapped bales, if punctured it would be difficult to seal the hole and tear with tape.<br /> Once those bales cook up it is very difficult to move them without tearing the wrap. They almost have to be stacked as they are wrapped and then left alone till time to feed them.<br /> Depending on the haylage and number of cows being feed and the climate the feed will be good for 2-4 days. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I see several types of squeeze grapples. Do you have one that you recommend?</div>

 

[Agvg]

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[cqaigy2]

<div class="bbWrapper">Hey silage is pretty common here because of the rain. They don&#039;t typically puncture them unless going to feed, because of the difficulty patching.</div>

 

[jaxs]

<div class="bbWrapper">If your buyers put bales end to end in a row that suffeciently seal&#039;s holes left by spears.</div>

 

[LouNY]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 76000" data-quote="CAH2873" data-source="post: 5246713" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/forums/goto/post?id=5246713" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-5246713">CAH2873 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I see several types of squeeze grapples. Do you have one that you recommend? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> The style that Agvg is the type that we use, it&#039;s curved squeeze grapple for round bales, I havn&#039;t seen them called anything else.<br /> As far as a brand most of them don&#039;t seem to branded more small shop put outs.<br /> <br /> I don&#039;t believe that baleage could be stacked tight enough to seal spear holes and tears.<br /> <br /> Also we have found that net wrapped bales are much easier to get a good wrap on, twine tyed bales tend to have too many stems perturbing that will perforate the wrap film.<br /> <br /> <br /> Also animals are a constant hazard, mice, rats tunnel under and into the bales allowing air to enter and cause rot and ruined feed.<br /> Turkeys can get up on them to roost and tear the wrapping.<br /> <br /> Although a lot can go wrong when done successfully you will have good quality highly digestible feed put up.<br /> We have a couple hundred bales of wrapped haylage bales and a few thousand tons of ag bagged hay and corn silage that gets feed out every year.</div>

 

[Agvg]

<div class="bbWrapper">And it can pay off to use extra layers of plastic, those who sell bales have a minimum and that&#039;s not good for keeping the bails intact.</div>

 

[Agvg]

<div class="bbWrapper">Here in Noway nobody except horse people uses hay, the road are filled with tractors and trailers with bales.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/slurrykat-rundballehenger-74f25358-jpg.576383/" target="_blank" class="js-lbImage"><img src="https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/data/attachments/512/512063-d02e80b4e4b1a9e33eea79c24d2e2f85.jpg" class="bbImage " style="" alt="slurrykat-rundballehenger,74f25358.jpg" title="slurrykat-rundballehenger,74f25358.jpg" width="226" height="150" loading="lazy" /></a></div>

 

[Btown]

<div class="bbWrapper">If the bales are layer over on its side like they are in the picture above. You can slide pallet forks below them and pick them up without damaging the plastics. But it is much easier to move and stack them with the bale grabbers.</div>