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Post by Jolly on May 27, 2015 1:55:08 GMT
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Post by Ken on May 27, 2015 4:07:38 GMT
Not even a hint of pricing for those things? As I have no land or tractor, it is purely curiosity as to costs.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 4:53:06 GMT
If you go to tractor tools direct they sell for $12,000 - 16,000
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 13:46:23 GMT
Years ago a friend had a baler that made mini round bales. Easy enough to pick up by hand and move. But they were horrible to try and stack. Sort of like stacking eggs.
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Post by 1shotwade on May 27, 2015 15:52:51 GMT
Those small round bales of years ago were a big problem. For some reason they would "heat" more than the square bales and many barns have burned down because of them. I remember some barns that were torn apart by the excessive expansion of the round bale being stacked too tight.Glad to see them go by the way side!
Wade
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Post by Callie on May 27, 2015 16:30:30 GMT
I will always have a fond place in my heart for the round bales of you youth. I spent every summer hauling 1000's of those things into a barn. Hard to stack, hard to hold still, hard to move up a pop-up loader.
Aren't they really kidding us all - "all our haying needs for only $12K??"
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 16:43:16 GMT
I am making hay now, no baler. Just mow with my Merry tiller mower and rake with an old wooden rake. Pack in barn by walking on it. Beautiful hay this year....James
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Post by Ken on May 27, 2015 17:36:22 GMT
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Post by Ken on May 27, 2015 18:57:05 GMT
She definitely has some skill with that pitchfork.
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Post by Jolly on May 28, 2015 10:42:00 GMT
I thought it was interesting they mentioned leaving the last cutting in the field. Down here, we can get three pretty good cuttings. I wonder what the hay lost vs. time saved ratio is on leaving that last cutting.
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Post by mollymckee on May 28, 2015 15:05:52 GMT
The only one making money buying one of those little balers is the guy that makes them. You can buy a decent used tractor, mower, rake and baler for that amount of money, at least around here. Why you would want to buy one of those little balers, I don't know. Selling cute little bales and stacking them are both going to be a problem.
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Post by jupiter on May 28, 2015 18:30:07 GMT
Our big baler has the option to make smaller bales. Our square baler does too.
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