stuckmotor
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- Sep 23, 2009
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- Lower Up State S.C.
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- AC WD 34 hp/3500 lbs MF 261 60 hp/5380 lbs
My neighbor baled his irrigated alfalfa 3-twine, 100-120 lb bales. His customers complained about the weight so he changed to 2-twine 45-55 lb bales. Even then he was losing money what with the cost of consumables (irrigation water, fuel, fertilizer, etc). So he ripped his fields last fall, leveled them and planted a plum tree orchard for prunes (aka dried plums) last month. Sunsweet pays better than the alfalfa buyers.
If 3 twine balers are used around here, they must be well hidden because I've never seen one. I knew there had to be at least one in California because, I've seen the bales on TV.