Baling corn stalks

[southerndeere]

I've baled corn stalks with my JD 467 with no problems. I cut the stalks with a 15 ft batwing and then raked then with a 14 wheel rake. I've heard baling stalks causes premature wear but my baler still bales hay just fine at 17,000 plus bales.

We never baled corn stalks but I know people that do. And they do it exactly how u explained except for using a batwing. Both the farmers I know use a crop shredder flail moweran chop it very fine. Never heard it causeing premature ware. I'm sure if u didn't mow it up really well it could do some damage.

 

[Deere14]

We baled stalks with my dads 569 this fall be hard to say about wear anything that moves will wear before he bought the 569 he had a 568 deere and baled stalks and quite a few bales and it would still eat hay. I wouldn't be afraid to try it. As a matter of fact think the guy we baled for used bush hog and then raked into wind rows.

 

[Tx Jim]

My neighbor traded a 468 with 20,000 bales on monitor that he had bought new that had holes worn in the side sheets from baling stalks.

 

[Deere14]

Wow guess would depend on how much you bale stalks we only do it if asked we sold some cornstalk bales used to make product called humos I believe not sure on the spelling but cattle farmer was using it with a tub grinder and using them as filler

 

[Tx Jim]

JD even offers a side sheet repair kit.