Hay operation using Gc2610

   / Hay operation using Gc2610 #11  
At $15K for a baler to bale mini bales, I think it outrageously priced. For that amount, one could buy a used old iron tractor and a used square baler and rake and sickle bar cutter.
I would have to agree on that one as well!
 
   / Hay operation using Gc2610 #12  
There is a company in Pa that makes horse drawn equipment, J&K or something like that, that sells a trailer type sickle bar pto mower that would work well. If you mounted a weighted barrel on your front end loader, hung it from chains ect. to press down the windrow as you bail the hay with a round bailer it just might work and would prob. feed better. I gave a GC2400 and have just figured that might work.
 
   / Hay operation using Gc2610 #13  
How much hay could you buy for $15k?
 
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#14  
I know it does come down to dollars and cents.15k is alot. I was just wondering if it has been done by anyone on the forum. A cost analysis would have to be done for hay in my area and the demand for the smaller bales.
 
   / Hay operation using Gc2610 #15  
If you take your time and shop right, a person could buy a complete set of older used equipment including a tractor large enough to handle it for 15k.

I was at an auction last summer that a guy could have done it all in one shot. Watched a 65 horse massy loader tractor go for 5500 bucks, the haybine went for about two grand, rake went for a hundred bucks, and the round and square balers each went for a touch over 2000 bucks. All older, but working equipment.

In addition you would get your hay done in probably a fifth of the time that it would take with that little tractor and baler. Food for thought.
 
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#16  
If you take your time and shop right, a person could buy a complete set of older used equipment including a tractor large enough to handle it for 15k.

I was at an auction last summer that a guy could have done it all in one shot. Watched a 65 horse massy loader tractor go for 5500 bucks, the haybine went for about two grand, rake went for a hundred bucks, and the round and square balers each went for a touch over 2000 bucks. All older, but working equipment.

In addition you would get your hay done in probably a fifth of the time that it would take with that little tractor and baler. Food for thought.

All good advice. thanks
 
   / Hay operation using Gc2610 #17  
I don't what all you do with your current tractor but you could sell it and buy a larger tractor and then buy some used hay equipment.
 

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