horses and silage
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Ok it's just one bale stacked on top of the other one? I can see where that would shed water. The one on the bottom would get hardly any water at all on it. The on the top the bottom would stay good and keep water off the bottom bale. I have seen that done before.
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It actually does some good? Seems like the bottom bale would just soak up water. I can see the top one shedding water, but it seems like the bottom one would just be trapped between the wet ground and the wet bale on top.
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SHF,
If those are good bales and layed on their side like it will shed most all the water except for just a little on the outside. I doubt that bottom bale would ever see any water from the top one. When I feed mine, even ones left out for over a year, all that is no good is only maybe a couple inches. With the wrap on them it's all good, pretty much.
If those are good bales and layed on their side like it will shed most all the water except for just a little on the outside. I doubt that bottom bale would ever see any water from the top one. When I feed mine, even ones left out for over a year, all that is no good is only maybe a couple inches. With the wrap on them it's all good, pretty much.
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I'd heard that the round bales shed water pretty good, I guess I just never considered using one as a roof. Next question. A bale spear would lift the top bale into place, but isn't it a bit of a job to stand the bottom bale on it's end?
SHF
I'd heard that the round bales shed water pretty good, I guess I just never considered using one as a roof. Next question. A bale spear would lift the top bale into place, but isn't it a bit of a job to stand the bottom bale on it's end?
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<font color=blue>isn't it a bit of a job to stand the bottom bale on it's end?</font color=blue>
That's the easiest part./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Folks around here always stand them on end when they feed them anyway. The bale spear, forks, or even just a bucket on a front end loader can left one end and stand it right up onto it's other end. I've even done that with a B7100 that couldn't even think about picking one up./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
That's the easiest part./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Folks around here always stand them on end when they feed them anyway. The bale spear, forks, or even just a bucket on a front end loader can left one end and stand it right up onto it's other end. I've even done that with a B7100 that couldn't even think about picking one up./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
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Bird,
Just seems like it would roll around alot. I did, however, see something somewhere about an "unroller" that hooks to the 3 point. Grab the bale, slice the ties and drive away. It's supposed to unroll the bale like a mat.
SHF
Just seems like it would roll around alot. I did, however, see something somewhere about an "unroller" that hooks to the 3 point. Grab the bale, slice the ties and drive away. It's supposed to unroll the bale like a mat.
SHF
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Yep, SHF, most folks around here just stand a bale on end and remove the wrap or twine. Some just leave them open and some have the big metal rings they place around them so the livestock can't trample so much hay. And I've seen those unrollers, but don't personally know anyone who's using one. I have known of a neighbor unrolling bales by hand; that'll get you some exercise./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif I know because a couple of times when I was baling hay and something went wrong with a partially completed bale in the baler, I've dumped it without tying it, unrolled it, and started over./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif Lots of fun and wasted time./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif