One busy day baling

[Robert_in_NY]

Spent all of yesterday baling hay. Baled 2,550 small square bales just yesterday. Never got much of a break as wagons were coming and going non stop for 6 hours till one of my customers were done. We sent out 18 loads, most in the 8x18's and some in the 9x18 but only two in the old wood rack as it had the furthest to go and longest time to unload so no sense sending the big wagons. Here are a few pictures.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

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[Robert_in_NY]

This is from the day before but shows the TN standing proud in front of a very short days work. There is around 420 bales on these three wagons.

 

[Egon]

Robert:

My back gets sore just looking at those bales. But sure do miss the smell.

May the crop be bountifull.

Egon

 

[Birdhunter1]

Farmers use to love me, when I was in high school our football team would work out at about 5:30 am and by 8 we'd be done. A few of us would head out to the farm, or neighboring farms, and would work all day picking up hay. we would have been [censored] if they would have got machinery like that, it would have taken our jobs away. We had a blast doing it and we'd make a few bucks to spend. Looks like you put up a lot of hay and of course I bet it would be hard to get enough labor to help nowadays in most parts of the US?

 

[slowzuki]

We had a fun day yesterday and the day before too, not so many bales as we started at 4:30 and the dew set a bit before 7. About 700 bales on the 2 days.

 

[slowzuki]

We were working fields on our own property, unfortunately their yields have fallen very low, only about 70 bales/acre. A lot of evergreens pioneering in on the sides. It needs a heavy liming and fertilizing.

 

[slowzuki]

Some nice shaped bales out of the 336, the hay was a touch too dry as the stems were breaking alot, made for much chaff.

 

[slowzuki]

Had a classic 1/2 ton loaded up, it's name is Roy, I think Gary said they had 58 bales on it? Most I've ever had on a 1/2 ton was 92 or something like that but we piled on teh cab too!

 

[RobS]

For some reason baling hay and digging with a backhoe are both very appealing activities. Not sure why but I'd like to do more of both. Looks like you had a great day Robert, thanks for the pictures /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Ledgemere Farm]

My brother-in-law has the same baler. He has two, actually. How many bales do you usually do each year? I heard my brother-in-law say they did something like 14,000 and some change last year. Been really wet this year though, so it's been a struggle to get out there. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Robert_in_NY]

This is my first year of baling. Been around it my whole life but never actually owned the equipment. I bought the 575 so that I would never have a problem baling hay in a short time frame. I put out about 9-10 bales a minute depending on the windrow. Overall I have baled up around 7000 bales so far. I lost a lot of hay due to an unscheduled rain storm that lasted 2 weeks. I have to start 2nd cutting at the farm and do up a couple other fields for round bales still. I will have about 9-10k bales thru this baler by the end of the year if the weather lets me.

My biggest problem right now is that my TN is a little undersized to take full advantage of the 575. I am hoping to get a TS-A this spring if the wallet allows. Maybe NH will have a deal where you can buy a new tractor and discbine and save a bunch of money. Might force my hand a bit /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Looks like you were having fun there. Those are some nice bales. I was having a lot of fun baling as the wind was 10-15mph and was doing a good job of blowing the chaff thru the station on the tractor during the long runs. Had no choice though as rain was forcasted and there was very little dew in the morning so we got started early.

 

[Ledgemere Farm]

I have heard (from sevreral) that New Holland has the best Big Tractor out there right now. i know some people who have traded in fairly new JDs for NH! Nice rig. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Robert_in_NY]

They are all nice. I have a great NH dealer and am trying to stick with them but I also have a good Valtra dealer and you have no idea how much I would like to give their new C series a try (in blue of course). JD has nice tractors but are out of my way where as the NH and Valtra dealers I drive by everyday and stop and visit with on a regular basis.

 

[slowzuki]

Ok, I feel better now! The best I've done with the JD336 is a bale every 6 seconds but it makes terrible bales doing that, only like 5 flakes in the bale. Normally I get a bale every 10 s. Last night I got 215 bales in an 45 min.

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( This is my first year of baling. Been around it my whole life but never actually owned the equipment. I bought the 575 so that I would never have a problem baling hay in a short time frame. I put out about 9-10 bales a minute depending on the windrow. )</font>

 

[Cliff_Johns]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( For some reason baling hay and digging with a backhoe are both very appealing activities. Not sure why but I'd like to do more of both. )</font>

I don't understand it either, but I feel the same way.
Cliff

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Thanks for posting the pictures. Always fun to see tractors (and bailers) in action.
Cliff