There must be a massive market for small squares. These bales must be shipped across the entire country to fill a need. Storage sheds to hold these bales must be massive. Great video!
We bale between 55-65,000 small squares of straw and sell them all before January. We also bale between 400-500 big round bales of straw every year and sell every one of them.
With all that equipment in the fields Mike, you had to be busier than a" one arm paper hanger". Great job though. I was not aware that big of farm operations existed in Ohio.
0:10:50 if people are wondering why he's cutting up into "nowhere", he's going opposite the crush direction of the tracked combine to lift its tracks into sellable straw. I know you don't wanna edit and re-upload for it but a plackard/tag would be handy to this point, Mike. This only happens when you're selling straw AND using a stripping head. According to WTFarmGirl's viewers, those little CaseIH are about 70hp short of being able to operate those balers... horrifying... lol. I've always loved the fact that where Arcusin uses 10 hydropneumatic motion actions to turn the bale the Bale Barron just uses a turntable.
I would guess Case IH. I didn't see their combines when I was here as they were done harvesting. Hopefully next year I can get the combines in the video too
I wonder why they didn’t combine the wind row at the end with one next to it, Seems like at every turn around the equipment was destroying that wind row. I understand it would have been larger that the other rows which could have been compensated for in speed. Just wondering!
WOW - That is quite an operation they have going on there, wonder where they are selling all this wheat straw? Back on our dairy we would bale maybe 200 bales of wheat straw each summer (for bedding hay) but these guys are on an entirely different level. I understand they are clearing the field before no-tilling in the soybeans but the cost of baling that straw isn't cheap on fuel + machinery and man hours. Never seen one of those Bale Baron machines before. Thanks Mike - Awesome long video!
Do you have any idea which is the most economical way to harvest straw- Like crossroad farm do with x9 who takes all the straw through the combine, or like this use a stripperhead and swap the straw saparate. How common are stripperheads in usa?
It seems a lot more complicated using a small square baler and a bale baron, than just using a big square baler. Less moving parts and the end result bales are approx the same size.
@@snekkerenp8036the markets for big and small square bales are completely different. Small squares can be sold to customers that can’t/don’t want to handle large bales. Small square bales are sold at feed stores and co-ops a lot.
We run two balers and one baron. The balers can start about 9:30-10:00 depending on the dew. The baron will come to the field about noon and will be caught up to them by 2:30-3:00.
So I watched the entire video to see if you would answer my question. To start, I am not a hater or keyboard warrior, just never seen a set up like this before. Why run the bale baron? Why not just run a big baler? They are already running more hp and more hydrolic pressure to tandem the bale baron.
$200 a hour should cover the cost of the tractor baler and barron. At nearly a 1000 bales ber hour out of the Marcrest 210 theirs not really a lot of cost per bale to bale it.
Someone teach that JCB guy some technique. Animal. His stacks are embarrassing. Use the ones you have to nudge/square up next bundle and always have forks tilted forward when spiking so you are already tight at top when ya crowd back. Hard to watch a lazy operator like that. Other than that, awesome kit.
Incredible work! Your editing and storytelling keep me coming back every time! Keep it up!
Always cool to see the skill of experienced loader operators!
Those bale barons are a superb peice of kit 👌🏻
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MACHINES!!!!!
Beautiful harvest, good health
Love these hour+ videos with all the different equipment in the fields. Keep it up, Mike!
Very impressive operation!
Thanks a lot for the video! 👍🏻😊
Hello from California thank you for your videos Mike Less you are the best
Fantastic footage once again Mike
The opening shot of that beautiful country, wonderful! Great video, enjoyed watching all those different machines in action. Regards from Down Under.
What a big baling fleet👍😁 cool to see someone making so many small squares😉👍 thanks for the awesome video Mike👍👍
Great video Mike
nice views, awesome farm machines. greetings from germany 👋
Another great video i could watch all day thanks for sharing
There must be a massive market for small squares. These bales must be shipped across the entire country to fill a need. Storage sheds to hold these bales must be massive. Great video!
We bale between 55-65,000 small squares of straw and sell them all before January. We also bale between 400-500 big round bales of straw every year and sell every one of them.
@@gregjames5070 thank you. Appreciate your info .
It is good to see you back for another season They have a great bunch of equipmentnoo wasted motions
Great video Mike I love seeing those red tractors and the balers and the bale barons , I've never seen those machines before !!!
Now that’s some serious straw baling !!!
With all that equipment in the fields Mike, you had to be busier than a" one arm paper hanger". Great job though. I was not aware that big of farm operations existed in Ohio.
That made a pretty awesome video, lots of content.
Great video Mike. The hour didn't bother me had my right knee replaced last week so it was a win win
Fly your drone low and check out those long needles on the Bale Baron. Those things are impressive.
Great video long but great
Happy to see no John Deere at this farm. And God bless all the farmers around the world.
You have some great videos
This is an insane amount of equipment. Wow
Never though I spend an hour watching straw being baled but that was a mighty fine hour of my life.
@@GaryHiggins-d6k I did the same. Lol ❤️
That is a lot of balers and straw. Holy cow. 😮
Amazing video
You might say those Bale Barons are Bale Balers? Great video Mike. Wow lots going on there!
0:10:50 if people are wondering why he's cutting up into "nowhere", he's going opposite the crush direction of the tracked combine to lift its tracks into sellable straw.
I know you don't wanna edit and re-upload for it but a plackard/tag would be handy to this point, Mike. This only happens when you're selling straw AND using a stripping head.
According to WTFarmGirl's viewers, those little CaseIH are about 70hp short of being able to operate those balers... horrifying... lol.
I've always loved the fact that where Arcusin uses 10 hydropneumatic motion actions to turn the bale the Bale Barron just uses a turntable.
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that marcrest baler is a beast
very good video
The engine sound is really powerful
i love this machine
Good video.
You are very good.......wow
And mat grass seed was new and WOW. BUT add a trailer loader be pretty cool.
Great video! I learned a lot, but I wonder if there’s an easier way to do this.
Hi Mike excellent video curiosity has got the better of me what type of combine harvesters has this farm got?
I would guess Case IH. I didn't see their combines when I was here as they were done harvesting. Hopefully next year I can get the combines in the video too
Why form small square bails into large square bails? Another great video, thanks Mike!
Handling purposes I'm assuming
Must be a big farming operation to have access to this equipment.
video beatiful
I like Mike less videos on RUclips from the imperial county California 👍🇺🇲
I wonder why they didn’t combine the wind row at the end with one next to it, Seems like at every turn around the equipment was destroying that wind row. I understand it would have been larger that the other rows which could have been compensated for in speed. Just wondering!
They sure like John Deere!
What brand of combines do they run? Case IH I assume? With Reynolds stripper headers?
WOW - That is quite an operation they have going on there, wonder where they are selling all this wheat straw? Back on our dairy we would bale maybe 200 bales of wheat straw each summer (for bedding hay) but these guys are on an entirely different level. I understand they are clearing the field before no-tilling in the soybeans but the cost of baling that straw isn't cheap on fuel + machinery and man hours. Never seen one of those Bale Baron machines before. Thanks Mike - Awesome long video!
We bale 55-65,000 small squares every year. Most of them go to construction and landscaping companies.
@@gregjames5070 Cool, I didn't think about construction and landscaping, makes sense and its making you some $$ !
Our straw is certified weed free and we make more money off of it than the grain itself.
Do you have any idea which is the most economical way to harvest straw- Like crossroad farm do with x9 who takes all the straw through the combine, or like this use a stripperhead and swap the straw saparate. How common are stripperheads in usa?
Curious who were the largest customers for the straw?
Bedding for dairy cattle and construction projects as both insulation during foundation work and as cover for newly seeded grass, erosion deterents.
Wow Mike how many acres did they have to bale up straw?
Despite all the power the Big Old Case and the fastrac are crawling as slow as the little deutz.
That one marcrest baler puts out almost double what the 2 1840 masseys do
I was told it can bale up to 1000 bales an hour. It even has a reverser on it if you plug it. Definitely an impressive machine
@@farmhandmike the throughput is staggering, almost what a big square baler can bale in a day.
Good video Mike, is the JCB’s from American Equipment? Sorry to hear about your loss, condolences to you and your family ❤
Lots of money there, but nice vid.
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It seems a lot more complicated using a small square baler and a bale baron, than just using a big square baler. Less moving parts and the end result bales are approx the same size.
Not everyone wants big squares!!!🤡
@@gregjames5070 But they are basically using them the same way
@@snekkerenp8036the markets for big and small square bales are completely different. Small squares can be sold to customers that can’t/don’t want to handle large bales. Small square bales are sold at feed stores and co-ops a lot.
@@snekkerenp8036 Yeah, its normally horse people that want small bales. No idea why, but they do.
How does that bale Barron get it’s power? Is there a pto shaft from out the back of the baler ?
Hydraulics off of the tractor.
Hydraulic pump that runs off the baler pto. We have one.
What is the selling price of straw out there?
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Why do they run one bale baron without a bailer in front of it picking up bails off the ground?
That one pull behind baron was keeping up with two balers.
We run two balers and one baron. The balers can start about 9:30-10:00 depending on the dew. The baron will come to the field about noon and will be caught up to them by 2:30-3:00.
How many thousand small bales? That’s a lot of money in straw bales. I’ve been giving $8-9 dollars a bale for 3-4 years.
So I watched the entire video to see if you would answer my question. To start, I am not a hater or keyboard warrior, just never seen a set up like this before.
Why run the bale baron? Why not just run a big baler? They are already running more hp and more hydrolic pressure to tandem the bale baron.
$300/ton Straw is the only way to pay for that rig.
$200 a hour should cover the cost of the tractor baler and barron. At nearly a 1000 bales ber hour out of the Marcrest 210 theirs not really a lot of cost per bale to bale it.
One word, "Hydroponic"
That's cheating with Small Squares. it should require many hands loading them when we don't want to. I wish we had that when I was growing up.
Someone teach that JCB guy some technique. Animal. His stacks are embarrassing. Use the ones you have to nudge/square up next bundle and always have forks tilted forward when spiking so you are already tight at top when ya crowd back. Hard to watch a lazy operator like that.
Other than that, awesome kit.