I watched your video and remembered when I was a kid in the 60's and 70's that most of the farmers used square balers and they made a 60 to 70 lb. bales. I worked as a teenager on haying crews in the summer and picked them up out of the field and put them into the hay loft and made pretty good money that way. Some of the farmers including one of my uncles used a small round baler that made bales of about 50 lbs. They were not as critical to put under cover as the square bales but were not as robust as the square ones, they would fall apart with very much handling. I know the round bales could be kept outside and not lose nutritional value like the square bales, most farmers would stack the round ones and cover with tarps. Still used manpower to move and stack, but it can't be much cheaper to use all the equipment that is used now with the cost of fuel and parts and time to repair them. Do you have a problem with finding people to do the agriculture work now, we didn't when I was a teenager, high schools were full of willing workers?
Yea that was before "lazy parents" handed their "cry-baby" children the "numb-tendo" or "baby-doll" Cellular phoney. Ya just can't teach anybody ANYTHING by pacifing them---except to be LAZY.
I'm just an casual observer---- The big issue with making hay always seems to have been how to do it efficiently. Square bails were more efficient to handle and store than loose hay. Round bails of five-six foot diameters, were more efficient to handle than square bails. But what is the advantage of small round bails? I'm guessing that the principle advantage is that they can be used with much smaller tractors, and that justifies their inefficiency compared with large round bails. Also---- who can imagine what will produce the next generation of increased hay handling efficiency ----beyond big round bails?
Thanks for your response. These small round bales are certainly easier to handle. It was also doable for me to be able to make these with a small tractor and this was only possible with this small press. The small baler takes less space in winter storage.
Thanks for the video Johan. Nice to see. A question for you. How heavy are the bales that the baler produces?
I watched your video and remembered when I was a kid in the 60's and 70's that most of the farmers used square balers and they made a 60 to 70 lb. bales. I worked as a teenager on haying crews in the summer and picked them up out of the field and put them into the hay loft and made pretty good money that way. Some of the farmers including one of my uncles used a small round baler that made bales of about 50 lbs. They were not as critical to put under cover as the square bales but were not as robust as the square ones, they would fall apart with very much handling. I know the round bales could be kept outside and not lose nutritional value like the square bales, most farmers would stack the round ones and cover with tarps. Still used manpower to move and stack, but it can't be much cheaper to use all the equipment that is used now with the cost of fuel and parts and time to repair them. Do you have a problem with finding people to do the agriculture work now, we didn't when I was a teenager, high schools were full of willing workers?
Yea that was before "lazy parents" handed their "cry-baby" children the "numb-tendo" or "baby-doll" Cellular phoney. Ya just can't teach anybody ANYTHING by pacifing them---except to be LAZY.
John, I have been thinking of get something like tis and would like your thoughts on the three pieces. Thank you
Hi Bob, thanks for your response. What would you like to know?
You would never get away with cutting corners like that with my old sickle bar mower ,instant Plug.
Cool, beatiful video
Hi, where did you get that side wheels to move that hay from sides to the baler?
Selfmade 😉
That tractor needs a bigger baleler.
I'm just an casual observer----
The big issue with making hay always seems to have been how to do it efficiently.
Square bails were more efficient to handle and store than loose hay. Round bails of five-six foot diameters, were more efficient to handle than square bails.
But what is the advantage of small round bails? I'm guessing that the principle advantage is that they can be used with much smaller tractors, and that justifies their inefficiency compared with large round bails.
Also---- who can imagine what will produce the next generation of increased hay handling efficiency ----beyond big round bails?
Thanks for your response. These small round bales are certainly easier to handle. It was also doable for me to be able to make these with a small tractor and this was only possible with this small press. The small baler takes less space in winter storage.
What’s the point of mini round bales? Why not have a conventional (small) baler and make small square bales?
Where did you get the gathering wheels for that
Self made with rubber
Pickup needs set, doesn’t pick clean
Seems like an awful lot of string for such a tiny bale.