Bale Wrap

[Derrick Hughes]

If I put 8 layers on how many bales will a 750 roll do, newish welger good 4ft bales, 6 layers is doing about 18

 

[Netherfield]

13.5

 

[Henarar]

20

 

[Tullyvernon]

13.5

Sounds about right

Has anyone found any advantage in going for the 8 layers? sounds expensive...

 

[sleepy]

If I put 8 layers on how many bales will a 750 roll do, newish welger good 4ft bales, 6 layers is doing about 18

On a 80x70x120 bale a 750mm roll will do about 17 bales. No idea about round ones

 

[Derrick Hughes]

About a £ more than 6 layers then

 

[sleepy]

About a £ more than 6 layers then

If you sell it for horses it's a no brainer.

 

[KMA]

While there's a huge difference between 2+2 and 2+2+2, I'm not sure there's enough advantage adding yet another couple of layers unless they're going to be handled a lot. had a go with some pre-stretched film last year, wasn't overly impressed. Just about though our first pallet of Claas stuff this year with few problems some rolls have thin bits at the very start of the roll but once past that it goes well.

 

[sleepy]

While there's a huge difference between 2+2 and 2+2+2, I'm not sure there's enough advantage adding yet another couple of layers unless they're going to be handled a lot. had a go with some pre-stretched film last year, wasn't overly impressed. Just about though our first pallet of Claas stuff this year with few problems some rolls have thin bits at the very start of the roll but once past that it goes well.

Are you wrapping small bales?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

If you sell it for horses it's a no brainer.

Have gone with 8, got to drive these cowboys into touch

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Spot on, the horses will love this!

 

[shazza]

Did you get my pm forage trader?

 

[sleepy]

Spot on, the horses will love this!

I usually find the moisture meter tells me lies probing them straight after they are baled, if you probe them again in a weeks time the moisture will have gone up 15%.

My Delmahurst meter was saying 20% the other day, I gave it the aga test and the scales told me it was 50% moisture.

 

[Bullring]

I thought you hated round bales, or is that just straw? With 4 layers you should be doing 32 to a roll so for 8 layers you should be getting 16. I put 6 layers on this year and got around 22-23 to a roll, don't see you will be getting much more from putting 8 vs 6 layers on..

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I thought you hated round bales, or is that just straw? With 4 layers you should be doing 32 to a roll so for 8 layers you should be getting 16. I put 6 layers on this year and got around 22-23 to a roll, don't see you will be getting much more from putting 8 vs 6 layers on..

Spot on 16 bales, can't shift square haylage here

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I usually find the moisture meter tells me lies probing them straight after they are baled, if you probe them again in a weeks time the moisture will have gone up 15%.

My Delmahurst meter was saying 20% the other day, I gave it the aga test and the scales told me it was 50% moisture.

It will go up I'm sure, it's a day off hay which is how I always bale it, it so happens when I stick the meter in after its baled that day of hay calculation always gives me between 20 and 30

 

[KMA]

Are you wrapping small bales?

we wrap both wee square and round but only round so far this year, small squares will kick off in a couple of weeks.

 

[DeeGee]

I thought you hated round bales, or is that just straw? With 4 layers you should be doing 32 to a roll so for 8 layers you should be getting 16. I put 6 layers on this year and got around 22-23 to a roll, don't see you will be getting much more from putting 8 vs 6 layers on..

We always seem to get about 24 bales from 6 wraps on a Welger 220; thought just 18 bales on 6 wraps was very low?

 

[Henarar]

We always seem to get about 24 bales from 6 wraps on a Welger 220; thought just 18 bales on 6 wraps was very low?

How many turns round the bale is that ?

 

[KMA]

We find anything from 21-24 bales at 2+2+2 (22 turns) depending on the make of wrap so I'd reckon at 2+2+2+2 (29 turns) you're looking at 15-18 bales/roll