Best Bale Size To Sell

[Andrew]

Where are you in the country?

Minis (3x3) good for horsey and sheep people. Not much weight on lorries.
Quads (4x2) densest but some markets won't take them.
Midis (4x3) second densest, everyone takes them, can maximise weights on trucks.
Hesstons (4x4) 3rd densest.

My preference would be Mids, Hesstons, Quads, Minis in that order.

 

[Ukjay]

Best thing for horse customers is ....get someone else to supply them .....you won't regret it !!

I dunno about that. Our previous hay supplier near Leicester said without his horsey folks he would have not been able to grow his business etc and would have struggled through certain times, and he didn't strike me as someone who told porkies.

Yes, there are 'f**ktards biscuits' in the horsey world - but the same can be said for all areas of life... even your industry

 

[Seth470]

What tractor you got

John Deere 2030 , Case 844XLN and a John Deere 6930 which will run it

 

[Seth470]

Where are you in the country?

Minis (3x3) good for horsey and sheep people. Not much weight on lorries.
Quads (4x2) densest but some markets won't take them.
Midis (4x3) second densest, everyone takes them, can maximise weights on trucks.
Hesstons (4x4) 3rd densest.

My preference would be Mids, Hesstons, Quads, Minis in that order.

West Midlands.

 

[Hfd Cattle]

I dunno about that. Our previous hay supplier near Leicester said without his horsey folks he would have not been able to grow his business etc and would have struggled through certain times, and he didn't strike me as someone who told porkies.

Yes, there are 'fudgetards biscuits' in the horsey world - but the same can be said for all areas of life... even your industry

Sightly tongue in cheek

 

[tr250]

John Deere 2030 , Case 844XLN and a John Deere 6930 which will run it

69 will pull a 120x70 steadily just don’t expect to go too fast up hills.
when Dad bought our first big baler a new Holland D710 he went to pick it up on an 885 the dealership laughed and sent him home for a bigger tractor which he wasn’t very pleased at because the big tractor had no air con

 

[bobk]

69 will pull a 120x70 steadily just don’t expect to go too fast up hills.
when Dad bought our first big baler a new Holland D710 he went to pick it up on an 885 the dealership laughed and sent him home for a bigger tractor which he wasn’t very pleased at because the big tractor had no air con

Worth some money that baler now , perfect size for horses / smallholders

 

[7610 super q]

Only square people make square bales.

 

[tr250]

Worth some money that baler now , perfect size for horses / smallholders

Yea couldn’t sell it very well at the time though. He only bought it because he refused to drive a round baler and constantly stop to make the bale he was happy with a conventional knotter maintenance etc. He still does a bit of big baling now he’s 79

 

[Devil's advocate]

So what machine makes the smallest big square bale?

I'm 90% little square bales & 10% round bales (contractor)

Would love to do hay loose, but can't get my head around the costs.

 

[bobk]

So what machine makes the smallest big square bale?

I'm 90% little square bales & 10% round bales (contractor)

Would love to do hay loose, but can't get my head around the costs.

80 X 50 , bloody marvellous things , only do a couple of thou little now . not sure why

 

[Andrew]

So what machine makes the smallest big square bale?

I'm 90% little square bales & 10% round bales (contractor)

Would love to do hay loose, but can't get my head around the costs.

https://www.bigbale.co.uk/BALE%20CHART%202014.pdf

It's a bit old, the Krone 870 Multibale will do 8x 80x70 bales banded together to form an 8ft bale. Personally I'd stick with little bales

 

[Ukjay]

Sightly tongue in cheek

I know, I have gleaned a sense of your direction on the whole, which seems quite well rounded compared to some others

 

[tr250]

If anyone wants to maul quads in to a stable they're welcome to it

I’ve littered plenty of sheep pens with 120x70 bale today why would it be an issue just take a wad at a time. My wife worked on a racing yard they used 120x90s and not very good ones either one or two I saw were like cardboard.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

As not to give away trade Secrets. I suggest full hestons or better still a 700 kg 8 stringer

 

[Ukjay]

My wife worked on a racing yard they used 120x90s and not very good ones either one or two I saw were like cardboard.

But horsey folks just moan don't they... Shame people won't accept that there is some sh!t baled and sold out

 

[4course]

I love selling little bales wether straw hay or haylage though not so keen on getting them in the shed and then wether rounds or what ever size squares prefer selling rounds find the economics of the job i.e.selling not hauling is far better selling/bale than /ton though everything here is weighed as grandad said you stop selling when youve stopped weighing

 

[tr250]

@Ukjay I’d have moaned like hell if I’d have had to spread them as I’d like to think I know the difference between a swath that will clap up in the bale and a dry one. This particular yard has about 1000 acres and it’s their own straw baled by a big contractor who buys most of the straw. Employees just had to put up with it

 

[Ukjay]

@Ukjay I’d have moaned like hell if I’d have had to spread them as I’d like to think I know the difference between a swath that will clap up in the bale and a dry one. This particular yard has about 1000 acres and it’s their own straw baled by a big contractor who buys most of the straw. Employees just had to put up with it

Best not get into the topic of receiving shite hay / haylage variation... Gees, that's a whole other ballgame...

 

[haybob]

Horsey people and farmers.

My baler man runs a quadrant, I once tried some 4ft long bales for horse trade but they didnt stack very well. 5ft are better but I'm on 6ft because they fill my bale trailer better and fits well with my ifor trailer. 6ft is a safe size if I need to spike one to carry down the lane on front of my loader to sheep or horse people.