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Contractors baler not baling bales properly
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<blockquote data-quote="box" data-source="post: 7649767" data-attributes="member: 123958"><p>Evening</p><p>As I chew through my winter supply of wrapped baleage, I'm running into a lot of problem bales which are a nightmare to unwrap in one piece, often ending up with bits of wrap and strands of net tangled up between the layers of silage. I guess what I want to know is, how well do balers actually work? How consistent should the end product be? What's "normal"? My thinking is that every bale should be almost perfect and a modern baler is idiot proof if it's set up and working properly....or am I expecting too much?</p><p></p><p>Issues are:</p><p>-Layers of silage between layers of wrap</p><p>-Layers of silage between layers of net</p><p>-Layers of net tangled in between layers of wrap</p><p>-Cone shaped bales which have lots of silage bunched up on one end and net all bunched up on the other end</p><p>-Bales coming out of the baler with massive holes torn in the wrap, usually near the edge. Not too many of these fortunately.</p><p></p><p>Raked with big tractor and 2 or 4 rotor rake, baled with massive tractors with Krone, Kuhn and McHale combis. Worst bales seem to be coming out of the Kuhn. Not chopped.</p><p></p><p>Last year I had them mow, rake, bale and stack, the mowers left half the paddock behind, the stackers ripped holes in every third bale. This year I had them rake and bale only, and they've made a bit of a mess of that too. Tempted to change to a different contractor, maybe I'm being a bit picky. Maybe they had inexperienced drivers because COVID. It's not like I know anything about balers. </p><p></p><p>Thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="box, post: 7649767, member: 123958"] Evening As I chew through my winter supply of wrapped baleage, I'm running into a lot of problem bales which are a nightmare to unwrap in one piece, often ending up with bits of wrap and strands of net tangled up between the layers of silage. I guess what I want to know is, how well do balers actually work? How consistent should the end product be? What's "normal"? My thinking is that every bale should be almost perfect and a modern baler is idiot proof if it's set up and working properly....or am I expecting too much? Issues are: -Layers of silage between layers of wrap -Layers of silage between layers of net -Layers of net tangled in between layers of wrap -Cone shaped bales which have lots of silage bunched up on one end and net all bunched up on the other end -Bales coming out of the baler with massive holes torn in the wrap, usually near the edge. Not too many of these fortunately. Raked with big tractor and 2 or 4 rotor rake, baled with massive tractors with Krone, Kuhn and McHale combis. Worst bales seem to be coming out of the Kuhn. Not chopped. Last year I had them mow, rake, bale and stack, the mowers left half the paddock behind, the stackers ripped holes in every third bale. This year I had them rake and bale only, and they've made a bit of a mess of that too. Tempted to change to a different contractor, maybe I'm being a bit picky. Maybe they had inexperienced drivers because COVID. It's not like I know anything about balers. Thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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