Drying hay

[billboy 1]

In the past I've used vertical pedestals and lishman fans to help cool hay just wondered whether using these horizontally and blowing air through something like 6 inch draining pipe might be a better idea any other ideas welcome

 

[Drillman]

Just wrap it all. Anyone still making hay in our climate nowadays either wants a medal or committing to a mental home!

 

[7610 super q]

Trouble is.....selling haylage is a bit like trying to sell snow to Eskimos. Everyone and their uncle will be wrapping it....then there's competing with those selling silage for £6/ bale.

 

[billboy 1]

Lol I do wrap 75% but have good demand for hay too

 

[snipe]

when stacking leave a gap of a couple of inches between inside bales on bottom layer to create a few channels under the stack. into one of these channels put a konskild blower pipe and then stack bales to seal it in. when finished connect blower, acts like an on floor dryer.

 

[Lincsman]

In the past I've used vertical pedestals and lishman fans to help cool hay just wondered whether using these horizontally and blowing air through something like 6 inch draining pipe might be a better idea any other ideas welcome

You could bale it when its dry?

 

[D C]

You could bale it when its dry?

I might try that next time theres any hay weather! Last lot was a day short really

 

[billboy 1]

You could bale it when its dry?

There's always one

 

[Flat 10]

5 bar gates can be used to create a bigger tunnel.....

 

[billboy 1]

I was thinking along the lines of drainage pipe with the ends blocked off arranged in a herringbone pattern following cracks in big bales and then forcing air through ?

 

[Flat 10]

I was thinking along the lines of drainage pipe with the ends blocked off arranged in a herringbone pattern following cracks in big bales and then forcing air through ?

It's really hard to get much air through big bales. It just goes round them. If you build the stack carefully you can probably blow a row at a time without pipes

 

[billboy 1]

An observation from last year when the bales are a bit sweaty the heat escapes up between cracks obviously better not to stack in that case but needs must sometimes

 

[Flat 10]

An observation from last year when the bales are a bit sweaty the heat escapes up between cracks obviously better not to stack in that case but needs must sometimes

Are you using proprionic acid?

 

[Flat 10]

An observation from last year when the bales are a bit sweaty the heat escapes up between cracks obviously better not to stack in that case but needs must sometimes

If you have a fan and narrow the gap between bales as you increase the height blowing it will force the sweaty air out

 

[jondear]

You could bale it when its dry?

That's what I thought ! unless you want fireman Sam to visit!

 

[Flat 10]

People who have never made big bale hay, don't realise how much drier it has to be

 

[Clever Dic]

Need more than a bloody fan at the moment unless 1 of Sir Christopher Cockerell's .

 

[joe soapy]

It's really hard to get much air through big bales. It just goes round them. If you build the stack carefully you can probably blow a row at a time without pipes

round bales , not easy and best left to cure in field.
big square bales are easy and dry well with a fan

 

[Mursal]

They nearly want you to split every bale in half before buying, if its wrapped.
Hard to get good hay in a wet year ...........

 

[billboy 1]

Are you using proprionic acid?

No