Moisture Meters

[GAM]

Reading some of the hay making post, a lot of you state the moisture of your hay, what meters/tester do you use or recommend?
IE: I assume when using a handheld meter you test the bales as they fall out of the baler?
Or fixed in the chamber type?
Greatly appreciate which is the best for ease of use and consistency?

 

[Bald Rick]

Pfft. I reckon most are just chewing on a stalk and guessing. Or at best sticking a finger in to a bale..... and guessing

 

[Yale]

@Derrick Hughes

 

[Vincent]

Delmhorst with the in chamber pads. They are a guide only.

 

[A Sales representative]

Reading some of the hay making post, a lot of you state the moisture of your hay, what meters/tester do you use or recommend?
IE: I assume when using a handheld meter you test the bales as they fall out of the baler?
Or fixed in the chamber type?
Greatly appreciate which is the best for ease of use and consistency?

Evening if you would like to have a chat about moisture sensors I’m more than happy to answer questions please feel free to message me. Regards Martin

 

[Derrick Hughes]

@Derrick Hughes

They wont want to hear what i have to say ,

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Reading some of the hay making post, a lot of you state the moisture of your hay, what meters/tester do you use or recommend?
IE: I assume when using a handheld meter you test the bales as they fall out of the baler?
Or fixed in the chamber type?
Greatly appreciate which is the best for ease of use and consistency?

But i will say it anyway
You may as well ask Boris Johnson to stick his fingur in your hay as stick a hand held meter in it , and if anyone says dif they are wrong

 

[Boohoo]

How can a baler mounted moisture meter be accurate in hay when any moisture is trapped in the stem?

 

[shumungus]

But i will say it anyway
You may as well ask Boris Johnson to stick his fingur in your hay as stick a hand held meter in it , and if anyone says dif they are wrong

Why?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Why?

Read the post above you . Re locked up in the stem ,
Bale Moisture Man says he has a baler mounted one that can detect locked up moisture . This i wont agrue with , but that aint a hand held . Have you never heard of winter barley burning a shed down when it came in a 10% on a hand held meter

 

[GAM]

But i will say it anyway
You may as well ask Boris Johnson to stick his fingur in your hay as stick a hand held meter in it , and if anyone says dif they are wrong

Well, thats great Derrick, so from your experience is there anyway I can check the moisture content?

 

[Chae1]

Evening if you would like to have a chat about moisture sensors I’m more than happy to answer questions please feel free to message me. Regards Martin

Do you do a bluetooth connected moisture metre for square balers? How much are they?

I have a hand held one but would prefer to stay in seat.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Well, thats great Derrick, so from your experience is there anyway I can check the moisture content?

If its a small bale weigh it , but you will know by lifting it . When i used to walk home from School , back in the days when a lot of hay was made in small bales i used to hop over the hedge if someone had baled . Even at ten i could tell in 2 mins if it was not fit by just lifting the bale and feeling the presure on the strings

 

[yellowbelly]

is there anyway I can check the moisture content?

Yeah, but it takes years of practice and you don't get a 'readout'

 

[Al R]

Yeah, but it takes years of practice and you don't get a 'readout'

When you know you know

 

[DanniAgro]

Yeah, but it takes years of practice and you don't get a 'readout'

Exactly - how did our fathers and grandfathers make hay? How did the poor dears not burn down every barn without the miracle of electronics to guide their ignorant haymaking?

 

[yellowbelly]

Exactly - how did our fathers and grandfathers make hay? How did the poor dears not burn down every barn without the miracle of electronics to guide their ignorant haymaking?

It needs to 'rattle' when you shake it in the swath and you should bale some sunshine into every bale

 

[Boohoo]

Looking at the cut side of a conventional bale will tell you whether you should keep baling or go home. The rest of the bale may look fine but only the cut side tells the truth.

 

[GAM]

From my post on Moisture Meters, am I right to say, no one has any idea of the moisture in their bales hay?

All I was asking is, whats the best way to check the moisture?

That someone who Im sure is going to post shortly in the future "I baled today, the hay was 14%" can you please enlighten me on how you got that reading!

 

[MrNoo]

Thought a lot of these fancy new balers have a moisture meter on the baler itself, shows the moisture on the box in the cab