Must be some money in straw

[Boohoo]

500 an hour?! With a £500 baler? they must be fresh air!

No, solid bales as heavy as you'd want them. No problem doing 500 an hour with an MF 124.

 

[Flat 10]

No, solid bales as heavy as you'd want them. No problem doing 500 an hour with an MF 124.

If you say so. I struggled to average 500 with a welgar 830. 4ft bales though so that's 665 3ft bales.

 

[davidroberts30]

If you say so. I struggled to average 500 with a welgar 830. 4ft bales though so that's 665 3ft bales.

the theoretical maximum of my 276 is 480 a hour, that's a bale every 8 seconds, not including headland turns
ends up about 350 tops a hour

 

[Boohoo]

If you say so. I struggled to average 500 with a welgar 830. 4ft bales though so that's 665 3ft bales.

I thought a Welger 830 would do more than that, or does bale length get inconsistent when you push it too hard?

 

[holywell farmer]

You must take to the stage with jokes like that ,baling straw is a mugs game

Depends how much a contractor bales ?

 

[Flat 10]

I thought a Welger 830 would do more than that, or does bale length get inconsistent when you push it too hard?

They are more inconsistent when you push

 

[holywell farmer]

Good old Hesstons only have 6 strings, the same as a 4x3 or a quad. That means they have less string per metre cubed of straw therefore cannot be as dense before the string snapped.

In theory quads are the densest, but powerstations won’t take them so nearly everyonenis moving to 4x3s. You can load them in different ways to maximise the loadspace and therefore weight on the trucks.

Edit: as for the OP, I’ve seen lots of big flashy combines and grain trailers about these last few weeks, there must be an awful lot of money in wheat this year........

Is good money from power stations when they buy straw ?

 

[Andrew]

Is good money from power stations when they buy straw ?

Depends on your definition of good money. They're specs are a lot more open than most though.

 

[ollie989898]

Can someone explain to me which balers they have which produce which bales? The Claas 2200 produces quadrants I thought, which were a sniff lower in height than the other sub-hesston sizes, so you could fit more layers on a wagon?

I've ever seen an 8 string bale or baler, how big are the bales?

 

[Andrew]

Can someone explain to me which balers they have which produce which bales? The Claas 2200 produces quadrants I thought, which were a sniff lower in height than the other sub-hesston sizes, so you could fit more layers on a wagon?

I've ever seen an 8 string bale or baler, how big are the bales?

The Krone 8 string is 4x3. Done to put more string on to allow a higher straw density.

Sizes here.

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

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Sunday job. Checking the stacks

 

[ollie989898]

The Krone 8 string is 4x3. Done to put more string on to allow a higher straw density.

Sizes here.

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

Ah I see, thank you. It isn't are complex as I thought, there really are only two sizes + Hesston after all.

 

[Andrew]

Ah I see, thank you. It isn't are complex as I thought, there really are only two sizes + Hesston after all.

Agco alone make 5 sizes. Claas make another 2.

But in this country, for straw, the most common are 3x3, Quad, 4x3 and 4x4.

 

[Beowulf]

Is good money from power stations when they buy straw ?

An acquaintance of mine in Bedfordshire is getting £55/ton on a contract, and they aren't as fussy as livestock farmers about moisture or colour.

You can see why it's attractive to some farmers.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

An acquaintance of mine in Bedfordshire is getting £55/ton on a contract, and they aren't as fussy as livestock farmers about moisture or colour.

You can see why it's attractive to some farmers.

We cant all supply power stations. After they have taken their quota the price is irrelevant just like the price of feed wheat is to milling wheat . I have a quota to supply pet food hay . The price I get for that is irrelevant to what I charge farmers

 

[holywell farmer]

An acquaintance of mine in Bedfordshire is getting £55/ton on a contract, and they aren't as fussy as livestock farmers about moisture or colour.

You can see why it's attractive to some farmers.

Won't bales burn up quick though

 

[Highland Mule]

The Krone 8 string is 4x3. Done to put more string on to allow a higher straw density.

Sizes here.

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

That would be so much more useful if the units were given. Feet, yards, metres, what ????

 

[Andrew]

That would be so much more useful if the units were given. Feet, yards, metres, what ????

Not noticed that. Metres.