Rate for baling quadrant bales

[Ted]

Baler stripped of broken bits this morning then trekked off to fetch second hand part, got back at 4 ish and rebuilt by 7. Not an easy bit to fit on your own either on a tandem axle, everything's in the way lol.
Needs setting up but do that in morning.

I feel your pain.
Changed out one of those in the middle of the night on my own and it sucks.
Fair play to you.

 

[Ludan]

Hi, I have just had the wide angle joint fail on my Claas 1200. One of the inner ball sockets have broke off.. wonder if anyone knows to the best source of a new wide angle joint? The rest of the shaft is fine. Local claas dealer has a half shaft for £870. Does that seem reasonable? I do approx 1000- 2000 bales a year so a reasonable aftermarket one should last a few years.. The parts for the end via our Kramp agent is £600. Thanks for any advice.

 

[Hampton]

Just resurrecting,
What are people charging this year?
8ft straw bales 120x70

 

[RAF]

£4:50

 

[bobk]

£4:50

Jack would do it for 4 surely ?

 

[Hampton]

£4:50

Seems high, mind you naac say £5.40!

 

[spin cycle]

£4:50

that seems really cheap compared to round baling

 

[RAF]

Lol don’t even know who is

 

[Flat 10]

I think I paid £5, went up 50p when he bought an accumulator but definitely makes clearing fields quicker....

 

[RAF]

Way to cheap . But someone’s got subsidies these farmers

 

[tr250]

Either
120x70
Or 120x90

No people refer to a 120x70 as a quadrant because claas were the first to make that size. I prefer to use the size to save confusion as quadrant covers all of the claas big baler range

 

[cousinjack]

£5.50 here

 

[hampshire-farmer]

What are people charging for 80x70 baling ?

 

[Grassman]

What are people charging for 80x70 baling ?

I' would be £3.50- £4.00 ish if I did any contract work.

 

[Spud]

How did you work that one out!? Its still the same amount off grass/straw going through the baler over the whole field baled its still the same amount of string whether they are 4ft or 8ft bales. if anything its more wear tear as your knotters are tripping twice as many times doing 4ft bales as 8ft bales. tractors still running at 1000 pto etc etc ........

I would actually expect to pay the same for 4ft as i would 8ft and be very surprised if i was charged less.

Do you need a picture?
A 120*70 quad 240 long (8') has two lengths of 240 & two of 70cm each time round the bale * 6 strings = 620cmx6 = 3720cm per bale

A 4' quad uses (2x120)+(2x70) = 380cmx6strings = 2320cm per bale

Half the length bale but 61% of the string. More bales per acre.

A 6' bale uses 30m of string. So 75% of the bale length and 76% of the string. Near enough.

I charge £4 for 8' straw & £3 for 6' hay. Simple.

Let's say there's 480 8' bales = £1920
Same job would generate 640 bales if they were 6' long = £1920
The 3p/bale extra cost in string for 6 footers isn't worth worrying a

 

[Spud]

What does a quadrant 120x70 8 foot cost in string please?

61p/bale this year with a pack of 7,200ft at £36
(6 string NH BB950A)