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Rate for baling quadrant bales
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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew" data-source="post: 4112044" data-attributes="member: 93"><p>If you bale a field of 4ft bales it will take you (for example) 30 seconds per bale and 2 hours in total. </p><p>If you bale it in 8ft bales then it will take you 60 seconds per bale, but still 2 hours in total as the baler throughput is the same. </p><p>Therefore your diesel cost, labour cost, tractor cost, pickup / stuffer bale chamber spares repairs costs are identical. </p><p></p><p>However there would be more string used IN TOTAL on 4ft bales as on a 120x70x120 bale there is 22.8m of string and on a 120x70x240 bale there is 37.2m of string.</p><p>However 8ft bales are twice as long as 4ft bales, so there will be more straw per string in an 8ft than a 4ft. </p><p></p><p>10x 4ft bales = 228m string</p><p>5x 8ft bales = 186m string</p><p></p><p>In reality, 2x4fts will cost £0.25p more per bale in string than 1x 8ft. </p><p>You also have twice as many knots, so more wear and tear on the knotters. Also more bales on the count will reduce the resale value of the baler. </p><p></p><p>So a 4ft bale should not be the same price as an 8ft bale. But it should not be 50% of the price either as there is more cost. </p><p></p><p>If other people round here were charging 3.50 per bale for an 8ft quadrant then they can come and bale for me and my balers can stay in the shed. I can sit in the pub and and save money!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew, post: 4112044, member: 93"] If you bale a field of 4ft bales it will take you (for example) 30 seconds per bale and 2 hours in total. If you bale it in 8ft bales then it will take you 60 seconds per bale, but still 2 hours in total as the baler throughput is the same. Therefore your diesel cost, labour cost, tractor cost, pickup / stuffer bale chamber spares repairs costs are identical. However there would be more string used IN TOTAL on 4ft bales as on a 120x70x120 bale there is 22.8m of string and on a 120x70x240 bale there is 37.2m of string. However 8ft bales are twice as long as 4ft bales, so there will be more straw per string in an 8ft than a 4ft. 10x 4ft bales = 228m string 5x 8ft bales = 186m string In reality, 2x4fts will cost £0.25p more per bale in string than 1x 8ft. You also have twice as many knots, so more wear and tear on the knotters. Also more bales on the count will reduce the resale value of the baler. So a 4ft bale should not be the same price as an 8ft bale. But it should not be 50% of the price either as there is more cost. If other people round here were charging 3.50 per bale for an 8ft quadrant then they can come and bale for me and my balers can stay in the shed. I can sit in the pub and and save money! [/QUOTE]
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