Round bale hay weight.

[yoki]

Yes I know, how long is a piece of string.

Just looking an approximation or even approximate range, hay very dry, bit of stem but soft and leafy, fixed chamber baler, Fusion or similar.

Thanks.

 

[jellybean]

I have been selling some round bale haylage that was 43% dry matter and the bales were 430 kilos, chopped. That might give you a starting point. What I would like to know is if I let somebody have grass to make to big square bale hay how much per bale to charge him?

 

[Highland Mule]

What I would like to know is if I let somebody have grass to make to big square bale hay how much per bale to charge him?

Olly Harrison answered this question on his live stream last night - 6' long big squares of hay were around 400kg, iirc.

haylage that was 43% dry matter and the bales were 430 kilos,

So about 180kg of DM. My gut feel would be that 4x4 rounds of hay would be about that sort of weight in total, but I've no evidence to back it up.

 

[aangus]

Yes I know, how long is a piece of string.

Just looking an approximation or even approximate range, hay very dry, bit of stem but soft and leafy, fixed chamber baler, Fusion or similar.

Thanks.

250-270kg

 

[David.]

Clàas 4ft soft centre dry overwintered ryegrass haylage was 320kg over weighbridge for me.

 

[M-J-G]

75% DM haylage baled at max density from a fixed chamber Welgar was 420 to 430kg

Hay with a bit more stem and at half density is about 230 to 250kg

 

[Pistonbroke]

I did some last year which was clearing up topping , basically and they were about 500kg. Moved some bales for someone and they were no more than 200. I always guessed three to a ton

 

[z.man]

40 small square, 4 round or 2 quadrants to equal a ton

 

[Derrick Hughes]

200 to 300 kg so go half way

 

[yoki]

Wanted to know if my 3.5 tonne digger would work with them before going to the trouble of getting a spike rigged up for it, seems it'll be pretty comfortable.

Thanks for the replies.

 

[BRB John]

Our chopped hay last year was 340kg on average fixed chamber McHale.
Non chopped is more like 240kg

 

[neilo]

250kg give or take, whenever I've weighed 4' rounds of fit hay.