Small bale wrapper

Danllan

Member
Location
Sir Gar / Carms
Alright, I'm mystified... I have made any number of small bales for hay and straw and big Hestons and large round silage / haylage, obviously wrapped. But I've never had anything to do with small bale haylage, so I want to know, what makes it such hard work?
 
Alright, I'm mystified... I have made any number of small bales for hay and straw and big Hestons and large round silage / haylage, obviously wrapped. But I've never had anything to do with small bale haylage, so I want to know, what makes it such hard work?
no strings to grab hold of so wrestle them
they are usually 30+ kilos
at best going you can only wrap 60 a hour so its a thankless job doing a few hundred
 

Derrick Hughes

Member
Location
Ceredigion
There is a perfectly good alternative .a Ken mills pack ..which you don't need superman to carry about and can be stacked well on pallets . But they prefer something they can't lift for the same money i suppose
Can't H&S ban them
 

smcapstick

Member
Location
Kirkby Lonsdale
As everyone else has said, keep the bales heavy or your wrapper will just spit them off.

I found the Tanco nicer to use but a McHale 995 is a better quality machine.

Wrap the bales as soon as you can, too - they start to warm up very quickly when baled a bit green.
 

Danllan

Member
Location
Sir Gar / Carms
no strings to grab hold of so wrestle them
they are usually 30+ kilos
at best going you can only wrap 60 a hour so its a thankless job doing a few hundred

Yes, that sounds a pain in the ars* from start to finish. If there isn't a great market for them they seem more hassle than they are worth. But I guess if you can keep the horsey mob happy they will pay.

You missed a trick. Should have invited Danllan down to do 200 bales for you as work experience.

Sadly I am too old and wise - from painful experience - to volunteer for that sort of thing, having been sent for long weights and left-handed screwdrivers decades ago...;).
 

Boohoo

Member
Location
Newtownabbey
What weight should a small bale of haylage be? Last year was the first time I made them and the majority were 20 to 25kg. Some people wanted a full size bale wrapped and others wanted something 18 to 20kg that is easily lifted. Is it just one of those things that it's impossible to please everyone?
 
What weight should a small bale of haylage be? Last year was the first time I made them and the majority were 20 to 25kg. Some people wanted a full size bale wrapped and others wanted something 18 to 20kg that is easily lifted. Is it just one of those things that it's impossible to please everyone?
I cant wrap anything less than about 25kg without big hardship
 

renewablejohn

Member
Location
lancs
What weight should a small bale of haylage be? Last year was the first time I made them and the majority were 20 to 25kg. Some people wanted a full size bale wrapped and others wanted something 18 to 20kg that is easily lifted. Is it just one of those things that it's impossible to please everyone?

I only produce haylage as an option if the weather breaks and I have to bale early.Otherwise its hay which I wrap for horsey types who have sensitive horses and are prepared to pay a premium for a quality product.
 

smcapstick

Member
Location
Kirkby Lonsdale
Free hernia .
Been there .
Got to be palletized to work .
Bale baron and packs best way but 50k is nothing for that system ?
All the best .

no point doing that!if your that big a user then big squares is the way
I agree with @davidroberts30 - what is the point in wrapping a bale pack? Once it's open, it's all exposed.

You can get a self-loading 995. I bet it's expensive, though.
 

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