Small bale wrapper

[davidroberts30]

Thought it was 375mm for little bales .

mine will use 250 or 500

 

[bobk]

mine will use 250 or 500

Dear isn't it ? when you can wrap a round bale for £2

 

[davidroberts30]

Dear isn't it ? when you can wrap a round bale for £2

and fookin hard work!!

 

[Boohoo]

Avoid 250mm it's painfully slow watching each bale go round 36 times

 

[Danllan]

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?

 

[davidroberts30]

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

 

[renewablejohn]

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

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

 

[Derrick Hughes]

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]

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]

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]

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?

 

[davidroberts30]

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]

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.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

It's a nice winter job

 

[Still Farming]

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 .

 

[davidroberts30]

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

 

[smcapstick]

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.

 

[multi power]

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.

So what is the point in wrapping hay ?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

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.

so whats the point in Ken Mills packer, the idea with baron packs is you clear the fields quick the re wrap in the winter , all bales then carry a warranty as you know its all 100%

 

[smcapstick]

so whats the point in Ken Mills packer, the idea with baron packs is you clear the fields quick the re wrap in the winter , all bales then carry a warranty as you know its all 100%

That re-bales large bales in to small. Not small bales, wrapped in to large packs. It's the wrong way around.