small bale wrapping - keeping bale on the table and also air under wrap

[clowes222]

Hi there,

I have just bought a mchale 995lm small bale wrapper and have got it up to scratch, needed a few flange bearings etc and have got it running on 360mm wrap.

I know 250mm wrap is better for keeping the bale on the table but does anyone have any tips to keeping the bale on the table. I tested it today with the best option I had... with a hay bale I wet and got up to 28kg and then let the edges dry out so the rollers wouldnt get wet and the bale wouldnt just slip off immediately!

I also saw an unusual amount of air under the wrap once I had done 6 layers. is this a large problem?

I have supplied small bale hay for a few years now to equine customers along with large bales to livestock customers but thought I would give the small bale haylage game a go, so any advice for making equine haylage would be helpful also!

Any input would be much appreciated.

 

[haybob]

No experience of small wrapping but I always notice air under newly wrapped rounds. Some of the air seems to trap between the layers of wrapping.

 

[jamj]

Make something to ride on top of bale to hold it down?
Look at YouTube videos of Tawi (spelling?) wrapper.