Straw spreading gadget

[Hjwise]

I couldn’t find a spreader to do what I wanted, so built my own. Spreads straw to left and places it to the right. Never tried on round bales though and still cost several k to build! Built for pig sheds.

 

[Drillman]

But think of the satisfaction

Be too knackered to have satisfaction??

 

[Bobthebuilder]

just use a muck grab on your loader

 

[v8willy]

Try taking a stone in the eye at 20mph!

We have plenty of stones at times & never knowingly hit an animal yet, odd hole in the sheeting tho, put it over them not at them.
Stones also another reason for not chopping the straw with the baler.

 

[e3120]

Thought of the start of this thread when bedding up tonight. Just in case Drillman thinks the stories about rotary straw are exaggerated.

Had to push 2nd bale back on with loader. Genuine question: what can I do to improve bale structure, not including baling in drizzle? My control starts behind the combine. I seem to get 'bad' fields, but only become aware when attempting to turn them onto their ends for stacking.

 

[Spanish]

Here some videos

 

[bravheart]

Thought of the start of this thread when bedding up tonight. Just in case Drillman thinks the stories about rotary straw are exaggerated.
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Had to push 2nd bale back on with loader. Genuine question: what can I do to improve bale structure, not including baling in drizzle? My control starts behind the combine. I seem to get 'bad' fields, but only become aware when attempting to turn them onto their ends for stacking.

Just think about the money you saved on drying charges and carry on.


Fit the chain on the back door, load bale over horizontal door with loader then take the net off lower onto board and flip up and same again with second

 

[Chae1]

Thought of the start of this thread when bedding up tonight. Just in case Drillman thinks the stories about rotary straw are exaggerated.
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Had to push 2nd bale back on with loader. Genuine question: what can I do to improve bale structure, not including baling in drizzle? My control starts behind the combine. I seem to get 'bad' fields, but only become aware when attempting to turn them onto their ends for stacking.

Square bales. Chain at back holds them in when they spring.

Short straw goes together better in a square bale too.

 

[KennyO]

Thought of the start of this thread when bedding up tonight. Just in case Drillman thinks the stories about rotary straw are exaggerated.
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Had to push 2nd bale back on with loader. Genuine question: what can I do to improve bale structure, not including baling in drizzle? My control starts behind the combine. I seem to get 'bad' fields, but only become aware when attempting to turn them onto their ends for stacking.

Our has had a extension welded to back door. Approx 2 feet with an up turned end. Means you can't self load bales but rarely do they fall off back.

 

[e3120]

Cheers for suggestions. The lucas has the moving extension on the door so can fold flat or act like the chain when lifted horizontal. Problem is I try to be efficient (lazy) to minimise trips up and down the steps. Doing 10-12 5ft bales a day adds up. By placing first bale on the door and second tight behind it, I can cut both nets at once and manually roll 2nd one onto the door, clearing the net in the process, meaning I don't have to deal with any net remains (tieing to door or getting out once 2nd bale in the body).

Just wondering if there are baling suggestions (with/against rows, flat out forward speed and/or pto), as that might also reduce burst bales in the shed. Mostly behind a NH CR.

 

[Grass And Grain]

Just buy a trailed straw blower for some sheds, then a spread-a-bale for other sheds AND a hesston baler @Drillman .

That will sort your problem. Oh, and allow a bit in the budget to alter a few sheds as well to make them more mechanisation friendly.

Does all that come within budget?

 

[Drillman]

Just buy a trailed straw blower for some sheds, then a spread-a-bale for other sheds AND a hesston baler @Drillman .

That will sort your problem. Oh, and allow a bit in the budget to alter a few sheds as well to make them more mechanisation friendly.

Does all that come within budget?

Yep amazing how far I can make £2.50 stretch????

 

[Grass And Grain]

Yep amazing how far I can make £2.50 stretch????

Just like our place. We want a Champagne lifestyle, but only got a beer budget (for farm machinery).

Oh, I forgot to add the tractor to your list as well.

 

[Mr Charisma]

We are in a similar situation to drillman, old sheds, round bales, rotary straw and the need to bed down in the yard.
The drop a bale in and take the net off method does not work, use to much straw and even then big areas don't get covered and ends up with dirty cattle, abattoirs are way to fussy to have dirty cattle and trimming cattle doesn't appear on my list of favourite jobs
We have a malgar round bale spinner and works well for us , all our bales are stored outside and after christmas it can start to get hard work when the outside of the bales get a bit rotten but we cope

 

[Hilly]

Just buy a trailed straw blower for some sheds, then a spread-a-bale for other sheds AND a hesston baler @Drillman .

That will sort your problem. Oh, and allow a bit in the budget to alter a few sheds as well to make them more mechanisation friendly.

Does all that come within budget?

Out of interest what would that little lot cost ?

 

[Grass And Grain]

Think a 4x3 MF baler is just over £100k, so in total about £125,000 over drillman's budget.

 

[milkloss]

Cheers for suggestions. The lucas has the moving extension on the door so can fold flat or act like the chain when lifted horizontal. Problem is I try to be efficient (lazy) to minimise trips up and down the steps. Doing 10-12 5ft bales a day adds up. By placing first bale on the door and second tight behind it, I can cut both nets at once and manually roll 2nd one onto the door, clearing the net in the process, meaning I don't have to deal with any net remains (tieing to door or getting out once 2nd bale in the body).

Just wondering if there are baling suggestions (with/against rows, flat out forward speed and/or pto), as that might also reduce burst bales in the shed. Mostly behind a NH CR.

I take it that's the 60 Lucas? We use mainly squares but also a few rounds. for the rounds we wish we had the button box at the back for the door and the floor.

once you get used to stacking two 1/2 tonne squares in it you tend to avoid the rounds!

 

[Chae1]

Think a 4x3 MF baler is just over £100k, so in total about £125,000 over drillman's budget.

Plenty decent 2nd hand ones for 50k.

 

[Grass And Grain]

We are in a similar situation to drillman, old sheds, round bales, rotary straw and the need to bed down in the yard.
The drop a bale in and take the net off method does not work, use to much straw and even then big areas don't get covered and ends up with dirty cattle, abattoirs are way to fussy to have dirty cattle and trimming cattle doesn't appear on my list of favourite jobs
We have a malgar round bale spinner and works well for us , all our bales are stored outside and after christmas it can start to get hard work when the outside of the bales get a bit rotten but we cope

What do you mean by a 'Malgar round bale spinner'?
Is it a spinning bale spike, or something more technical?

You can put hesstons through a normal vertical beater muck spreader. We've done it before, but no good if they've got cakey wet lumps in them. Works well with broken up wheat straw, and works not so bad with dry long barley straw.
We already had the spreader though.

 

[Grass And Grain]

Plenty decent 2nd hand ones for 50k.

Yes, we bought an old MF187 last year for £9.5k. Spent about £3k on it to get it right.

It was knotter hell for the first day or so, then we eventually got it all sorted out. Didn't miss a beat all season after that.