Transporting bales of silage

niallf

Hi all,

We have 40 acres about 2.5 miles by road from the home place.

Was thinking about making bales of silage there this year.

How would a contractor feel about drawing bales that distance home and should this effect the cost?

Any comments would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Niall

barryoc1

We do Bales on 10 acres bout 4 miles from home and our contractor draws them home and stacks them for €2 a bale. If your contractor normally draws bales i am sure he will do it. Very few turnin down work in the current climate.

blue5000

Think it might be better to wrap them in the yard where they will be stored, makes transportation a lot easier and a bit faster. Rules out using a combo baler though.

dasheriff

Any contractor that draws bales will do it for you any distance id say..It will be abit dearer alrit prob bout a euro a bale dearer than a short draw..

TUBBY

i agree with blue500. defo wrap at home. you will burst more than you dont if you transport them and no matter how well you patch, you will not preserve them 100%.
for that distance, bout a euro a bale extra wud be enough or get loan of bale trailer and do it while he baling

Bizzum

Do you have to draw them home?
Can they not be left at the outfarm and drew home at feeding? This is what we do with about 10 acres.
If you have to draw them when baled, I'd be inclined to draw them green and wrap at home.
Thats a lot of bales too. Wilt them well, chop them and pack the chamber!

Swinefluproof

If you are drawing them "green" make sure your contractor adds extra net of you'll be in trouble trying to wrap

Muckit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufePuQzEq2U&NR=1

Same lad made that telehandler

stanflt

not that impressive-a lot of pressure on the rams and did you notice the way the lift arm digs into the soil when lifting- very slow way of transport

Conflats

we draw home bales off 25 acres every year which about 6 miles from our place and never had a damaged bale, key is dont be rough with them and stick an extra layer of wrap on them bigger hassle drawing home and wrapping tried it and took way longer plus the contractor charges €1 more but we provide a tractor and trailer to draw too

reilig

Contractor drew 150 bales for us before wrapping them. 4 miles, 25 at a time and charged €150. used to draw them in winter, 6 at a time - Best money ever spent.

vincenzolorenzo

Wouldn't be impressed with that trailer at all. The best alternative I've seen is the Keltec 8 bale handler. I'm sure they're an expensive yoke but far better job than that one IMO.

jeff greene

Muckit wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufePuQzEq2U&NR=1

Same lad made that telehandler

Do you know more about the telehandler? Looks like a Matbro front

Would agree with the others, for 5 bales only and you'll still need a loader to stack them, a 14 bale trailer would be as maneuverable and way faster

Muckit

Jeff

I remember reading about him in the IFJ the time he made it (could be over 5 years ago now at this stage).

But sorry for the life of me I can't remember what donor machines he salvaged to make it! If he only knew then that the celtic tiger bubble would burst and their'd be a glut of idle builder's telehandlers about, he mightn't have bothered!

Edit: I think the time he made it (now I could be talking rubbish) he wanted the boom in the middle and not offset like alot of telehandlers and that (along with cost) were the reasons he went about building it