Square bales of straw- great stuff

locky76

I got a load of straw on Wednesday- 48 bales of 8'x3'x2.5'
We fitted 38 of them into a shed where previously we could only get 16 round bales, they're great users of space!

kboc

locky76 wrote: »

I got a load of straw on Wednesday- 48 bales of 8'x3'x2.5'
We fitted 38 of them into a shed where previously we could only get 16 round bales, they're great users of space!

do people make silage bales square?

rliston

locky76 wrote: »

I got a load of straw on Wednesday- 48 bales of 8'x3'x2.5'
We fitted 38 of them into a shed where previously we could only get 16 round bales, they're great users of space!

Don't be telling people that; I've a full haybarn of round bales to sell

bogman_bass

kboc wrote: »

do people make silage bales square?

contractor round here does them. neighbours used them and recons there is two round bales worth in them

allthedoyles

Long before the days of your fancy sheds and lean-to's , these bales were packed to the rafters in out-houses .- where a round bale would'nt even fit in the door .

red menace

Spreading the big squares is a bit of a chore compared to round though.
Easy enough to roll out a round bale and throw it around. Lot more effort to spread a square.
Tremendous amount of straw in them though

Bizzum

allthedoyles wrote: »

Long before the days of your fancy sheds and lean-to's , these bales were packed to the rafters in out-houses .- where a round bale would'nt even fit in the door .

I think you're mixing these 8x3 bales up with the small square bales!

Milton09

locky76 wrote: »

I got a load of straw on Wednesday- 48 bales of 8'x3'x2.5'
We fitted 38 of them into a shed where previously we could only get 16 round bales, they're great users of space!

Any harm asking what you paid for them? Was on to a guy in Cork who was looking for 12 euro ex shed for 7*3*2.5 a while back, it was nice straw but way too expensive at that price.

locky76

Milton09 wrote: »

Any harm asking what you paid for them? Was on to a guy in Cork who was looking for 12 euro ex shed for 7*3*2.5 a while back, it was nice straw but way too expensive at that price.

I paid €14.50 a bale to get it delivered from Cahir and stacked into a shed in Limerick, I consider it good value as there are around 1.5 round bales in a square one this size, 8'x3'x2.5'. It'll keep for the following winter too if i don't use it all this year.

Birdnuts

locky76 wrote: »

I got a load of straw on Wednesday- 48 bales of 8'x3'x2.5'
We fitted 38 of them into a shed where previously we could only get 16 round bales, they're great users of space!

Is that why I see round bales in many parts of the country still sitting in the fields apparently rotting

same 130

one round bale in a 8x3x2.5 sq.

nilhg

same 130 wrote: »

one round bale in a 8x3x2.5 sq.

That would entirely depend on which baler made the round bale and what way it was set, all round bales are not made equal.....


All I can say is that we've weighed the square bales we sell, 7x3x3 (actually 7x2'10x2'8) at 190 KG and the round bales from a McHale fusion baler at 140KG

nilhg

Just a quick addition, 3 lorries, each with 76 bales on board ready to head north last Saturday morning, they made a nice hole in the shed:D

Milton09

nilhg wrote: »

That would entirely depend on which baler made the round bale and what way it was set, all round bales are not made equal.....


All I can say is that we've weighed the square bales we sell, 7x3x3 (actually 7x2'10x2'8) at 190 KG and the round bales from a McHale fusion baler at 140KG

Out of curosity I re-baled one of the sample 7*3*2.5 bales from Cork and got 8 reasonable small square bales, thats the main reason I thought they were expensive.