square bales

cena

Why don't farmers use these bales anymore. I use to like working with them when a farmer would come onto our land and make them.

bogman_bass

too much work, have to be stacked, then lifted onto the trailer then stcked in the barn.
slower to feed out then just dumping a round bale in the feeder
also works out more expensive then round bales.

so price, speed and workload are the reasons

Username John

And prob risk as well - Making hay is risky anways, but with square bales, til they are in the shed, they are not safe. Whereas with big round bales, once baled, they are safe enough, it doesnt matter if they get rained on.

Farmer Pudsey

Username John wrote: »

And prob risk as well - Making hay is risky anways, but with square bales, til they are in the shed, they are not safe. Whereas with big round bales, once baled, they are safe enough, it doesnt matter if they get rained on.

However you can bale square bales earlier than round bales you want hay very good to round bale.

Everythings has it pro's and cons if I can buy a few square bales handy every 2-3 years about 100 I buy handy to have as opposed to opening round bales

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

round bales are so much handier. in the 1990s we used to sell square bales of hay, we would make around 3k of them a year. sell around 2k and keep 1k for ourselves. so much manual labour with them compared to round bales, when the only manual labour we have would be switching the angle of the tines in the hay bob!

Sam Kade

Username John wrote: »

Whereas with big round bales, once baled, they are safe enough, it doesnt matter if they get rained on.

Until you stick your hand into one of them in the field and feel the heat :mad:

The last time I remember when hay was fit to round bale was 2006.

Muckit

Sam Kade wrote: »

Until you stick your hand into one of them in the field and feel the heat :mad:

The last time I remember when hay was fit to round bale was 2006.

Got a week of good weather the start of June 2008 and I made some nice round bales of hay. However it bucketed it down then not long after for weeks

shanemurack

Round bales are all the rage nowadays I'm afraid.....

flat out !!

For sale, excellent quality hay, saved without rain. U dont see too many of these ads this year for some strange reason.!

Tipp Man

Square bales are handy for calves bedding or feeding hay

Not many made nowadays though

KatyMac

If I manage to get hay its small square ones I like. They very handy if you have one animal in a shed sick or whatever. I also have a couple of horses. Its easier to throw 2 bales into the back of the van than opening a big silage bale.

simx

i know a man selling hay and straw in mayo and he sells a minimum of 350-400 small squares a week this time of year and in winter could sell that in a day,depends where in the country you are,like a man from athy was asking me if a had slurry to spare to spread on tillage ground,he was going to travel 25 miles with a lorry and tanker for it that you could nearly sell it around there,around here at the moment you couldnt give it away,its amazing how in such a small country how thing differ