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ryanwheelock

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For you guys that bale small squares do you bale them so they come off the shoot with strings down or strings on the side? We've always done them so they come off the shoot with strings down but I've seen a few fields were they set it up so the strings are side-ways. Wondering what the reason is for doing it that way?
 
Two reasons to have the strings on the side, one, for a stack wagon, they have to be set that way to pick them up, the other reason, if you leave the bales on the ground over night, if there are mice in the field, they will eat thru the strings much easier if they are on the ground, I have had this happen to me.
 
They make what is called a "quarter turn chute" or something like that, it goes on the back of the baler and only supports one side of the bale as it falls out, thus turning it on the narrow side.
Zach
 
sideways (twine on the side) if you're leaving them for a while. Less surface area exposed to moisture, top and bottom.

But - we never leave them, we always have a team following the baler picking them up. Then you want twine on top to grab. Otherwise you have to kick the bale over... not a big deal until it's times 1000, then it's just added work for an already miserable job!
 
Strings around the side.Bale on edge fo NewHolland stackwagon.As was said,there is an optional/add on 'quarter turn chute' to drop on edge.
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I was told if you have to leave them in the field, strings on the side, bales draw less moisture and sisal twine breaks down pretty quickly when wet/damp. Making the twine break when you do pick it up. Just what I was told. gobble
 
Bales ever touch the ground unless the driver bounces the wagon over a ground hog hole.
Stack 158bales on a hay wagon with a back rack. Haul to barn and re-stack in mow.
Saves handling bales an extra time. Prevents moisture damage after baling.
 
Do maybe 900 a year and always have strings down. They are always picked up right away with the accumulator on the skid steer. The 24T seems to set about 75% of them up on one end. A friend's kid was riding with me and thought I had some trick to making it do that - he thought I was some sort of magician. He'd beg for me to do another and I would say well, maybe in just a minute or two.
 
I take the left half of the slide chute off the 69 nh cause my windrows are close togather. This puts the bales on the side, giving me enough room for the next windrow.
 
Its a PITA for guys picking them up if strings are on the side. So strings down, unless you have a 9 year old grandson, and want an excuse to pay him a few bucks to run around the field and roll them a quarter turn.
 
When I was 7 years old it was my job to roll the bales into bigger windrows so the guy picking up the bales didn't have to walk so far and the hay wagon didn't make so many trips across the field.
 
DR You just should have to come to Tennessee and bale some hay. To have hay fields that flat and level should be a crime. These parts hay fields are all up hill or down hill.. LOL. sitting here looking at 30 acres that probably changes elevation by 400 ft or so. Nice fields you have.
 
Strings on the side. A good reason that hasn"t been mentioned yet is in rattlesnake country if you are picking up by hand you can stand behind the bale and turn it back towards you to grab the strings.
 
we pay a nickel a bale if you put in the loft or a dime if you pick up and put in loft.No more field pick up we have an accumulator
 
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