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Cuttin up a round bale.

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Greenehillbilly

04-01-2008 11:17:45




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Howdy, My neighbor gave me 4 large old round bales that I want to cut up into pieces and feed into my chipper shredder. I have seen old hay saws but don't have access to one. What is the best way to chop these up?
Thanks!




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fixerupper

04-01-2008 21:04:57




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 Re: Cuttin up a round bale. in reply to Greenehillbilly, 04-01-2008 11:17:45  
Are they grass or alfalfa? I cut a bunch of round bales up with a chainsaw about twenty years ago, and from what I remember the grass bales wanted to wrap up on the saw drive sprocket, but the alfalfa bales didn't give any trouble. I finally had to replace the crankshaft seal in the saw because of the wrapping from the grass.

I stood the bales on end, quartered them and then pitched them through an old sileage chopper and fed it to the stock cows. I called it my poor man's tub grinder. Jim

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johndeereman

04-01-2008 17:56:55




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 Re: Cuttin up a round bale. in reply to Greenehillbilly, 04-01-2008 11:17:45  
i use a chain saw i filed the rakers off an older chain cuts through it faster than i can drop the saw i cut them right down the middle



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Dairy Farmer in WI

04-01-2008 17:47:17




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 Re: Cuttin up a round bale. in reply to Greenehillbilly, 04-01-2008 11:17:45  
well if your just gonna throw it into a shredder...do you hav acces to a good powerful tractor with a good chopper with a hay head? i chopped some weedy bales up for bedding with a JD 4020 and JD 3940 chopper. all i did was figured out which way the bale was rolled up and unrolled it and used a pitchfork to unroll it.

otherwise i say use a chainsaw or a crosscut saw
DF in WI



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formerly ny bill

04-01-2008 17:43:59




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 Re: Cuttin up a round bale. in reply to Greenehillbilly, 04-01-2008 11:17:45  
if you use a chain saw, cut with the top of the bar, otherwise the hay will wrap on the sprocket and stall the saw.



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Bruce Hopf

04-01-2008 16:05:46




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 Re: Cuttin up a round bale. in reply to Greenehillbilly, 04-01-2008 11:17:45  
I've heard of guys using an old two man cross cut saw, for cutting up round bales.
Bruce



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Leland

04-01-2008 14:03:17




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 Re: Cuttin up a round bale. in reply to Greenehillbilly, 04-01-2008 11:17:45  
chain saw will work the best ,this way you can custom cut it to feed into your hopper of sherdder



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Greenehillbilly

04-01-2008 15:18:53




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 Re: Cuttin up a round bale. in reply to Leland, 04-01-2008 14:03:17  

Leland said: (quoted from post at 14:03:17 04/01/08) chain saw will work the best ,this way you can custom cut it to feed into your hopper of sherdder


Thanks Guys, I was thinking chainsaw but wouldn't have thought to stand it on end.
Lotsa knowledge on this board. About anything a fella wants to know he can find out here.

Randy

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in-too-deep

04-01-2008 11:46:24




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 Re: Cuttin up a round bale. in reply to Greenehillbilly, 04-01-2008 11:17:45  
Chainsaw. Put the bale on end and cut it radially like an orange. If it has plastic twine, get rid of it first.



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Allan In NE

04-01-2008 11:25:15




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 Re: Cuttin up a round bale. in reply to Greenehillbilly, 04-01-2008 11:17:45  
Stand 'em on end. The pitchfork won't hurt ya a bit.

Allan



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andyt(pa)

04-01-2008 11:23:46




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 Re: Cuttin up a round bale. in reply to Greenehillbilly, 04-01-2008 11:17:45  
we use electric chainsaw, probably not best solution but works for us.



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Nancy Howell

04-01-2008 11:23:44




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 Re: Cuttin up a round bale. in reply to Greenehillbilly, 04-01-2008 11:17:45  
I"ve never chopped one up. But they will unroll in large chunks which may be easier to handle and feed into the chopper.



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Timmers

04-01-2008 11:27:44




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 Re: Cuttin up a round bale. in reply to Nancy Howell, 04-01-2008 11:23:44  
I use a sawzall with a 3 foot blade. Seems to work well.



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in-too-deep

04-01-2008 17:20:49




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 Re: Cuttin up a round bale. in reply to Timmers, 04-01-2008 11:27:44  
I'm curious. Where in the world do ya find a 3 ft. Sawzall blade?



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Sid

04-01-2008 20:29:46




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 Re: Cuttin up a round bale. in reply to in-too-deep, 04-01-2008 17:20:49  
"Where in the world do ya find a 3 ft. Sawzall blade?" I'd like to know that as well. I am getting tired of having to by four foot ones and cutting them down to size.



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