I have the same situation, do about 3000 bales a year. Can not justify a loader tractor, accumulator and grapple. My neighbor has one and it is a slow and expensive process.
Instead, I bought 6 wagons and built a 6 bay drive thru shed. With one guy in about 2 to 3 hours we can bale 6 wagons full, stacking off the chute at the end of the baler. Pull the wagons into the shed, out of the weather and wait until i can get a 3 man crew to stack it. Means I only cut about 600 bales worth at a time, but that's about all my old carcass wants to bale anyway. And i don't lose the whole field if the rains come unexpectedly.
Shed costs about $2000 per bay, and i slowly fill it with hay as I go. Wagons $500 to $1000 and you will need them with a grapple anyway.
One man on a grapple can spend a lot of time moving from machine to machine.
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