Anything over true 12% stem moisture you can expect 1-2% damage around the top corners of the top bale from condensation. Preservative and using at least 8 layers of high quality film on dry hay will help eliminate damage as well. Not an ideal solution for the horse market but a good fit for most other grades of hay.
you need that many layers to get it NEAR airtight. 😥1 layer is far from airtight, and weakens in the sun. Even with say 10 layers its not 100% airtight,, but close enough for say 9-12 months storage without to much spoiled silage.
Slow compared to what timelaps. 150 bailed bundles per hour @ 21 to a bundle is 3150 small square bailes a hour. You can't run a bucking gang at that speed. If it can maintain that speed you are talking about 1500 bundles or 31500 small square bailes in 10 hours. You would need a hay gang of about 60 to 80 + to at least that. I see maybe 4 to 6 running this operation. Slow my a#* by the way it's field work not competitive sports.
Damn Good Video , I ran the Exact same Baler & Stinger in Panhandle of Texas ( Dumas, Dalhart, Cactus, and other towns within a 100 mile radius ) !!!!!
So, looks like 189 bales about every 4 min counting travel time back to the field. Pretty good. Of course you still have to stack it which takes time also unless you have another guy doing that while you load. Looks like huge amounts of time and labor is saved in the loading (and unloading) of the semi trucks though.
buffranchAB the Single Axle is just as Great 👍... I Operated a 6500 stacker and it was a Beast , I put it through more Obstacles that other Stckers wouldn’t be caught doing... Reliability is Superb and would generally operate on a Daily 16hr Shift with Weather permitting
WOW, That is a cool operation. I grew up working on my neighbor's farm. We use to walk along the side of either trailer being towed or a flat bed truck lifting square bails up the the bed while another person on the bed would stack them in a way so as they would not fall or tip off the trailer or truck once going down the road. Kind of miss that work. Now I just sit and get fat working.
+John Winslow A few reasons, depending on conditions: they don't have enough internal storage at their main site, so store them on the edge of the field. When needed, they can retrieve as many as they need. If you're asking why they don't wrap each one individually: inline wrapping is faster, uses less plastic, and is more efficient in the use of space. Different approaches to the same problem.
