Baling Hay the New School Way 

Yes it is! Works real well for close by hauling.

There's an electronic control panel / monitor in the tractor where you can set the bale size, see how the bale is forming and it keeps a bale count for the field and total as well as other information.

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@lambfarms7894 I was guessing on the wrong side of the mountain...I was thinking mulberry area

I think the main reason they’re underneath the tractor is to help keep the bale equal shape. Not sure though. Allis Chalmers made a roto baler that was offset.

My best guess is that it might get a bit dodgy (or moreso than usual) baling in slopes. Also if you had an offset baler then the rows would always need to be a certain distance apart to have room for the tractor. Then you'd have to use a specific size rower and then if the rows have to be x width then you might be pushing too much grass into the baler making the process slower.

Since when? Some parts of the country use 5’ some use 4’ and won’t ever use a 5’

@@nalley6815 WELL i can only relate to what i see...... We are in business of selling Hay..... 4 ft bales fit our program as the bale of choice to those horse owners that want rounds but lack equipment to handle them, and our primary objective of speed in baling, hauling,(5ft bales overhang flatbed trailers)storing (vertical on end) and converting to 21 bale bundles that we supply by contract to a Nationally known farm supply stores in our radius of operation....... My videos are arrainged in playlist form

@@farmingforfunandprofit940 of course you’d use 4’ for selling hay. You’d lose money selling 5 footers. And it depends on if you make baleage or not. I’m gonna start making baleage. A wet 5x5 sure is heavy…

@@nalley6815 Shucks ..... We lose money selling 4x5 rounds! A 4x5 round sells in our area for $85.00 that same 4x5 converted to a Bale Baron 21 bale bundle goes for $168.00....Since June of last year, when we swapped out a 200 Bale Bandit for a 5250T Bale Baron we have sold over a 1000 bundles.....

The bottom bales don’t sag with 2 layers being on top of them all winter so you tell me lol

@@lambfarms7894John Deer balers don't make loose bales using twine or net wrap ,liked the video.

@@ronniejenkins4633 agree to disagree

Too much waste they say, and honestly it is a lot

Net wrap is great if you store hay outside. But it’s a mess cutting it off and especially if it is frozen.

@@lambfarms7894 net reduces waste lol

@@Man-cv5ws I still don’t understand people talking about it being frozen. I’ve fed plenty of hay with ice on it and I’ve never had a problem

If I had to say, it’s the fact that the equipment isn’t pushing 40-50 years old. More modern tractors, baler, rake, etc.

Exactly, tractors from the 80’s are even considered old school farming now. Too many computers on these new ones lol

@Lamb Farms and @kyle Boaz I see. I guess that explains why I didn't understand what was meant by "old school". I myself am old and retired. And the newest farm machinery that I ever used was new in the mid-1980s.😁 And the oldest was new in the 1950s.😁