No the way I see it you got it backwards the grapple and stacking on the wagon is double work if you notice here with the basket I am accumulating the hay onto a wagon and hauling it somewhere either to be loaded or stored away plus the grapple requires two tractors one for loading one at the spot where you’re unloading to grapples a special accumulator multiple trucks and trailers probably looking about 50 or 60 extra thousand dollars just to use that set up. When I’m done bailing all my Hayes off the field if you’re dropping it on the ground like that having to go back with a grapple you got a lot more work to do at the end of the day especially if you have rain coming
I’m just a small hay producer. My wife runs our old Oliver 520 baler and I follow with a skid steer and a WR Long bale accumulated/grapple and load on a trailer pulled by grandson. We have baled, loaded, and stacked in the barn 700 bales on a long day without touching a bale by hand. Our big holdup is the limitation of the small baler. Just saying in my case the basket wouldn’t work. You have a good day sir and keep on farming.
Dave Knepp yeah they work really good when your fields are all near the barn a buddy of mine has a grappler and an accumulator and he bails 1000 bales a day all by himself which is pretty darn good but my fields are all spread all over the countryside thanks for watching you have a good day too
Hey Dave I see what you’re getting at I re-watched the video and you’re referring to the fact that I’m dumping the hay right there on the side of the field that’s because somebody was coming and actually picking the hair up however I have three of those bale baskets and in a situation where you’re taking it to a barn that would be disconnected and hooked to a truck and pulled away but yes and what you’re saying dumping on the edge of the field and then having to pick it up again yes would be double the effort
