round baling???

Anonymous-0 · Jul 10, 2012

Hey,
tedded my hay a little bit ago and it looks good except for a couple of thicker spots that were still a little more than moist. Plan is, neighbor will rake tomorrow mid-early afternoon and another neighbor will roll it soon after.
??? I have is, if there are a couple spots that are still a little damp, will the dry stuff draw the moisture and even out without ruining the roll? Maybe?? Not talking about a lot. Guessing that there will be about 12 rolls and the damp stuff if any may be enough for 5 or 6 small squares altogether....
Won't store the rolls either (only a couple/3 weeks curing time then feed them).

Thanks, Dave

Nebraska Cowman · Jul 10, 2012

I don't know. They tell me in UK they head out to
hay as soon as the cobblestones are dry. (but I
think that's for silage) I doubt your "damp" hay
will keep very well.

Mike (WA) · Jul 10, 2012

Guess I might just bypass the thick, moist spots on the first go around- I think they'd ruin whichever bales they're in. Better to leave it in the field than ruin your hay (or burn down your barn)!

Anonymous-0 · Jul 10, 2012

Best way to work it is to try to have the wettest hay, in the outside
few layers of the round bales. That way, the sun can dry most of it,
and what's on the bottom always suffers some damage, from
ground contact anyway.

keh · Jul 10, 2012

For round bales to be stored outside and fed to cows, I avoid the damp spots and wait until the bale is almost full, then put the damp hay on the outside of the bale.

KEH

donjr · Jul 10, 2012

Dave- My experiance has been that they will not really dry out, depending on how big the slug is. But most critters will pick around the bad stuff if there is any, and generally there is not enough to make them sick when mixed with the rest.

Kerry50 · Jul 10, 2012

Baling round bales, my thots are the hay needs to be drier than squares. Had a guy here a few years ago that baled his hay to green. Then put them end to end and as tight as he could get them. Yup, they heated up and caught on fire.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 11, 2012

Thanks folks!...
No longer an issue, all got rained on again last night... Guess I'll have a few rolls of real clean hay in week or two.... And prolly one less neighbor if he says pretty much anything other than hello :roll:

James Howell · Jul 11, 2012

Nancy will check the wind rows for "green" hay that hasn't cured.

She will spread it out along the windrow so it will cure before it is baled.

Might suggest that to the wife of your neighbor that bales the hay.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 11, 2012

(quoted from post at 06:48:59 07/11/12) Might suggest that to the wife of your neighbor that bales the hay.

So far so good.... Just checked the pieces of the field I was worried about and they were OK. Stuff should be raked by now and the sun is shining... Just need a couple more hours for the roller to get there...... Learned a valuable lesson this time at the cost of every ounce of nerves and people skills that I could muster. If I don't have an agreement for this stuff in writing for next year by the end of this month, the guy can cut/eat it himself... I'm the only one that will deal with him and he has no hay equipment............ You'd think he'd just be happy to have it mowed......

Anonymous-0 · Jul 11, 2012

(quoted from post at 22:30:23 07/10/12) Thanks folks!...
No longer an issue, all got rained on again last night... Guess I'll have a few rolls of real clean hay in week or two.... And prolly one less neighbor if he says pretty much anything other than hello :roll:

HELLO

Anonymous-0 · Jul 11, 2012

(quoted from post at 09:26:53 07/11/12)

(quoted from post at 22:30:23 07/10/12) Thanks folks!...
No longer an issue, all got rained on again last night... Guess I'll have a few rolls of real clean hay in week or two.... And prolly one less neighbor if he says pretty much anything other than hello :roll:

Click to expand...

HELLO

He's got about an hour to go. Think he'll be safe. Had 15-20 mph breezes all day and the hay is raked. Should be rolling anytime now. I'm still at work but the wife is at home herding the neighbors.... They work quicker for her cause she always gives them fancy bottles of wine :roll:

James Howell · Jul 11, 2012

Many years ago I would cut the grass with a rotary mower for our elderly neighbor in Hutchins, TX.

He would let Nancy ride her horse in his pasture behind his home and also let her set up a small obstacle course.

Was mowing his rental property one day and his deadbeat renter came out and complained about the grass being cut too short.

Gave him a crescent wrench and told him to adjust the height of the tail wheel to his liking.

SOB got mad and walked off.

Here's a photo of him with his father.

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