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Jonboy
04-06-2005 09:09:03
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Re: Whadda You Guys Get? in reply to Allan in NE, 04-06-2005 08:07:27
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Hey allen, if you don't mind using those pretty red tractors of yours, pick yourself up an old square baler, and bale em right on the ground. JD 14T and the like are dirt dirt cheap, actually, alot cheaper than dirt since the price of real estate is so high. I was quoted $20 a bale from my neighbor to bale our hay with his round baler, wrapping cost extra, I didn't hire him, borrowed a square baler from a farmer I work for and baled it myself with our tractor, but since I hated borrowing, I bought a JD 14T baler for next to nothing and now bale it myself and sell my hay since I don't have any animals. You get more money putting hay into small squares than round. True it's alot more labor intensive, but you got to have more expensive equipment for round bales, with handling equipment to move those big bales and load them on buyers trucks or your trailer. You still have to have bale storage unless you have them wrapped and then they only keep for so long and you'd better not leave them in the field, I worked for a farm this last summer that had left some in the field for a week and the birds had pecked holes through the plastic. If you have any with holes you can't use ducttape, it won't stay on (atleast not with silage bales), you need a special bale tape availible at your local farm supply store. Course you could always get the missus out there standing on a flatbed wagon reciving bales and stacking them on the back of the wagon while you happily drive your tractor, but I will warn you that her arms will grow in size after a summer of this and she'll then be able to hit you that much harder after you bring home another tractor ;')
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