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flanders

02-10-2005 15:48:02

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Like everyone else I am having a hard time finding kids to load the hay wagon. I am thinking about trying a hay basket. Has anybody used them and what did they think. I have lomg flat fields with rolling hills. Would they work or drive me nuts. Any insight would be great.

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Dave (IL)

02-11-2005 06:55:24

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to flanders, 02-10-2005 15:48:02

Anybody remember a bale (small square) loader that was big wheel, maybe 10-20 feet, set at an angle that just rolled along the ground. It would pick up the bail and lift it up to the rack. I believe it was invented by a fellow from NE by the name of Priefert? This would have been right around 1960.

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Loren

02-11-2005 19:34:13

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to Dave (IL), 02-11-2005 06:55:24

Plucked quite a few bales off one the "roundies". When I was a kid that's what the family we shucked bales for had. Worked pretty good for us.

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Frank M.

02-11-2005 18:40:23

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to Dave (IL), 02-11-2005 06:55:24

Priefert Mfg. of Mt. Pleasant Tx. makers of cattle handling equipment, among other things. They no longer make this rig, but I saw a picture of it at their plant a few years ago. You might contact them for information about this machine.

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Dave (IL)

02-11-2005 21:34:06

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to Frank M., 02-11-2005 18:40:23

That's it!
Dang, I'm gonna have to track 'em down. I wonder if Marvin is still alive.
I knew him when I was about 15 after he left NE and before he moved to Mt Pleasant. He rented a house from my dad in San Juan TX. I still carry a couple tidbits of adult wisdom from him around in my head.
He is a very clever, creative guy.
Thanks so much for that response.

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Dave (IL)

02-11-2005 21:41:29

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to Dave (IL), 02-11-2005 21:34:06

Dang. Was gonna google that earlier today. Just did and it says operated by Marvin's widow and son. :(
Guess I should have looked him up ten years ago when I was near Mt Pleasant a few times.
Excitement turns to sorrow. Happens more and more at my age.

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Frank M.

02-13-2005 07:16:14

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to Dave (IL), 02-11-2005 21:41:29

You should stop in to visit anyway. Bill Priefert is a super nice guy. They have their dealers tour the plant and offer training, several times a year. In the office, they have a punch press made from the differential of an old tractor. I don't know how it works, but they say that Marvin built it, and used it in the factory, back in the early days.
Catch ya' later
Frank M.

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JMS/MN

02-11-2005 11:51:35

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to Dave (IL), 02-11-2005 06:55:24

I do remember a rotary unit that lifted bales off the ground, hooked to the side of a hay rack. Still needed another person on the rack to stack. Dad made a couple loaders for AC round bales- first one mounted behind a WC, bale went under the left rear axle and up a conveyor. Second one was a pull type unit- much handier. Was ground driven through a car rear end and tranny, with a driveshaft angling up to the top end of the conveyor. Took a bit of practice to hit the bale just right and make it turn to go up the chute. Left front of the conveyor had a disc blade just skirting the ground (that started the turn), and the right front had an old lawn mower wheel on it to finish the turn of the bale.

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RickL

02-11-2005 05:41:04

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to flanders, 02-10-2005 15:48:02

Yes they work really slick once you learn them a get them hooked up correctly. Are you looking at what was Pro-Quality or the EZ- Trail brand units. I ran three of the units for several years and really liked them. Let me know or give me a call 319-257-6764and I can help you with the tricks to really make them work nice.

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paul

02-11-2005 17:32:45

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to RickL, 02-11-2005 05:41:04

Mine works great in alfalfa, but in slippery stuff like grass it will like to kink a bale if I turn, then it hanges up right at the 'mouth' of the slide. Just the nature of the beast? Mine is an older style Pro-Q I believe, newer ones have a slightly diff triangle flap, etc. Running it behind a NH 270, got the hitch with the basket so I'm thinking I should be lined up right.

--->Paul

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RickL

02-12-2005 07:21:04

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to paul, 02-11-2005 17:32:45

How much clearence do you have from the basket to baler and also the entrance flap is the little height post under it bent back,was common problem till they were gusseted.I ran all types of products thru the units I had with very little trouble. If you turned a sharp sharp sguare corner and bale was just starting out of baler chamber it would miss the wagon guide. but chains and making it closer behind baler basically solved that too. I like the ez-trail units better overall but they both work very well for me. Usually my youngest daughter was running the baling unit with basket while I was combining in the same field.

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Bill in Colo

02-10-2005 17:37:19

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to flanders, 02-10-2005 15:48:02

I'll agree with Allen, turn them on edge and gather them cross wise should be able to pick about 15-18 at a time when you have about a 100 get off and stack in my youth I could stack about a 1000 a day

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paul

02-10-2005 16:25:13

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to flanders, 02-10-2005 15:48:02

Assuming you are talking about the type with the ramp & the bales slide up & in, I really like mine. Not sure which Allan is talking about...

The only down side, the most enjoyable part of farming was stacking a hayrack out in the open, and one of the most miserable is stacking the bales in the barn. So which do I get rid of???? :)

But, it makes one person hay on a shoestring possible.

--->Paul

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Allan in NE

02-10-2005 17:48:58

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to paul, 02-10-2005 16:25:13

Hi Paul,

Is this what you are talking about? I'm talking about the second picture (I'm old). :>)

Allan

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paul

02-10-2005 18:32:03

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to Allan in NE, 02-10-2005 17:48:58

Neither. The bottom one is very rare up here, even in the old days. :)

The top one is a bale thrower rack.

No thrower involved in a hay basket. I was going to post a pic of mine, but those are on the other computer. Ah well. It is a 3 wheeled trailer, pulls directly behind the baler, & the baler pushes bales up the guide and into the triangular shaped basket. Get your 90-120 bales, drive to the barn, pull the lever, & the bales slide down & out onto the ground.

--->Paul

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paul

02-10-2005 18:35:24

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to paul, 02-10-2005 18:32:03

Well, this has always been known as a hay basket around here, don't know what bales you fellows are scooping up! :) Check the link out.

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Loren

02-10-2005 20:56:01

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to paul, 02-10-2005 18:35:24

Paul, a bale basket is what you mean. Tow behind the baler and the baler chute pushes bales into the basket, when fullyou open the back and dump in the barn.

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Allan in NE

02-10-2005 15:54:23

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to flanders, 02-10-2005 15:48:02

Flanders,

The hay head works so slick, you'll never go back to kids! :>)

Yes, don't tary around here; go get that hay head. It just takes a load or two to get used to hittin' those bales just right & on the run in road gear, but it works nice!

I used to grab 11 to a load on the loader with a 14' sweep head.

Allan

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steveormary

02-10-2005 21:59:49

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Re: Hay Basket in reply to Allan in NE, 02-10-2005 15:54:23

Allan;

Road gear??? You most have had a very smooth field or an old tractor with a slow road gear.

But you were young back then and knew it all.

steveormary

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