[GSBN] Baling from rounds

[John Swearingen]

ok, ok...I won't say anything about square pegs, really, I won't.


On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Lance Kairl <sabale at bigpond.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris and all,
>
> The way I see it is most people want to "Pull Apart" a round bale and "
> feed
> it into" a small square baler.
> ROLL OUT the round bale and then re bale in the standard baling method.
> That
> is move the small square baler over the windrow ( rolled out bale) similar
> to as it would be in the field.
> Yes you need a long straight piece of ground to do this, and if you are
> wanting to do it inside a shed in winter, then get a big shed.
>
> Another option is to opt for large rectangle bales rather than rounds.
> Machines to slice and resize large rectangle 4ft x 4 ft x 8 ft bales are
> readily available, but may be cost restrictive. The bales remade form large
> rectangles are denser than std small square, and can be made into some
> interesting configurations.
> Eg 1200 long 600 high 400 wide ( yes it's metric, sorry). Weight was
> getting
> to the point of needing to be a 2 person lift approx 40 kg.
> The machines that do the  baling can be adjusted to create a bale of less
> density, as they are baled for farm convenience not for best building
> bales.
> The resizing machine we have here ( not me , near by)reties using heavy
> poly
> twine but also ties it around the bale at approx 150mm intervals, making
> resizing the length a breeze.
> I will try and find the photos I have of some of I put into a test rig to
> ascertain what creep may occur in these bales.
>
> Cheers Lance.
>
> PS; The bad news is that I think the resizing machine had a price tag
>      with 6 zero's on it.
>
> Cheers lance
> House of Bales.
> South Australia
>
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