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What size Bale does a John Deere 375 baler make?

What size Bale does a John Deere 375 baler make?

John Deere 375 Round Baler Stock# 8334 John Deere 375 round baler with 540 PTO, 62×51 bale size, and the complete PTO shaft.

How many horsepower do you need to bale hay?

A basic dividing line is this: if you want to put up round bales, get a tractor in the 75-105 horsepower range. For square bales, get at least 45 horsepower.

What size Bale does a John Deere 435 make?

The 435 baler produces a bale 4 feet by 6 feet utilizing its wide manual pickup. The bales are contained by a net wrap and twine.

How much is a round bale of hay worth?

The Price of Hay Bales By Weight

Hay Quality Bale Type Maximum Price per Ton
Grade 1 Large Round $210
Grade 2 Large Square $180
Large Round $155
Grade 3 Large Square $185

Can you make money growing hay?

The short answer is ABSOLUTELY – YES. Every year around 9 million tonnes of fodder (hay, straw and silage) is made. Total value is around $1.3 billion. Approximately half is traded and half retained for on farm use.

Why do farmers leave rolls of hay in the field?

Often, it’s just farmers being lazy, after harvesting a field, they like to take some rest and finish off in a few days. Because of the good keeping quality, farmers tend to leave them where the baler spat them out. It is also cost-effective to leave bales in the field to avoid handling and storage costs.

What is the best round baler on the market today?

What is the best round baler for your farm?

  • John Deere 459 Round Baler.
  • John Deere 469 Round Baler.
  • John Deere 559 Round Baler.
  • John Deere 569 Round Baler.
  • John Deere 569 Silage Special Baler.
  • John Deere 854 Silage Baler.
  • John Deere 569 Premium Round Baler.
  • John Deere 469 Premium Round Baler.

What are the specifications of a John Deere round baler?

This round baler is equipped with special silage features including a powered scraping auger and a starter roll scraper. Tractor requirements for the 468 are a minimum of 75 PTO horsepower. This model has automatic to preset bale size twine controls with two twine arms and an eight twine ball capacity.

How long does it take to wrap John Deere bales?

Once the new balers eject a completed bale, it is wrapped and placed on the ground in 37 seconds; John Deere says the machines can produce and wrap up to 60 bales per hour.

How much does a full size dry crop Bale weigh?

Weight of a full-size dry crop bale equals about 1,650 lbs. with the maximum allowable for a silage bale being 2,200 lbs. Overall unit weighs 4,535 lbs.; length with gate closed without the wrap is 146 inches and 187 inches with the gate open.

How big is a 348 knotter hay baler?

A tractor with a power take-off speed (PTO) of 540 revolutions per minute (RPM) and 35 horsepower (HP) is the minimum required to operate the baler. The 348 is equipped with two knotters. The dimensions of this baler measure 227 inches in length, including the long tongue, 67 inches height by 108 inches width.