Can you bale hay with a compact tractor?

You can bale hay on a small farm with a compact tractor. You just need to know how. Make 2019 the year you bring haying independence to your small farm!

How much horsepower does it take to run a hay baler?

Older balers can be run with as little as 25 hp. The problem is stopping them coming down a hill or pulling them up a hill. 40-50 hp is much easier. Just 3 days of sun, that’s all I need.

How much horsepower do you need to run a 4×5 round baler?

Requiring a minimum of only 40 PTO horsepower to operate, Roll-Belt 450 Utility balers are the perfect match for most tractors found on small farms.

What is the best small square baler?

The best small square baler made is the inline Hesston baler. It takes some serious lack of maintenance and brains to ever get a bad bale out of a Hesston.

Can you make money selling hay?

“If you are getting $125 per ton for quality hay, you are going to see a profit of $51 per ton, or $204 per acre. “The potential is there to make some pretty good money on hay.” Brown says producers could decide to grow higher-quality hay and sell into the dairy or specialty hay markets.

How many times a year can you harvest hay?

In most areas of the country, grass hay can be cut twice, sometimes three times, per year. The first cutting generally has the largest yield. Some animals, like sheep, prefer the tender stems of second or third cutting hay.

Who makes the best round baler?

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.

How many round bales do you get per acre?

100 bales
With an average bale weight of around 40 pounds (with our Abbriata small square baler or any of our mini round balers), that’s 100 bales to the acre for a first cutting. Our farm aside, we can offer some guidelines to consider when trying to predict the productivity of your hay fields.

How long will a small square baler last?

If a square baler is not abused it will last forever, and 17 years. Leave it out in the weather and it can rust out in just a few seasons. Be sure to get a Operators Manual, & a Parts Manual. Have two sets of knives, and sharpen them by filing or with a good slow wet wheel.

What is a hay baler used for?

A baler, most often called a hay baler is a piece of farm machinery used to compress a cut and raked crop (such as hay, cotton, flax straw, salt marsh hay, or silage) into compact bales that are easy to handle, transport, and store. Often, bales are configured to dry and preserve some intrinsic (e.g.

What size hay baler?

The smallest balers produce a full-sized bale that is approximately 4 feet wide by 5 feet in diameter . The largest balers make bales that are 8 feet wide by 6 feet in diameter . Bale weights vary from 500 to 2,500 pounds in properly conditioned hay.

How big is a bale of hay?

A common two-string bale of hay measuring 16 in x 19 in x 36 in will weigh between 40 to75 pounds (18 to 34 kg) on average.

How many bales does a baler last?

On average a baler ought to go 3-5 thousand bales and a tractor ought to go 8-9 thousand hours. It all depends on the above. Both questions depend on many variables.