Round Baler ramps/kickers

SHALER · Jul 10, 2017

Having these seems like a no-brainer I would think??saves thousand of shifts in to reverse in order to gain clearance to shut the baler door. BUT, what if you farm on rolling or uneven ground? Do you run the risk of ejecting a bale and having it get away from you? So those of you rolling hay on ?less than flat? ground, do you use ramps or kickers on your round baler?

rrlund · Jul 10, 2017

My Gehl has ramps,but the least little slope toward the baler,I back up before I kick them out.

JDIH · Jul 10, 2017

I've baled with and without a kicker in hills. Either way common sense needs to be used. They'll roll down a hill without a kicker

RickB · Jul 10, 2017

My experience with a kicker and hills is that when correcting for slopes, more correction is typically needed. This is a learned skill. Once you figure it out, baling with a kicker on slopes is no different than baling without a kicker on the same slopes.

JD Seller · Jul 10, 2017

On our slopes you can not use kickers or ramps. IF you dump the bale down the hill it will roll down the hill. IF your not careful you can upset the baler dumping by turning the baler side ways on the slope to keep the bale from rolling. All of our balers have the kickers locked out. The main balers have taken off.

chevytaHOE5674 · Jul 10, 2017

I bale some steep ground (some requires a MFWD tractor to pull a baler up), my baler has a ramp and I rarely shift into reverse to dump a bale. On the steep stuff you have to be careful and plan/estimate where the bales are going to end up and where you dump them. Kicker/ramp or not on a hill the bale is going to roll.

Destroked 450 · Jul 11, 2017

I had one baler without a kicker/ramp, never again. baling on slopes takes practice to know how to dump bales without them rolling off or back against the baler not allowing the tail gate to close.
If it's much of a down slop I backup a little and when the bale dumps out I'll let the tractor roll forward as I close the tail gate.
Going up slope I let the tractor and baler roll back while turning the baler sideways on the slope before dumping the bale.
On steep slopes I used pull out of the windrow and find a suitable location to dump the bale, decided it wasn't worth the hassle baling on steep slopes so I don't anymore.
Ticked a couple of framers off when I refused to bale certain steep slopes in their fields, but I just told them if they wanted it baled they should buy their own baler, next time they called I found that steep slope hadn't been mowed for hay.

Traditional Farmer · Jul 11, 2017

I bale on hilly land and I've taken the kicker off 3 used balers when I bought them.I rarely have to back up anyway just kick the bale out and pull forward letting the windrow bunch up a little and almost always its enough room to let the door down.

Texasmark1 · Jul 11, 2017

I have ramps. On pretty level ground, <5% grade I ignore it. On greater than that, I back up and turn to the side to prevent it, which I do while tying.

Round Baler ramps/kickers

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