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Dr. Ed 01-12-2013 10:11:06 71.213.145.7 Report to Moderator	Most of the hay baled in New Mexico, Arizona and California is baled at night, especially during the hot summer when they will start at midnight, after the dew comes in, and run all night until the morning dew leaves. Many use three strings on the bale and the bales will weigh 120 lbs. They used to prefer wire, but it has gotten too high priced, it costs over 25 cents per bale for wire alone, probably more now that was 10 years ago. The big operators now use the big bale system with 1500 to 2000 lb bales. Unfortunately, the small baler shown are becoming relics of the past. [Reply]   [No Email]
DeltaRed 01-12-2013 12:23:09 67.6.219.50 Report to Moderator	Re: West Coast hay balers in reply to Dr. Ed, 01-12-2013 10:11:06   Here in weatern Colorado(as in most of the desert southwest) we also bale a lot of hay at night.We use mostly Small(14x18).No 3 wire that I have seen.A few big guys are now useing 3x3 or 4x4. [Reply]  [No Email]