hay bales

dhays · May 28, 2015

About how many square bales, are in a 4x4 round bale?

Brendon Warren · May 28, 2015

I'd say 10-12.

Janicholson · May 28, 2015

Small "square" bales are variable in size from machine to machine. Volume is length times width times height. i did it in cubic inches with a 14X18X40" small sq. and there were close to 8.7 in a 4X4 round. Jim

farmerwithmutt · May 28, 2015

40 small bales at 50 lbs would be a ton or 2000 lbs I don't know the average big square I'm guessing 800 lbs so 2 and a half would be a 2000 lbs . That would mean 40 small bales to 2 1/2 big square

old · May 28, 2015

Many factor come into play on this. Say if you have square bales that are at say 50lbs and a round bale that is 500lbs well 10 times 50 equals 500. But if you bale like I do an my square bales are in the 35lbs range and my rounds are in the 1800lbs range well a whole lot more squares to a round

dhays · May 29, 2015

Thanks for the input!!!

Nebraska Cowman · May 29, 2015

None. It's a "round" bale. But if you tell me what your round bale weighs I will tell you how many pounds of hay are in it.

Tx Jim · May 29, 2015

dhays
Most accurate thing to do is weigh a few of your rd bales to determine an average for your rd bales then divide the desired sq bale weight into average rd bale weight. A guessed weight is just that merely a guess.

Texasmark1 · May 29, 2015

Agree that the tensioning (density as a function of the bailing function, nothing to do with condition of crop) and dimensions of both come into play. I think unless you take both to the scales it's just a crap shoot. But if you can stand 20-30% of error then you can guess......opinion, BTDT

JRSutton · May 29, 2015

Very hard to be accurate there! Lots of variables on either side of the equation...

What's a typical round bale to YOU? - and what's a typical square bale to YOU?

Around here a 4x4 should usually be between 450 and 600 lbs of hay...

Around here, a small square should be between 35 and 50 lbs...

so - the answer could be anywhere from 9 to 17 small squares in a 4x4 round bale.

on AVERAGE I'd say about 11 - but you will get into trouble if you're trying to calculate a year's feed that way, but to err on the side of excess.

formenwhogrow · May 29, 2015

How much does it weigh?

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