Posted by Bill VA on June 24, 2015 at 10:14:02 from (76.3.243.86):
So you got your square baler rigged with some kind of buffered acid or Hayguard type preservative and you are baling at say - 25% moisture.
With or without the preservative, the high moisture square bales are going to come out of the baler heavier than say a - a bale at 15% moisture.
Unlike my old New Holland 68, your fancy baler has hydraulic compression or an air bag compressing the bale chamber vs cranks - so you are getting a pretty consistently dense bale of hay.
The baler spits out a nice firm bale of hay, preservative has been applied - all is good, nice colored, safe hay bricks are going into the barn.
Question is - you baled this hay in June and now it's February and the hay has dried out. When you go to fetch a bale, are they now loose due to the escape of moisture or just as solid - tight bricks like they were when baled, only lighter to the extent moisture has evaporated?
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