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paul

05-28-2000 09:11:42




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For those of you new to baling, please be careful baling wet hay. It breaks out in fire if it's too wet. I ran across these pictures on the 'net.

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bbott

05-29-2000 18:26:38




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 Re: new to baling in reply to paul, 05-28-2000 09:11:42  
Of course, if you're nervous about it, you salt it too... helps draw the moisture..

This ranch is right on the Pacific Ocean, it's hard to get things properly dried so it's salted most every year.

As a matter of fact, per my recollection, baling hay here is almost always sure to cause rain.

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Skippie

05-28-2000 14:50:41




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 Re: new to baling in reply to paul, 05-28-2000 09:11:42  
Spontaneous combustion can occur with several crops. We have the same problem with cotton which is compressed into modules immediately following harvest. Never start picking before the dew dries.



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AD-explodes also

05-28-2000 11:18:53




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 Re: new to baling in reply to paul, 05-28-2000 09:11:42  
There have been lots of barns burn to the ground because of putting up hay that was not cured and went into case (heat) while in the bale and stacked in the barn. This is not so prevalent with the round bales and some friends in KY put up some hay a little greener than it should have been (because they were told it wasn't necessary to be as dry with the round bales). It is true they can be put up a little sooner than the square bales that go into the barn but only if you let them set out and go thru the heat cycle in the open. The friend had followed his old square bale operation by getting them in the shed and covered as soon as possible. They began to explode and he had to set them out into the field and let them cure. He thought they had cured and put them back into the shed and it started again so back to the field and that time he left them long enough they were cured. I have saw the round bales burned in the field and I am sure it was caused because they were not cured when they were rolled.I am sure there will be more and more round bales and sheds go up in flames as people start stacking them in the sheds before they are thru with their heat cycles. AD

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Burrhead

05-28-2000 11:37:41




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 Re: Re: new to baling in reply to AD-explodes also, 05-28-2000 11:18:53  
I'm glad you mentioned the part about rounds being baled too green. Most folks around me will bale them too green like you said and then raise cain because the bales mold and ruin.

You're right it makes all the difference on whether it will be left outside or stored inside.



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Bill D

05-29-2000 04:39:57




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 Re: Re: Re: new to baling in reply to Burrhead, 05-28-2000 11:37:41  
When I was a volunter fireman I spent several hot July nights Breaking up hay bale stacks and emptying barns of heated hay Not fun at all Be very careful whan handling wet or green hay



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