My boss bought alfalfa from out west, wanted it for the horses, anyway there 3 string small square bales, but very heavy, and bigger than what I make with a Deere 346 2 twine baler, what kind of baler makes them? We have 2 twine bales, round bales, and 6x3 maybe, 4 twine big squares, first time I ever saw these odd bales. Anyone have a pic of that kind of baler? Thanks
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Roger Tomfohrde
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Look up Freeman balers , I believe i saw a video of them with three twines.
Brendon-KS
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Massey/Hesston also makes a 3-string baler that makes a 15x22 bale. The west coast is the primary market.
TomA in CA
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3 string bales are the standard out here in California. All manufacturers make them. Not too many 3 wire anymore. Some large bales now, 8' long. No round bales to speak of.
Eastern Washington and Oregon. I think most of them are using New Holland 3 string balers (model number is 5 hundred something), with diesel engines (usually Deutz air cooled). Most baling is done at night, to get enough dew on the hay to make tight bales. Many use a pickup truck to pull the baler- all the comforts of home! Used to be all Freeman balers, but I don't think they are making them anymore.
When we were dairying in the '50's and early 60's, bales were 2 wire, about 100#. I think the 3 strings are about 120, about the limit that a man can handle without machinery (other than a hay elevator, of course). And it has to be a pretty good man, at that.
When we were dairying in the '50's and early 60's, bales were 2 wire, about 100#. I think the 3 strings are about 120, about the limit that a man can handle without machinery (other than a hay elevator, of course). And it has to be a pretty good man, at that.
Case Nutty 1660
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Wow he must have money to spend shipping it from the west coast,, is the hay in your area that bad? Case made the NAP-3 baler in the 50's it was three wire bale and a bigger chamber than the normal two string/wire balers,, like said they were sold mostly to the western markets. I remember being told in the 80's about a stationary baler they used on those three wire bales to compress three of them into the same size as one bale was for shipping over seas, the hay was so pressed they had to grind it before feeding, he also spoke of the juice it pressed out of them but I do not remember if they used it for something
I live in central Washington state, eastern side. Many farmers here grow hay for export to Japan. The standard is Freeman balers but you occasionally see a New Holland. Bales are hauled to a "recompressor" where the 3 ties are compressed further then loaded into containers to be hauled to the port in Seattle. A lot of growers have also gone to the big bales and I understand those are also recompressed before being loaded in containers. When I was young everything was wire here, then plastic twine was perfected and took over. Only 3 tie balers her mostly IH, then NH wire. One guy here had 2 JD 3 tie balers. I don't think JD made very many as parts were hard to find.
Case Nutty 1660
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I know the type of horse person she is then from selling hay for way too long to them lol , my Dad grew up farming with horses,, he always said a horse loved alfalfa but it was hard on their kidneys is what I remember it wasand it lacked what they needed , he always said grass hay was best,, if they were working horses they also got grained more, I had a neighbor gal here who always had blankets on them year around, said they would sunburn if they did not have them on 24-7,, these was Brown horses and not light skinned at all, I like horses but I will never own another lol
I don't know about the kidneys but you want to watch where you are behind the horse fed alfalfa as it is like they have the runs. That is why a lot of Amish have something hanging on the front of the buggys to keep it from hitting the buggy. Grass doesn't have that problem or riper Red Clover.
Case Nutty 1660
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LOl a poop deflector! i can see that,, like I said that is what i remember him saying, but I do know he said it was not good for them, they had 20 pairs of work horses in the day and they used them always even after they got the first tractor in 1935 or 36 as grandad said gas was way to much as they already were feeding the ponies, full time tractor use would not happen for another 10 years on the farm, he and grandad were horsemen always me I get along with them fine but hate riding them something I have not done since the early 70's, Dad was also not a fan of yellow clover for cows as he said in the winter it thinned their blood so much they would dang near freeze to death if fed too much of it at a time
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