Rolling damp hay

SHALER · Jan 13, 2019

I have a Vermeer round baler that is commonly known to not like damp hay at all. Therefore I have not ever knowingly baled damp hay with it. My question is this- if you
do happen to attempt to bale damp hay that the baler does not like, what will happen? I assume and have heard that the hay will wrap around the belt rollers. If that is
true, what happens then? The belts simply stop turning (slippage) and the baler plugs up?

rrlund · Jan 13, 2019

With my Gehl,the first clue is that the bale won't eject like it should. I have to back up and hit the brakes a time or two.

steve wi · Jan 13, 2019

I've got 605 super G and the rolls wrap and the pickup tends to plug.

paul · Jan 13, 2019

My F has baled more wet hay than dry. Hay around here is grown on ground too wet to raise grain crops, and all it does is rain and rain. I make small squares of the good quality hay, the round baler is to get rid of the junk hay.

The roller with the flaps likes to ball up.

That?s about the worst of it.

Have to be aware of wet hay heating and catching fire.

Paul

fastfarmall · Jan 13, 2019

Just turning hay about 2-3 hours and it will be dry, makes a huge difference and it wont be musty !!!

paul · Jan 13, 2019

I suppose that works in your climate.........

Here, my back yard, there are times that helps, and times it just rains and or is 90% humidity for more than a week at a time.

You can rake every hour and it won?t matter.....

Paul

Bret4207 · Jan 14, 2019

(quoted from post at 00:11:46 01/14/19) I suppose that works in your climate.........

Here, my back yard, there are times that helps, and times it just rains and or is 90% humidity for more than a week at a time.

You can rake every hour and it won?t matter.....

Paul

Then you either need a tedder or to start making baleage.

JD Seller · Jan 14, 2019

Your question of what will happen to your baler if it plugs with too wet of hay is very model specific. On some it indeed wrap the rolls tight and the belts will stop/slip. On others the roller can wrap tight enough it can break shafts and rolls. So post your model and we can tell you a little more information.

Rolling damp hay

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