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Baling On A Hillside Quesions

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Bill

07-28-2003 10:05:47




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I watched a guy round baling yesterday and he was traveling up and down the hill vs side to side. I thought that if one were baling with a square baler, they could bale at any angle with respect to the slope since the baler packs the bale chamber - therefore gravity has no ill effect. But what about a round baler? If you bale sideways vs up and down on a hill, will the baler fill to oneside, making it impossible to get a suitable round bale? Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Bill

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rhudson

07-29-2003 20:14:44




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 Re: Baling On A Hillside Quesions in reply to Bill, 07-28-2003 10:05:47  
many round bailers will turn over in a heartbeat if on too steep of a hill going with contour. worse with a full chamber, or when you let the gate up. i bailed a neighbors farm that was very hilley, it is very uncomfortable bailing with the contour because of the "pucker factor". thanks in advance for comments on spelling.



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thurlow

07-28-2003 19:14:36




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 Re: Baling On A Hillside Quesions in reply to Bill, 07-28-2003 10:05:47  
Bill, it may be harder to get a "perfect" round bale while baling on the contour; depends on the skill of the operator and (maybe) the size/condition of the windrows. Not about the effect of gravity on the hay, but rather the tendency of the tractor and baler to crawl downhill as you go forward. This tends to make the hay feed into the upper side of the chamber and calls for continual adjustment. I've baled in every direction and pay attention to the way the field lays rather than trying to either go up and down or sideways.....

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dan

07-28-2003 18:36:31




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 Re: Baling On A Hillside Quesions in reply to Bill, 07-28-2003 10:05:47  
i would say becouse the round baler is top heavy so instead of chancing a rollover just go up and down



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Roy in UK

07-28-2003 12:06:18




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 Re: Baling On A Hillside Quesions in reply to Bill, 07-28-2003 10:05:47  
No real problem baling across slopes, as the other posts have said, the bale spins too fast to make any difference. As for going up and down steepish slopes.....Ah! going up hill, when you eject the bale it never knows when to stop rolling, its easy for them to roll right into a hedge or ditch. Ejecting a bale downhill has its problems too, the damn thing follows you and its all to easy for it to run into the baler! What I used to do is as I backed the tractor to eject the bale, I used to turn the steering wheel so as to have the baler facing across the slope.

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Tim(nj)

07-28-2003 11:12:11




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 Re: Baling On A Hillside Quesions in reply to Bill, 07-28-2003 10:05:47  
Perhaps when traveling across the slope, the center of gravity gets too high when the chamber is full and the door opens to eject the roll.



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paul

07-28-2003 11:02:39




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 Re: Baling On A Hillside Quesions in reply to Bill, 07-28-2003 10:05:47  
The baler wraps the hay around the roll. There really is no 'free fall' time when the hay can move over to one side. It goes right from the pickup to the started roll, no time to float downhill. It's a problem with combines tho! --->Paul



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