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Tim(nj)

11-28-2003 19:29:49




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I can't remember which magazine I saw it in, but somebody constructed a self-propelled bale basket. Looked like the guy took an old New Idea 701 Uni-Chassis and put a single chain bale elevator to the right of the operator platform. He made up a collector with caster wheels for the bottom of the elevator to guide the bales in. I am assuming there was some kind of pivot built into the elevator mounts so that it could float with the ground surface. There was a wood rack on the back of the 701 into which the elevator dropped the bales. It had a back door, but it looked like he also used the Uni's hydraulic system to make the basket dump. It looked like it could hold 150 or more bales.

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Rick

12-01-2003 05:16:54




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 Re: speaking of bale baskets in reply to Tim(nj), 11-28-2003 19:29:49  
Tim(nj) That article is in Farm Show. Just get yourself a used basket wagon and put it behind your baler and go. I did it for 10-12 seasons and loved them. You have to know the tricks,when you figure those out they work really slick. Let me know if your serious about them and I will tell you the tricks and you wlll be glad you did. Rick



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Delbert

12-01-2003 08:09:02




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 Re: Re: speaking of bale baskets in reply to Rick, 12-01-2003 05:16:54  
Tell us the tricks and we will all know can,t be that big a deal. Right.



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tim[in]

11-30-2003 13:56:40




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 Re: speaking of bale baskets in reply to Tim(nj), 11-28-2003 19:29:49  
personally after the people i have dealt with selling small bales of hay, i am thinking about a hesston 10 stackhand. no knotters or twine or hired help.i know the weight is a bit much for a ac D 17 and the hydraulics will be a challenge but since i dont plan to sell hay, i think it will be worth it.



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Rick

12-02-2003 05:03:34




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 Re: Re: speaking of bale baskets in reply to tim[in], 11-30-2003 13:56:40  
Tim(in) I know fellow has complete setup of stacker stuff wants to sell. He has stacker,stackmover and a stackslicer feeder. Wants to sell all of them. Let me know if interested will give more info on who contact, Rick. I also have friend who has a real nice olde round baler sitting in shed last several years and was bought new if that would help. I do everything small square if at all possible.

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ed

11-29-2003 18:56:59




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 Re: speaking of bale baskets in reply to Tim(nj), 11-28-2003 19:29:49  
Make life easy, buy a few hayracks, hire a couple of the neighbor kid's for a couple bucks and a glass of lemonade, and get in the barn right away



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kyhayman

11-29-2003 20:22:50




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 Re: Re: speaking of bale baskets in reply to ed, 11-29-2003 18:56:59  
When they get $7.50 an hour at McDonald's they turn up their nose at me. I had to go with a NH bale wagon, couldn't keep good help and I'm pretty easy to work for, pay good wages (better than McDonalds), furnish meals and keep them on the clock during meal time, always round time up, etc. I struggle to keep one boy during the summer with a 20 hour per week guarentee. That doesnt even count Dr bills, if one gets too hot that's a cool thousand for the ER. Had one boy kicked this year by a calf and the Dr. and the X-ray was over $500. I can kind of get help in the fall and winter to load trucks and maybe late in the evening in the summer to stack hay in the side sheds of the barns (where I cant dump), if I need the room.

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Indydirtfarmer

11-30-2003 06:11:54




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 Re: Re: Re: speaking of bale baskets in reply to kyhayman, 11-29-2003 20:22:50  
It's easier to run a business, if you can have control on your cost. regardless if it's high or low, knowing your cost ahead of time, will allow you to budget properly. Labor is one of the most inconsistant items in a business. If you can spend a "set amount" on a piece of equipment, and therefore eliminate the need for costly labor, you are miles ahead. With labor, and all of it's "variables", a bale cart, bale wagon, or even a "kicker", you are ahead of the curve. I am looking at several options, as far as a bale accumulator, and grapple system. We do quite a bit of small baled straw. Most of my hay will be round baled. If I can eliminate the "need" for hired help, and do most of the work with myself, my son, and my wife, I don't have to give the lions share of my "profits" to my help. We can keep it in the family, where it's really needed. John

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Tim(nj)

11-29-2003 20:13:27




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 Re: Re: speaking of bale baskets in reply to ed, 11-29-2003 18:56:59  
Hire the neighbor kids? Yeah, right. I offer $10 an hour to help stack hay and nobody wants to do it . . . . "that's Mexican work", they say as they turn up their noses at me. . . . shows you what yuppification has done to the youth of America. Luckily my cousins, aunt, uncle, mom etc. are all willing to help with unloading the thrower wagons.



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TP from Central PA

11-30-2003 07:05:49




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 Re: Re: Re: speaking of bale baskets in reply to Tim(nj), 11-29-2003 20:13:27  
Gosh Darn..... ...I'll come put in hay for you when ours is done! I usually help my neighbors some with theirs, but they never offer a cent to anybody. Stupid IMO, acouple of kids here really like to work(And they work cheap as well!)..... ..They could put in alot more square bales than they do, but they make alot of rounds and their happy..... ..... ..... ..... ..Just don't make sense to me, alittle more spent now, is alot more returned later, IMO.

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JMS/MN

11-29-2003 17:43:46




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 Re: speaking of bale baskets in reply to Tim(nj), 11-28-2003 19:29:49  
About '73-'74 I did a similar thing- mounted a bale thrower rack on a 1 1/2 ton truck chassis with an elevator in front and across the top, with a tip-off, to load bales out of the field.



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paul

11-28-2003 21:38:20




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 Re: speaking of bale baskets in reply to Tim(nj), 11-28-2003 19:29:49  
Farm Show. Little less than a year ago.

--->Paul



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