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Buying a Bale Basket

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Drillbit

12-01-2003 13:57:22




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Thinking about buying a bale basket to cut out help on getting up square bales of hay. Has anybody used them and do they bend the bales when they are dumped. I will also be selling it as horse hay. Thank you.




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Rick

12-02-2003 05:19:44




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 Re: Buying a Bale Basket in reply to Drillbit, 12-01-2003 13:57:22  
Davidj; Been some good comments stated here. Their is more tricks that will make things alot easier with these that has not been mentioned. It also depends on which brand you fellows are talking about. If you use chute extension or not etc. I ran three on them for several years,kicker setup before that. Davidj give me a call and I can give you alot of help,even have a toy model of one built now. Rick 319-257-6764

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Rick

12-02-2003 05:24:04




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 Re: Re: Buying a Bale Basket in reply to Rick, 12-02-2003 05:19:44  
drillbit; read one to Davidj from Rick. Give me a call 319-257-6764 had years working with those and modified them also. They work really stick if you do the tricks,chute extension etc.



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Davidj

12-01-2003 16:31:41




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 Re: Buying a Bale Basket in reply to Drillbit, 12-01-2003 13:57:22  
I'm like Paul in that I can do 300-400 bales/day without depending on undependable help( both machine and human related). One trick I use when unloading is to open the door and drive 8 or 10 feet ahead and prop the door up on a few bales. Saves a LOT of walking and the bales fall to you. Make sure to have the door propped on bales as a stick or fork is too easy to knock out. Them doors look heavy. Also keep the area you're working in cleaned up as there's nothing worse than walking on a layer of broken bales. If you are going to take a full load any distance or down the road, you should tie the door shut as a full load of bales has a way of putting enough of a warp in the door to pop open. That happened to me last summer in my lane on the way out to deliver a load to a guy 4 miles away. Would've been funny if it happened out on the highway. good luck. BTW I paid $1200 Can. for mine 4 years ago used. New they're about $25-2700 new I think

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big man

12-01-2003 16:20:50




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 Re: Buying a Bale Basket in reply to Drillbit, 12-01-2003 13:57:22  
dump bales, big mess, hard to stack with them criss-crossed in one big lump, also bales draw moisture up from ground around here if left for a rainy day or even left to long.



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paul

12-01-2003 14:25:30




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 Re: Buying a Bale Basket in reply to Drillbit, 12-01-2003 13:57:22  
There's a discussion about them down near the bottom of this page; as well a search of the archives will give you more threads to read. I've used one for 2 seasons now, more work unloading that the flat rack was, but _way_ less work loading, can do my 300-400 bales of hay a day by myself now. Really like it. I did not want the expense & maintenence of a thrower; racks and baskets cost the same used here, and I think a thrower would break & bend more bales than a basket.

I think if you leave the bales in the basket for days it will settle & deform them, but I've had little trouble with deformed bales, maybe average 1 per load that had the twine move or bend.

--->Paul

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Kelly C

12-01-2003 15:02:58




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 Re: Re: Buying a Bale Basket in reply to paul, 12-01-2003 14:25:30  
Paul.
Why do you say they are harder to unload than a flat rack? Cant you just dump them in the barn and go get another load?



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FM

12-01-2003 15:50:38




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 Re: Re: Re: Buying a Bale Basket in reply to Kelly C, 12-01-2003 15:02:58  
I assumed he meant That he is running them up an elevator into a mow--then you would have to drag them from the pile to the elevator and lift them onto the elevator instead of just throwing them off thewagon. That or he has limited barn room and has to stack one load before getting the next..

Mike



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Kelly C

12-01-2003 16:09:36




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Buying a Bale Basket in reply to FM, 12-01-2003 15:50:38  
Ahhhhh I see. For me dumping them in the barn and getting some more. Them stacking in the barn on a rain day would be great!!



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paul

12-01-2003 17:13:45




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Buying a Bale Basket in reply to Kelly C, 12-01-2003 16:09:36  
That was my plan too. I have a large drive in upstairs on my 1909 barn. I figured I could dump 2 loads in the barn, store one on the basket, & stack it all the next day in the rain.

The basket is a hair over 11' tall, and about as wide. My haybarn door is 2" too low, and real close on the width. Then if I fill it, bales can be sticking 2-3 feet above the rim.... I have to be careful of 2 power lines in my yard, fits through empty, but not with the pile on top.

So, I open the gate & stack, carrying from the door. When I get 5 high across the bottom of the whole upstairs, I open the gate next to the elevator & dump on top, restack them on a rainy day.

I also found that the bales cover a pretty big area if you open the gate & drive away, I now prefer stacking from right off the back, rather than dumping & going. But, I'm a 1-man operation, if I had help I'd dump & go...

--->Paul

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Kelly C

12-01-2003 18:17:50




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Buying a Bale Basket in reply to paul, 12-01-2003 17:13:45  
hey Paul.
This next hay season. I got a deal for you. How about you email me when you are going to be doing some hay on a weekend and if I am not neck deep in my own. I can come on down. You show me how the bale basket thing works ( maybe let me try it out). Then I can help you stack the hay in the mow.



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Greywolf

12-02-2003 06:49:54




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Buying a Bale Basket in reply to Kelly C, 12-01-2003 18:17:50  
Kelly beat me to the punch..... LOL.

It's only a 20 mile drive from paul to me. I too would be able to be a "second" hand as long as the offer got reciprocated. I just need someone to drive the baler, and unload into the elevator, I'll do the "heavy" work.

Hey, maybe we could do a "3some"....LOL. When here, the barely pops are on me!!!!! !!

Bruce



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paul

12-01-2003 19:48:10




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Buying a Bale Basket in reply to Kelly C, 12-01-2003 18:17:50  
I shall have to write your email down. :)

--->Paul



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