Back on the Bale Basket again?

I do about 5000 bales a year and use two bale baskets. All my hay is for horses. Half of the hay stays on our farm and half goes to other customers. My customers really like the baskets and come and get the baskets with their pick ups. Here are several benefits of baskets.

1 They are easy to back up so I don't worry about letting customers take them home

2 They do not need to be unloaded so the customer can return the basket quickly. This is the most important advantage and why I only need two baskets. Just pull the handle and go, no pulling, tugging or wrestling of bales out of the thower rack.

3 No thrower to aim or adjust or maintain.

4 Less horsepower required.

I started out with one basket and soon got a second. I hope this helps.

The problem with the NH bale stackers is they are kinda fussy, bales need to be uniform, and for quick unloading you need a big flat shed.

Throwers & racks are king of small squares around here (southern MN) and a whole lot of the NH stackers are also used. Baskets are rare, but I see more now than I did 10 years ago.

--->Paul

Kelly, I don't understand why you didn't keep the thrower on the 268? And add sides to your current hay wagons..... ..... I ain't going to lie, I love ours!

Them bale baskets are just too wide for our roads and lanes in this area..... ....At our one farm it would take a D6 to make the lane wide enough to use them.

--->Paul