Square bale Size

I am curious as to how heavy most people make their bales. These 65 pounders are killing me(especially the next day at work...)

i thought of making 40 pounders charging less to customers and aid in the ease of bale handling. Thoughts?

The gal who boards horses who buys all my hay has recently decided to buy elsewhere because she can't get enough hay for the winter into the amount of storage space she has at the weight I bale. She normally buys bales at around 100 lbs. and sometimes as much as 120 lb. I think they may tend to be about 48", but still, pretty hefty. That's more typical around here than my 50-60 lbs.

Incidentally, she is in her late 40s and weighs in at about 125-130 lbs. She bucks those heavy ones just fine, even keeping pace with the guys! Makes my back hurt just thinking about it. :)

Chuck, WA

I know I'm getting soft, so I did the same thing that you did. I shortened my bales so that they are about 40 - 45 lbs. depending on the size of the windrow. They are much easier to handle and stack. I don't know how guys keep it up for very long with 65 lb. bales.

Joe in IN,

Good for you that you are finished. I have about 150 more to pick up this afternoon and then I'll be done with my first cut. I should end up with about 800 bales in the barn. I figure that I need about 1100 for next winter, so my second cut will finish my needs and I'll try to sell the rest.

Tom in TN