mini round baler

used red MN · May 18, 2022

Anybody ever seen or heard of one of these before? I did not look very hard to find a price. One thing about it, it would seem like if you can think up something there is always someone who will buy it.
See it here first

Bruce from Can. · May 18, 2022

Cute, I have seen such rigs on YouTube before, but never in life. Here the solar farms let the land out to graze sheep. Sheep trip under the collectors too. And the green weenies like the fact there is no fossil fuel used.

Geo-TH,In · May 18, 2022

Thanks for the post.
Never seen anything like that..

mtf · May 18, 2022

Those balers are used to bale Pine straw, which is used in landscaping.

Bret4207 · May 18, 2022

I saw one used that goes on the front of a BCS walking tractor. Made a little round bale about the size of a good sized square bale. To each their own!

Tony in SD · May 18, 2022

I thought this post was about the vintage round balers of the 50-60s. Like in the 50-75 lb size. I have no experience with them. But Dad alway said they were a PITA to stack because they would roll out from under you.. Which is probably why we never had one.

Traditional Farmer · May 18, 2022

A fellow near me has had a baler like that for about 10 years it came from Europe not Yanmar,makes a bale about the same size as the old AC Roto Baler.

retired farmer · May 18, 2022

Guy down the road built a new house on a couple of acres two years ago that had a little alfalfa growing around it. He bought a little tractor and a little rake and baler like that last year and put up a few bales. You could lift them with one hand. Don't know what he paid for it but it was too much.

Dave41A · May 18, 2022

Last year my neighbor mentioned one of those to me once as something she wanted to buy. Big $$$$ and I do not see the advantage over square bales. As others noted, since the small rounds do not stack well, if anything you're taking a step back. About the only thing they have going for them practically speaking is that they take up less space in the barn than a square baler. I guess there is the hobby aspect of things if you want to run a baler behind a compact tractor or need to work in tight spaces like between the solar panels in the video.

J.Wondergem · May 18, 2022

My father in law had a A-C Roto baler. Those bales were a Pain in the butt on the wagon and in the barn, both.

Leroy · May 18, 2022

What size is that thing making? Probably same reason for a lot of large rounds for better rain run off without destroying the hay for someone that does not want to store inside.

Ken Macfarlane · May 18, 2022

The oil wells with jerk rod setup in Petrolia Ontario has sheep grazing to keep the lines between the well heads clear too.

philcaseinWPA · May 18, 2022

why not use conventional round baler? There is enough room between the solar panels.

tom upton · May 18, 2022

you had to have a front and back ladder on the wagon. Dad used a fork to load from the ground while I drove the tractor between two rows. I wasnt old enough to push the clutch in when I first started. I can still see Dad jumping over the tounge from one side to the other loading two rows by himself. Here is me hauling one load of many Dad put on. Its how Dad put up about 15000 plus or minus bales/yr of our own plus a pile of custom baling right from when they quit using buck rake and loose hay till well into the 70's.

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