Accumulators and grapples work fairly well, logistically... particularly when you're spread out over a wide geographic area. You can run them as a one man band... but you'll never make a cent at it if that's how you want to run. I run an 18 bale Kuhns accumulator and grab. That's probably an 18K purchase today... and you could do your 3k bales in one day with enough help and wagons. Doesn't really make much sense for what you're doing... or I don't think it does. The smaller grabs... I really don't see a point to at all because you're sweeping half as many bales with the same amount of effort. If you can find one of the two in one sweep/grapple arrangements... that might work ok for you. At least it would keep the cost under control a bit better. With the grab I'm using you also need a lot of support equipment with wagons/trailers/trucks etc and some extra bodies to keep it all moving. It can do a lot of bales in a day if the support is there but as a one man operation it's not that efficient... you'd be into one bloody long day to bale and haul 1000 bales. The beauty of an 18 bale grab is that you can load the wagons, unload into the barn then reload back out into an 98" van trailer and never have to touch a bale IF the piles stay together correctly. I like this system but I don't think it's the be all, end all of square bale handling systems... If I had all flat high ceiling storage close to home I'd probably have a stack wagon. If I was hand piling in a loft I'd probably look at bale baskets or thrower racks... My big motivation for going with the accumulator (aside from not wanting to handle the damn things) was the ability to load out into a van quickly and not have to handle them much...
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