Rrlund - thanks. I think this will be a good move for us...I was gung-ho for a discbine a few years ago but the more I looked at the used market, the potential pitfalls etc..., I realized that the only way to go is new...or lightly used. This is what led us to the wider, center pivot sickle route. Hopefully the machine is as nice as it seems. Like I said, the other things with the discbine is it would mean a 2nd bigger tractor (I hate having anything on the farm that I can't have a backup for (i.e. - more than 1 option to run it)).
Everyone else...I truly have no idea how this is going to pencil out...i can't imagine it will...we are in upstate NY, local market on nice 1st cut is $3-4/bale, 2nd is $4-5/bale. He plans to send it to the cape cod area which I think is more of a $6-8 and $8-10 market for first and 2nd. We have struggled the last few years with the weather to get our first cut in early....so perhaps round baling will allow him to attack his first a little faster.
I was thinking maybe he will have a long pole barn, setupt a massive conveyor belt with an astroturf surface...stationary high capacity square baler, a stationary rake and a round bale on a spool at the far end. Conveyor takes hay off the round bale, fluffed/merged by the rake into the square baler, dropped on the conveyor behind it to the waiting stacker...lol. Other than that setup...I can't imagine this not being a labor intensive method...
I am interested...wish the guy was a little more local to me so I could watch from a close distance.
I am going to talk to a buddy at the local JD dealer to see if he knows the scoop. I assume he is a fan of this guy...at least right now when the payments are coming through.
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