but jim most people that sells hay bale the bales real loose.so you dont get much hay in a bale.the custom balers most all run 4 by 5 an 4 by 6 balers,so they can make more bales pre ac.Jim62":2u8tet2i said:Usually, I guess the weight of round bales by what the guy doing the rolling says they weigh.
Most of the time, around 60% of that........... :tiphat: :hide:
:bs: :bs:bigbull338":zc78do9j said:but jim most people that sells hay bale the bales real loose.so you dont get much hay in a bale.the custom balers most all run 4 by 5 an 4 by 6 balers,so they can make more bales pre ac.Jim62":zc78do9j said:Usually, I guess the weight of round bales by what the guy doing the rolling says they weigh.
Most of the time, around 60% of that........... :tiphat: :hide:
yeah your 1 of the so called custom balers on here,an the only the reason you answered his q was because i did.it wasnt because you didnt want to go on a limb an help a person because you could care less about helping any1 at CT.i know a guy that runs a 4 by 6 baler an he told me that they weighed 200lbs less than a tightly wrapped 5 by 6 bale.an i told him he was full of bull,an he is a preacher on top of that an 1 of my friends.his fil charges $25 a bale custom work.Angus Cowman":11x1paps said::bs: :bs:bigbull338":11x1paps said:but jim most people that sells hay bale the bales real loose.so you dont get much hay in a bale.the custom balers most all run 4 by 5 an 4 by 6 balers,so they can make more bales pre ac.Jim62":11x1paps said:Usually, I guess the weight of round bales by what the guy doing the rolling says they weigh.
Most of the time, around 60% of that........... :tiphat: :hide:
Put that in your top 100 dumb things you have said this week
Most custom balers run 4x5 and 4x6 balers because that size bale is the easiest to handle for the customer and also the easiest to transport
and if the baler is a 4x5 the operator gets less $$$$ per bale to bale than an operator running a 5x5 baler
and their is NO way you can sit behind a computer and tell someone what a bale of hay will weigh based on the size of the bale because it depends on the crop, the moisture, the baler, the tightness of the bale and a few others things you apparently don't have a clue about
so it looks like YOU need to go back to school
if you notice the couple of guys on here that bale hay as a large part of their living never commented on what the bales would weigh
bigbull338":n9pbtjrs said:yeah your 1 of the so called custom balers on here,
Yes I custom bale hay and I run several head of cows to make my living
an the only the reason you answered his q was because i did.it wasnt because you didnt want to go on a limb an help a person because you could care less about helping any1 at CT
I actually sent the OP a PM and explained a couple of scenarios to him.
i know a guy that runs a 4 by 6 baler an he told me that they weighed 200lbs less than a tightly wrapped 5 by 6 bale.an i told him he was full of bull,an he is a preacher on top of that an 1 of my friends.his fil charges $25 a bale custom work.
Just because he is a preacher doesn't make his word the truth or a lie either way he is still just a man did you weigh the bales ? if not then you don't know if he was lying or not!!! it doesn't matter what you charge it is usually based on bale size or tonnage if some idiot is willing to pay $25 for a 4x5 when they can get the same quality and quantity of hay in a 5x6 for the same money you can't blame the guy baling it for charging that it is the idiot paying the price when he could get more for his money
it is quite possible! there isn't that much more hay in a 5x6 bale than in a 4x6 bale for that matter a 4x6 bale will have almost as much hay as a 5x5 bales if you figure cubic ft someone who is better with equations could figure it but the difference will be minimal
Whitwing...sorry to say but their is no "standard" because of all of the variables...The only way to say for sure is to weigh not one but several and average it out. Now if you know the type of baler and the advertised specs you may narrow the range down a little but it still depends on a lot of variables.whitewing":2h14ohnb said:Well, for what it's worth, I was trying to do some sort of a rough caluclation of how many small square bales there are in a single round bale. Yeah, I know, that's a tough one to nail down, but I was just trying to come up with an estimate. And when I say small square bales, I'm talking about those that are handled by hand, perhaps weighing 20 lbs or so.
whitewing":3evu2cvx said:Well, for what it's worth, I was trying to do some sort of a rough caluclation of how many small square bales there are in a single round bale. Yeah, I know, that's a tough one to nail down, but I was just trying to come up with an estimate. And when I say small square bales, I'm talking about those that are handled by hand, perhaps weighing 20 lbs or so.
Doesn't sound like your "large round" isn't really all that large. :lol: Or maybe your small squares aren't all that small... :shock:tsmaxx47":2ir9zzis said:i've always fiqured 15 small squares to a large round; again, just guess-ta-ma-ting...
the sq bales weigh 60 to 80lbs.but since the horse people buy them they really dont want them to weigh over 60lbs.an some want them lighter like 40lbs.the lighter you go the looser the bale is.whitewing":2vj6lsmf said:Guys, when I say small square bales, I mean small square bales.....the kind that horse people feed to their animals......what's the measure, 2 1/2 feet by 1 1/2 feet and about a 1 1/2 feet deep?