RDFF
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The H&S inline wrapper will wrap 6' diameter bales too, but if that's a silage bale, it's going to be awfully heavy.I'm reasonably certain they do make a wrapper for 72" bales. I'll have to ask a friend, I'm sure he has one. I wouldn't wrapping some dry hay as well.
Edit: looking at Tubeline's wrappers on their website looks like they are all rated for 6' bales now
When wrapping "dry hay", you have to either have them overly dry, so that they don't want to sweat at all through the curing process, or "just the right moisture" so they don't mold. My neighbor who owns an H&S wrapper, and puts his all up as long hay silage AND does custom wrapping for others as well told me that, after I mentioned that every bale that I bought (on auction) with plastic on it was completely spoiled (slimy wet and moldy) all the way around the outside of the bale next to the wrap. The hay in further was "dry"... meaning easily plenty dry for "dry baled hay"... but apparently NOT dry enough so it wouldn't go through that minimal "curing process" that most hay does do in storage. Wrapped bales can't "breathe". They're alot more "forgiving" (wider moisture window) when wrapping silage bales.
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