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<blockquote data-quote="Stickney94" data-source="post: 1610203" data-attributes="member: 37941"><p>If you are hiring someone I'm guessing you would be in the $8-$10 per bale range that would include the material/equip/their time cost. Perhaps higher than that. </p><p></p><p>My wrap costs are $6.25 based on expected 12-13 bales per roll of wrap at $75. If I get the wrapper set up correctly I fairly routinely get 15-18 bales per roll which drops the price per bale to <$5 for film. </p><p></p><p>If you buy a wrapper or rent a wrapper per hour and do the labor yourself you would need to try and calc out those costs. For the purchased wrapper I have and using a 5 year costing method that added roughly $8-10 per bale I suppose. Its been five years so, next year is that cost $0? haha. </p><p></p><p>Additionally -- hay quality and wastage calculations -- these are hard to compute in my opinion -- but they are meaningful. My hay loss fed to cows is nearly 0%. They will eat every last bite. Sadly my waste from baleage fed to fat cattle more than makes up for that as they waste a head scratching amount. </p><p></p><p>The reason that we got a wrapper and the reason it still is worth the cost for our operation is having control over putting up hay in the face of seeming constant weather volatility. </p><p></p><p>As far as a hugger -- I have one. I haven't used it in 18 months or more. I wrap and drop the bales where I plan to store them. They don't move until fed and then I just use a bale spear. </p><p></p><p>Lastly -- if using an individual wrapper -- WRAP ON FLAT GROUND. Just trust me on that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stickney94, post: 1610203, member: 37941"] If you are hiring someone I'm guessing you would be in the $8-$10 per bale range that would include the material/equip/their time cost. Perhaps higher than that. My wrap costs are $6.25 based on expected 12-13 bales per roll of wrap at $75. If I get the wrapper set up correctly I fairly routinely get 15-18 bales per roll which drops the price per bale to <$5 for film. If you buy a wrapper or rent a wrapper per hour and do the labor yourself you would need to try and calc out those costs. For the purchased wrapper I have and using a 5 year costing method that added roughly $8-10 per bale I suppose. Its been five years so, next year is that cost $0? haha. Additionally -- hay quality and wastage calculations -- these are hard to compute in my opinion -- but they are meaningful. My hay loss fed to cows is nearly 0%. They will eat every last bite. Sadly my waste from baleage fed to fat cattle more than makes up for that as they waste a head scratching amount. The reason that we got a wrapper and the reason it still is worth the cost for our operation is having control over putting up hay in the face of seeming constant weather volatility. As far as a hugger -- I have one. I haven't used it in 18 months or more. I wrap and drop the bales where I plan to store them. They don't move until fed and then I just use a bale spear. Lastly -- if using an individual wrapper -- WRAP ON FLAT GROUND. Just trust me on that. [/QUOTE]
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