Let the unrolling begin..

[chaded]

Well actually I won't be feeding hay for a little bit. I haven't had cattle here the entire growing season so the group of heifers I bought at the end of October are working away at quite a bit of fescue.

The past couple years I have experimented with unrolling and bale grazing and for here I prefer unrolling hay. I did it with a EverythingAttachments bale unroller for my tractor. While it is very nice, I am selling it because of the ruts I create with the tractor. I took deliver of this one last night that I will pull with my honda pioneer 1000. It should be a little easier on the pastures.

 

[cfpinz]

I hope it's flat where you live!

 

[chaded]

I hope it's flat where you live!

We have some flat places and then we have anything from gentle rolling to moderate to stuff you don't attempt to drive on. Lol

 

[Bigfoot]

I have a similar rig (Hay B Gone), pull it with an 8n Ford. Never leaves a track. My side by side is pretty wimpy.

 

[shaz]

unrolling is always better if it suits your schedule

 

[chaded]

I have a similar rig (Hay B Gone), pull it with an 8n Ford. Never leaves a track. My side by side is pretty wimpy.

I talked to Greg about a year in a half ago about getting one of these but they did not have a good shipping option and I wasn't driving to Missouri. I then talked to the owner of the Hay B Gone and he said he would be up my way delivering some and was supposed to call me but never did. After that I got the one for the tractor but wasn't happy with tearing the pastures up like I was doing.

Greg now has a good shipping option so I ended up with one of his. The guy delivering had a trailer full and said he had another place in Ohio to drop one off and then several different places in PA. He said he has a trailer load going out next week in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. I guess he's been delivering a lot of them.

 

[snoopdog]

For the life of me, I'm not picturing how it works. 3pt and arm beds are prevalent here.

 

[jltrent]

I would like to see a video of that rig work.

 

[chaded]

I would like to see a video of that rig work.

 

[jltrent]

That is pretty neat. The 4 wheeler handled it good.

 

[faster horses]

I liked seeing the patient cows.
Wondering why the calves are still on them?
How long does it take to feed 2 or 3 of the round bales? Neat that it is easy to get the net wrap
off but it would take 2 people to feed one bale in order to do that, right?
Do you feed that kind of hay all winter?
Thanks for sharing the video. Very interesting.

 

[Bigfoot]

I'm not bashing Mr Judy, but the one I have, seems easier to use. It's a one man job.

 

[chaded]

I'm not bashing Mr Judy, but the one I have, seems easier to use. It's a one man job.

I just went and unrolled a bale with his roller by myself. Not sure why it would take two people honestly. I took the twine off and got going.


Me taking it back afterwards.

 

[Bigfoot]

I just went and unrolled a bale with his roller by myself. Not sure why it would take two people honestly. I took the twine off and got going.


Me taking it back afterwards.

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What size roll? Too hilly here to use the side by side on 4 x 5 rolls. It would pull it, but it wouldn't stop it.

 

[chaded]

What size roll? Too hilly here to use the side by side on 4 x 5 rolls. It would pull it, but it wouldn't stop it.

5x5.5 is what I measured them at and they are tight. I had my bale on 'backwards' so I ended up having to go up and down the hill several times to get it all unrolled. Did great.

 

[kentuckyguy]

So far I've been very happy with mine

My work schedule keep me from doing it all the time but I wish I could.

Here's one before paint

 

[ClinchValley86]

Been so thankful for a dry fall so far. Been unrolling for a few weeks now.

I have a brute force 750, I think I'd jerk its guts out with out little hills. Love the concept!

 

[dave_shelby]

I was interested in one of Greg's unrollers but the shipping was ugly. Ill have to check out shipping. I bought a bale buggy that looks similar to Bigfoots (dont know manufacture) for cheap last winter which allows me to partially unroll.

We went through a wet period last year and beforehand dumped some bales off along a treeline up a hill. This allowed me and the children to manually unroll fairly easily. I hate rutting up fields compacting soil, so Im sold on this method, it works really well in conjunction with strip grazing.

 

[chaded]

I was interested in one of Greg's unrollers but the shipping was ugly. Ill have to check out shipping. I bought a bale buggy that looks similar to Bigfoots (dont know manufacture) for cheap last winter which allows me to partially unroll.

We went through a wet period last year and beforehand dumped some bales off along a treeline up a hill. This allowed me and the children to manually unroll fairly easily. I hate rutting up fields compacting soil, so Im sold on this method, it works really well in conjunction with strip grazing.

Did you get a shipping quote for one shipped alone or one being shipped on a full load? There was quite the bit of difference between them when i was quoted. The load price isn't bad.

 

[dave_shelby]

We went through a wet period last year and beforehand dumped some bales off along a treeline up a hill. This allowed me and the children to manually unroll fairly easily. I hate rutting up fields compacting soil.

Did you get a shipping quote for one shipped alone or one being shipped on a full load? There was quite the bit of difference between them when i was quoted. The load price isn't bad.

I dont recall. I want to say it was over 600?