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Low H.P. Round Baler?
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<blockquote data-quote="John SD" data-source="post: 908055" data-attributes="member: 14713"><p>I have no first hand experience with soft center bales. The only advantage I can see is that the hay might be able to be safely baled at a higher moisture. An advantage of that would be more retained leaves.</p><p></p><p>That said, anyone I know that has dealt with soft center bales describes them as a PIA to deal with. They don't keep well. They don't unroll well. They don't retain their shape, expecially when stacked.</p><p></p><p> My uncle bought some hay one winter in soft center bales said the bales were impossible to unroll by pushing them around with the F10 or F25. He said the best way to feed them was picking the bales up and drop them a couple times, then feed like loose hay. </p><p></p><p> The one positive thing my uncle did have to say about the soft core bales was the hay was uniform quality throughout, with no moldy centers. He was one of the last couple guys in the country still putting up hay the old fashioned way and never owned a baler.. Now most everyone bales except for a couple guys still using Hesston bread loaf stackers. Still see some Haybusters being used too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John SD, post: 908055, member: 14713"] I have no first hand experience with soft center bales. The only advantage I can see is that the hay might be able to be safely baled at a higher moisture. An advantage of that would be more retained leaves. That said, anyone I know that has dealt with soft center bales describes them as a PIA to deal with. They don't keep well. They don't unroll well. They don't retain their shape, expecially when stacked. My uncle bought some hay one winter in soft center bales said the bales were impossible to unroll by pushing them around with the F10 or F25. He said the best way to feed them was picking the bales up and drop them a couple times, then feed like loose hay. The one positive thing my uncle did have to say about the soft core bales was the hay was uniform quality throughout, with no moldy centers. He was one of the last couple guys in the country still putting up hay the old fashioned way and never owned a baler.. Now most everyone bales except for a couple guys still using Hesston bread loaf stackers. Still see some Haybusters being used too. [/QUOTE]
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