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<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 577631" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>lol, serves me right for doing quick math. Correction:</p><p></p><p>It takes 14 revolutions of the bale to put 28 twines on (dual twine arms). In 3 ton/acre hay this year, I was rolling a bale every 4 minutes. It takes 20 seconds to tie a bale on a 688 (from a custom baler who had no radio and had to amuse himself somehow). Its going to take 5 seconds or so to dump, so that works out to about 1 revolution per second on his baler. My 664 is a little faster due to 1:1 gearing on my sledge versus 1.3 to 1 on a 688 (just learned this, this year as I was looking for a replacement sledge after mine broke in half). So I'm 1.3 revolutions per second, or 312 revolutions per bale.</p><p></p><p>So that means 326 revolutions versus 314 revolutions for netwrap or 3.8% difference. On 30,000 bales, thats 1140 bales.</p><p></p><p>Give or take a few ;-) :lol2: Fewer if your hay is lighter than 3 tons.</p><p></p><p>And yes, I really can't sleep tonight.</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 577631, member: 2862"] lol, serves me right for doing quick math. Correction: It takes 14 revolutions of the bale to put 28 twines on (dual twine arms). In 3 ton/acre hay this year, I was rolling a bale every 4 minutes. It takes 20 seconds to tie a bale on a 688 (from a custom baler who had no radio and had to amuse himself somehow). Its going to take 5 seconds or so to dump, so that works out to about 1 revolution per second on his baler. My 664 is a little faster due to 1:1 gearing on my sledge versus 1.3 to 1 on a 688 (just learned this, this year as I was looking for a replacement sledge after mine broke in half). So I'm 1.3 revolutions per second, or 312 revolutions per bale. So that means 326 revolutions versus 314 revolutions for netwrap or 3.8% difference. On 30,000 bales, thats 1140 bales. Give or take a few ;-) :lol2: Fewer if your hay is lighter than 3 tons. And yes, I really can't sleep tonight. Rod [/QUOTE]
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