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<blockquote data-quote="cowtrek" data-source="post: 461696" data-attributes="member: 2847"><p>With respect to farmerjohn's post above, I wouldn't have believed it either until I saw it. I was talking to a Vermeer dealer (that I know and he is a VERY knowledgeable farm boy who's baled a LOT of hay and really knows his stuff) at the Victoria farm show and I was commenting on some bales I saw recently that were SO tight that when I hit one with my fist it was just like hitting a sheet of plywood with my fist. I never saw a bale that tight before in dry hay. He told me that it's all in the rake and how it's set. Put up a windrow the same width as the baler pickup and they'll roll that tight, or so he told me. </p><p></p><p>I think a newer baler has a lot to do with it, as I put up windrows with NH rolabar rakes on a dual hitch and I like a windrow to be just small enough that it doesn't ball up under the tractor, and my old Ford baler doesn't roll anywhere NEAR that tight, but with a new baler and rake I could see that it could work... But that's a lot of money to get a bale that tight! OL JR <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowtrek, post: 461696, member: 2847"] With respect to farmerjohn's post above, I wouldn't have believed it either until I saw it. I was talking to a Vermeer dealer (that I know and he is a VERY knowledgeable farm boy who's baled a LOT of hay and really knows his stuff) at the Victoria farm show and I was commenting on some bales I saw recently that were SO tight that when I hit one with my fist it was just like hitting a sheet of plywood with my fist. I never saw a bale that tight before in dry hay. He told me that it's all in the rake and how it's set. Put up a windrow the same width as the baler pickup and they'll roll that tight, or so he told me. I think a newer baler has a lot to do with it, as I put up windrows with NH rolabar rakes on a dual hitch and I like a windrow to be just small enough that it doesn't ball up under the tractor, and my old Ford baler doesn't roll anywhere NEAR that tight, but with a new baler and rake I could see that it could work... But that's a lot of money to get a bale that tight! OL JR :) [/QUOTE]
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