pricefarm
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Which has more hay a 4x5 or a 5x4 roll? I know there's lots of variables and weighing them would be best but assuming both where rolled equally which size would have more hay in it?
Amazing how much difference that extra 4" can make too if you're trying to stack inside a 20' x 40' barn too. The extra 4" adds up.hillbilly beef man":2oubfjl3 said:That is the same baler I run. What i have weighed a bale will weigh around 950. This is a great size to stack, but a pain in the rear to haul side by side on narrow roads. The bales actually measure 5'4"wide so I am close to 11 ft when hauling this way.
You had to have something wrong. 5x4 comes to around 79 while the 4x5 is around 63.hurleyjd":3jlrxxso said:Using pi x 4dx5h get 62.83 and using pi x 5dx4h I get 62.83. is my figuring wrong here if not looks like the same amount of hay.
dun":hyxiv6bu said:You had to have something wrong. 5x4 comes to around 79 while the 4x5 is around 63.hurleyjd":hyxiv6bu said:Using pi x 4dx5h get 62.83 and using pi x 5dx4h I get 62.83. is my figuring wrong here if not looks like the same amount of hay.
Or you could just fill in the blanks in the link I posted.hurleyjd":3ac1tf8v said:dun":3ac1tf8v said:You had to have something wrong. 5x4 comes to around 79 while the 4x5 is around 63.hurleyjd":3ac1tf8v said:Using pi x 4dx5h get 62.83 and using pi x 5dx4h I get 62.83. is my figuring wrong here if not looks like the same amount of hay.
Yep used the dia. Should have used r squared.
Supa Dexta":ezd59byp said:Having said that, an older 5x4 may not have as much as a new 4x5 baler. My 4x5 JD consistently makes bales around 1000lbs. And as mentioned, more manageable to haul on the road. Don't see a 5x4 around here too often though, or a 4x6 for that matter.
John SD":2fx0l29r said:Truckers here do not like to deal with anything less than a modern full size 5x6 bale.
Thats what I came up withNesikep":2ir05kcc said:What dun said.
on a 5' around by 4' tall (wide) bale
4 x (2.5*2.5*pi) = 78.5 cu ft
on a 4' around by 5' tall bale
5 x (2x2xpi) = 62.8 cu ft