Think he baled it too wet

[bandit80]

Was driving to work Tuesday morning. It was abnormally cool here, 43 degrees that morning, and highs the few days prior had only been in the 60's. Anyhow, a fella had baled some hay along the highway right-of-way, and it was steaming!! Gotta think those bales were getting a little hot! I saw him baling it about 10 days ago, and it had rained the night before he was baling and thought to myself there is no way that hay is dry. Hope they don't burst into flames!!

 

[TexasBred]

Was driving to work Tuesday morning. It was abnormally cool here, 43 degrees that morning, and highs the few days prior had only been in the 60's. Anyhow, a fella had baled some hay along the highway right-of-way, and it was steaming!! Gotta think those bales were getting a little hot! I saw him baling it about 10 days ago, and it had rained the night before he was baling and thought to myself there is no way that hay is dry. Hope they don't burst into flames!!

Man that's a fire just looking for a place to happen :!: :!: :!:

 

[bigbull338]

yes he baled it way to wett.an prolly way to green to boot.an hay like that will go through some major heat an prolly burst into flames.

 

[Bez+]

Was driving to work Tuesday morning. It was abnormally cool here, 43 degrees that morning, and highs the few days prior had only been in the 60's. Anyhow, a fella had baled some hay along the highway right-of-way, and it was steaming!! Gotta think those bales were getting a little hot! I saw him baling it about 10 days ago, and it had rained the night before he was baling and thought to myself there is no way that hay is dry. Hope they don't burst into flames!!

There is a good chance he was going to wrap it - hi moisture hay. I have done this and been stood up by the custom operator. Lost a whole field.

Or he was a simple ijit - they do walk amoung us.



Bez

 

[msscamp]

Was driving to work Tuesday morning. It was abnormally cool here, 43 degrees that morning, and highs the few days prior had only been in the 60's. Anyhow, a fella had baled some hay along the highway right-of-way, and it was steaming!! Gotta think those bales were getting a little hot! I saw him baling it about 10 days ago, and it had rained the night before he was baling and thought to myself there is no way that hay is dry. Hope they don't burst into flames!!

Or he was a simple ijit - they do walk amoung us.



Bez

Then again, he could have simply been inexperienced and didn't know how to put up hay properly.

 

[Grippie]

We used to do this all of the time on the dairy in the fall when pastures were getting short. Mow it in the morning, bale it later that day and feed it up. I still do it once in a while... I'm not saying that's what this guy was doing but I do know that people have seen me running green hay through a square baler before and probably had a good laugh about it. (not knowing what my intention for the grass was).

 

[TexasBred]

We used to do this all of the time on the dairy in the fall when pastures were getting short. Mow it in the morning, bale it later that day and feed it up. I still do it once in a while... I'm not saying that's what this guy was doing but I do know that people have seen me running green hay through a square baler before and probably had a good laugh about it. (not knowing what my intention for the grass was).

Why not just chop it and feed it as green chop rather than all the hassle and expense of baling? Some folks down here will cut in the morning, allow the grass time to wilt and then bale in small round bales, put a special adhesive wrap on it and it actually makes grass silage. Works great but being high moisture has to be feed in high quantities like silage as well.

 

[Grippie]

We used to do this all of the time on the dairy in the fall when pastures were getting short. Mow it in the morning, bale it later that day and feed it up. I still do it once in a while... I'm not saying that's what this guy was doing but I do know that people have seen me running green hay through a square baler before and probably had a good laugh about it. (not knowing what my intention for the grass was).

Why not just chop it and feed it as green chop rather than all the hassle and expense of baling? Some folks down here will cut in the morning, allow the grass time to wilt and then bale in small round bales, put a special adhesive wrap on it and it actually makes grass silage. Works great but being high moisture has to be feed in high quantities like silage as well.

When I was a kid, we fed exclusively dry hay and grain. We didnt have a chopper. I have one now but I only have a corn head on it.
We used to plant oat and millet and bale it green in small squares. The cows did great all fall but man were those bales heavy!