Stocker Steve
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Looked at a Heston baler on Tractor House. Average auction price was less than $5K, asking price average was $14K. How do you read this huge price spread?
Stocker Steve":2js4srna said:Looked at a Heston baler on Tractor House. Average auction price was less than $5K, asking price average was $14K. How do you read this huge price spread?
jkwilson":y19ujrzu said:Stuff that goes through the auction is the stuff dealers just want off the lot. Some of it doesn't even work.
Stocker Steve":31bvrqfs said:jkwilson":31bvrqfs said:Stuff that goes through the auction is the stuff dealers just want off the lot. Some of it doesn't even work.
I have bought some to that kind.
What benefit makes net wrap a must have ?
Net is faster than twine to tie and it holds the bale together and sheds water better. I watched a couple hay ricks side by side last winter that was outside of a neighbor were part was net wrap and part was twine. For the extra cost, and I have more time than money, I was not 100% impressed that net wrap is the way to go. The net wrapped bales looked condition wise almost as weathered as the twine wrapped bales.Aaron":lh30f6ic said:Stocker Steve":lh30f6ic said:jkwilson":lh30f6ic said:Stuff that goes through the auction is the stuff dealers just want off the lot. Some of it doesn't even work.
I have bought some to that kind.
What benefit makes net wrap a must have ?
Speed. Save about 30-45 seconds per bale over twine. You do over 100 bales a day and you start saving a fair chunk of time. Also bales keep better if exposed to the weather over winter, or so they tell me.