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<blockquote data-quote="Texasmark" data-source="post: 1545690" data-attributes="member: 27848"><p>Using volume of the bale I did a comparison listing of different sizes. When I arrived here 40 years ago the standard was a JD 530 5x6, tight, average moisture, SS or Johnson grass/Coastal mix or Coastal Bermuda at 1600# so I used that as a benchmark:</p><p></p><p>Size...........................Cu. Ft. Units (arbitrary term)....Weight (average for like kind crop/bailing method)</p><p>5 (length) x 6 (diameter)....141............................1600#</p><p>5x4...................................63...............................714 JD 375 (my in retirement baler) manual says it bales a 1000#...really!</p><p></p><p>4 (length) x 6 (diameter).....113...........................1280</p><p>4x5.5.................................95..............................1083</p><p>4x5....................................78...............................886</p><p>4x4....................................50...............................566</p><p></p><p>So there's an idea what it costs you to have the supplier chop the bale dimensions......considering everything else remains constant which it never does. Other thing is like now, we ran out of hay and corn stalks were being sold, and as of late some of the fields have dried out and dead JG/Coastal is showing up. I've been there on occasion, out of hay in the dead of winter, none to be found, what you found was junk at sky high prices.......gotta do what you gotta do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texasmark, post: 1545690, member: 27848"] Using volume of the bale I did a comparison listing of different sizes. When I arrived here 40 years ago the standard was a JD 530 5x6, tight, average moisture, SS or Johnson grass/Coastal mix or Coastal Bermuda at 1600# so I used that as a benchmark: Size...........................Cu. Ft. Units (arbitrary term)....Weight (average for like kind crop/bailing method) 5 (length) x 6 (diameter)....141............................1600# 5x4...................................63...............................714 JD 375 (my in retirement baler) manual says it bales a 1000#...really! 4 (length) x 6 (diameter).....113...........................1280 4x5.5.................................95..............................1083 4x5....................................78...............................886 4x4....................................50...............................566 So there's an idea what it costs you to have the supplier chop the bale dimensions......considering everything else remains constant which it never does. Other thing is like now, we ran out of hay and corn stalks were being sold, and as of late some of the fields have dried out and dead JG/Coastal is showing up. I've been there on occasion, out of hay in the dead of winter, none to be found, what you found was junk at sky high prices.......gotta do what you gotta do. [/QUOTE]
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