Posted by JimEvans on January 16, 2014 at 18:02:44 from (66.185.0.197):
In Reply to: Small round bales posted by John Fulton on January 15, 2014 at 09:05:27:
We baled a lot of hay with a round baler. What was said about the hay quality is true. The round baler is more gentle and there are a lot more leaves in the bale than a square baler. Most of the time two windrows were raked together so there was only half as much driving as a square baler. You would run in 2nd or 3rd gear baling with a WD45. Even stopping every bale (and you stopped, not slowed down) you could bale circles around a square baler. However, if it doesn't want to work that day, you might only get 1 bale made in an afternoon. Some of the later balers did have a recirculator attachment on the feeder that you could run at a constant speed without stopping. The hay would just recirculate on the feeder while the bale was wrapping.
The were also pretty dangerous. Several people lost their lives or arms every year when the round balers were popular. The rubber roll would wear and not grab the twine correctly. The farmer would get off the tractor, leaving the PTO on and feed the twine by hand. When it grabbed, it would sometimes take their entire arm in. If they were lucky, someone was near by and could shut the tractor off and rescue them.
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