Its $8 a bale to rent an inline here. No one I have found rents a single wrap.
I would probably wrap 50-60/yr for my use.
I bale anywhere from 700-1000 bales/yr between alfalfa and grass hay, with the potential to pick up more alfalfa ground over the next couple years. So I could see wrapping more to sell. The inline doesn't work well for that unless you are moving it right off the field to the buyer to wrap it.
Doing some in my head number crunching using 200 bales. that's $1600/yr to have done without being able to move them once they are wrapped.
Figuring some fuel/maint and using Bruce's cost on wrap per bale, I was thinking $3.50bale to wrap my own or $700 yr (200 bales). If I pay around $8k for the wrapper and bale mover for the skid, it would take me about 9yrs to come out of it.
On the other hand, if the wrapped hay sells for more per ton, or the fact that a smaller wrapped bale is heavier than a dry bale, that gap can close faster.
I agree with you that to wrap 50 bales/yr would probably be better to have it done, its all being done in my yard anyway, and they are fast.
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