Posted by Destroked 450 on August 14, 2018 at 09:26:57 from (173.242.142.14):
In Reply to: OT ac rotobaler? posted by JD2ACWD on August 13, 2018 at 19:28:37:
It's been a long time since I baled hay with a Roto Baler, pulled it with a WD Allis.
We would bale 1st cutting into squares to put in the barn, 2nd cutting we made small rounds, dad made them tight, I'm thinking 16-18" dia but not sure, as I said it's been a while, mid 60's, bales weighted around 100+ lbs, took 2 of us young boys with hay hooks to lift them onto a wagon.
We would leave those rolls laying in fields that we pastured, haul in from others, later when grass was tall enough for another cutting we'd turn the cows in and let them eat the grass, those small rolls where to tight for them to eat so they left them alone.
When it came time to feed hay I'd go out in the field with an axe and chop open a number of bales for the cows, did that each day until all of the bales where eaten up then move the cows to the next field.
When all of those small rolls were feed we'd start feeding squares out of the barn.
Because the bales where small and cows could only eat what was chopped up them cleaned them up pretty good, no piles of waist like with todays larger rolls.
Those old balers can be very dangerous, don't mess around with one while it's running, on a big farm no far from me one worker lost both arms and another was killed by Roto balers. Anytime you get off the tractor to mess with the baler make sure to shut the pto off, if I ever had to leave it running to look for a problem I'd never get within arms reach of the baler, then I'd turn it off before messing with it.
If dad ever saw me close to that baler while it was running I'd get a razor strap reminder not to do it again. Knowing how I'd be reminded helped with my memory, rarely did I need more than a verbal warning.
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