Fascinating to me how much hay handling differs by regions. In the midwest, and especially so in WI, it's hard to find a square baler east of the Mississippi that does not have a kicker. Few if any New Holland stack wagons to be found. Somewhere in the middle of Iowa, that reverses and stack wagons are all that are to be found. Perhaps it is the need and desire to stack hay in those big old dairy barns vs. in large pole sheds that makes the difference?
You would think there would be one right way and all would gravitate to it, but such is not the case.
For now, I've pretty much ruled out grapples and accumulators. I don't want or need that much expense for such few acres.
BTW, for my mower (NH haybine, rake....NH 56, and baler.....NH 315, plus an older used tractor to spin em, I have about $20k total invested so far. Two guys baling adjacent land have over $200k each in their equipment that does the exact same thing. They bale hay. They do it faster, but I do it cheaper.
Interesting that one guy next door told me he paid $20k for his USED JD 348........then lets it sit outside. I watched it get rained on 3 different times last summer....with 2 bales left in the chute.
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