All of us wrestle with the problem Of handling square bales. I cannot justify the cost of a an accumulator, Grapple, and front in loader for 3000 bales a year. And I can't find a Bale wagon that isn't totally worn out. I think the first solution is to design a building that is easy to work with. I ended up building a 10 Bay , drive through hay barn. Each Bay is 12 feet wide And The barn is 28 feet Deep, No walls (barn is 144x28) and in the edge of the hay field. With one decent helper, stacking wagons behind the baler, I can load 10 wagons With 100 plus bales per wagon And pull them straight into the barn. I have had good luck selling right off those wagons. My Wagons Are old And ratty looking, but they never leave the farm and seldom go more than 2 miles an hour behind the baler. Since it is horse hay, I don't want to get it wet So I seldom cut more than 500 bales at a time. I can bale that much hay in about 3 hours and PULL it straight into the barn. I hope to never have to restack it, If I can sell it straight off the wagon. I pay the stacker $20/hr including travel time. Comes out to about 20 cents a bale.
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