Re: Is square baleing seriously that hard?

Posted by paul on June 20, 2005 at 13:18:48 from (66.60.197.32):

In Reply to: Is square baleing seriously that hard? posted by Stephi on June 19, 2005 at 14:06:52:

I talked my wife (girlfriend at the time) to drive the tractor for me while I stacked the hayrack with bales. She is a small town girl, no farm experience at all.

It sounds like you have a rather more modern setup, with a cab & likely a bale thrower, or you set the bales on the ground, or an accumulator?

It does take some experience to make quality bales, good tension, watch for problems & issues - mostly bad knots, or issues with the thrower/ accumulator, pick the proper speed, and so on. Anyone can steer the tractor; preventing problems, and fixing the ones that happen is where the 'skill' is.

With my wife (girlfriend at the time) I was along to watch for problems on the baler. So it worked good, told her to steer, stop if you hear anything odd, stop right now if you hear me....

If you were going with me & you expressed that type of interest, _you_ would be driving the tractor while baling & I would be the one riding along. Best experience & teacher there is, and your guy would be there to teach you. Maybe after a season, or a cutting, of off & on experience, I'd let you go out on your own, see how it goes.

Sure would not be holding you back, see how you like it & let you help me if it were me!!!

My wwife (who couldn't drive a stick shift when I met her, & still can't in the pickup...) did all the tillage for me but 8 acres 2 years ago. All we did was add oil & fuel. For the 8 acres I did, I got 2 flat rear tractor tires, and blew out a hydraulic hose.

So, if you are interested, a gal sure as heck can do it. All it takes is some interest in the mechnical stuff, and a bit of time & supervised experience. There are many things to watch for, but if you have the desire & some tiny mechanical apptitude all it takes is seat time, run into enough of the problems to learn what to do to make it go again.

Now I suppose I should go look at the rest of the replies you got.... ;)

--->Paul

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