It’s our contractors baler but yes I think it does have that many knives. Makes a good bale and chops well but the plastic wrapping mechanism isn’t the best and has broken a few times and a couple of bearings have gone on it. I think he is planning on changing back to a mchale next year

It’s on auto load so as you put the next bale into the loading arm it automatically lifts and wraps it, so only touching the remote when you run out of wrap

It’s a 409

@@sandersfarmvids looking at something similar are you happy with it

@@JamesOBrien2253 I don’t particularly like it myself as it’s a bit noisy and uncomfortable to drive off concrete. Nice size, reliable and easy to use though

Wrapping at the stack is the best way to do it. Bales are carted , wrapped and in the stack within around 45 mins from coming out the baler. Moving them after they’re wrapped is asking for trouble

No no deff use a fusion only problem wud be crow damage in field but you guys look smart and sharp on the handlers ud be grand

Not at the moment sorry.

If we were clamp we would use conditioners but we have found to make better quality bales a Tedder gets it that bit drier

Kuhn baler makes a great bale compared to mchale and wrapping system works well

Yes just for 1 herd! That stacks not even full yet. Usually make around 5k bales

Wasn’t too bad, could have done with it doing a week earlier!

Should get a fusion 3

@aubreygreen7179 would never wrap in the field

Hi. Can’t put photos on KZbin! We mowed it when the grain was at a cheesy stage so it was digestible without crimping it. We did put the knives in but the straw was still quite long. We should have lifted the mower and left the bottom 10 inches of stalk. We put it out with a mchale strawchopper which chops it up a bit more. We have fed it to our young stock and dry cows who love it.

It’s what we do every year and it works for us

We usually wrap a few hundred a year due to lack of space. As long as it’s good dry straw they don’t heat up.

@@sandersfarmvids oh great to know would only 1 layer be enough which is 8 rounds on my wrapper we always put 2 on the silage which is 16 rounds. At least knowing this i can start pulling out half of the straw in January and be ready for end of February to use it. Thanks very much for video this will make my spring a lot easier.

I saw ur video on wholecrop tonight i also asked u a question on d comments about the grain thanks

@@soloheadlad I would put 2 if you want it to stay perfectly dry. 1 will do a job but a bit of spoilage from rain getting in will probably happen

You have to harvest the crop when the grain is like a soft cheese. Too milky it won’t have as much nutrition, too hard it will pass through cow. If it’s gone too hard you may as well combine it

No, wrapping at the stack is far better!

Yes it would but currently don’t have a clamp and didn’t want to make one for what was a bit of an experiment

Definitely be a different climate! My dad has always wanted to farm in Canada

Probably 50% DM. Never had bales freeze. I think a bale shear would cut frozen bales

Ideally we would just put the in between the silage ones but the silage bales are so good I don’t think they’ll eat them. I think we will save them for youngstock and dry cows

It was busy on the scraper!

Yes I saw that video. In baled form I think it’s more of a beef feed to be honest. If we grow it again we will put it in a clamp I think. We may put it out with a mchale straw chopper for the youngstock

Better if anything. Just need long tines as if you only have short ones the bale can split in half.

@@sandersfarmvids thank you, I am looking at changing our baler so that we can tie with film

Usually we mow, Ted it, leave it a day then pick up mid morning the day after that

Thanks how many bales did you get

3200

Wo that is alot

Thanks

Bales are easier to feed out, and a lot of our fields are not that suitable for chopping and to build a clamp would cost a fortune

Where we live the government take the plastic and burn it cleanly in an incinerator to make electric

@@sandersfarmvids In Turkiye we can sell it for 0,50 cent American dollar per KG to recycling compagnies. When you have 2000 KG plastic waste at the end of the year is 1000 American dollar.....At least something than nothing :)) You do good job. Bless you and your loved ones.

Kuhn is a far superior baler. Has a better intake and makes a far heavier, well chopped bale ant the plastic holds it together better than netwrap

@@sandersfarmvids how many knives you use? 25?

@@tinnie1835 I think it has 23

Kuhn fb3135. Amazing baler. Far better than mchale bales. It broke down halfway through due to a bearing so had to switch balers

Yes we started with a Kuhn baler but it overheated 🔥 so we had to finish with the mchale which was a shame because the Kuhn was far better