Baling and wrapping Hay with a Tanco 404EH

Videos of hay making
Tanco small bale wrapper in action
Which is now for sale

[@joesears584]

I too have trouble getting a second cut because of the temp swings in spring and fall. Not hot enough to burn the dew off. I thought about trying to wrap a few. The sheep would love it and could eat through a small square before it spoiled

[@joesears584]

I have been interested in trying to wrap squares. I was wondering how the baler would handle wet hay. Handling the little bales is more work but feasible with smaller equipment. How long after mowing did you bale the hay. Thanks for sharing the video

[@piandchips]

Hi thanks for watching. How well the baler would handle wet hay depends on the baler, crop, and speed and windrow compaction. The wrapper can handle bales up to 46kg I know I tried! the min weight is 35Kg. When you say wet hay the max moisture for haylage is 30% to 40% and where hay would be less than 25% at baling. We tedded the hay for 3 days until 35% we have a moisture meter from Sparex a DHT-1 Hope that helps.

[@codymakuch9293]

Is that dry hay your wrapping?

[@piandchips]

Hi Cody, perhaps I should of pointed out that the video of hay baling was I fact in a different field where the hay was much drier. The wrapper was being used to wrap "wet-ish" hay approx 39-44 % moisture. - sorry for any confusion - Phil

[@desivines93]

Applying 10kg plastic to preserve 5kg fooder 😂😂😂😂

[@piandchips]

well applying about 3kg of plastic to preserve 35kg of fodder - you have given an idea for a YT short, when we open a wrapped bale we should measure the weight of the plastic wrap!

[@farooqshaik1606]

Wastage of plastic material

[@piandchips]

I was not sure how to reply - hopefully this makes sense. We use this plastic wrap to preserve fodder in a wet year. Some years bale rapping is the only way to store the feed for winter. The plastic or bale wrap is recycled by local company to be made into other plastic.

[@maleklopez3760]

@@piandchips where did you purchase this

[@piandchips]

Sorry for the late reply. I bought it second-hand from farmer who was retiring. New www.mchale.net/product-categories/square-bale-wrappers/ - dread to think how a new one is!