Baling & Wrapping Baleage

[@robertjordan6571]

Mike, I really enjoyed this video. A true one-man operation.

[@mikep7810]

It was a long but productive day for sure

[@larrykeener7900]

Nice looking crop of marshmallows Mike. Wrapper does a good job. Thanks for the video.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Larry

[@robertmarino2158]

Great job , great video , working hard , staying safe !

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Robert

[@ChristopherUllrich-d9y]

Hard to believe that process can be a one man show. Great job, and I loved the t-shirt you were wearing the first day!

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I think my mom gave me that shirt. It was great that it was only a 1 man operation

[@maxxcherry12]

The set up looks great mr. P and heck you’re doing it with no helpers stay cool!

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. Trying my best to stay cool in this heat

[@paulreis1648]

Great looking feed Mike nice to see it all rapped that's great tonnage on 10 acres

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Paul. It was a great field to get done

[@echodalefarm1901]

Hay looked awesome! Good to see things working well for you! Really nice wrapper. That will make great feed for your herd! -Mark

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Mark. It was a long day but I was glad to get it done

[@johnhenderson299]

Great job baling and wrapping great video

[@mikep7810]

Thank you John

[@e.a.bfarms]

Great video, Mike! That wrapper looks like it does a nice job.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I was really happy with how everything was working. Plus as the sun started going down you could really smell the bales

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video Mike, Interesting that you can leave transporting the bales for a later date, there are obvious benefits during hay season, thanks for sharing

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Tony. It definitely helps to have options

[@toddseefeld8469]

Great video Mike, that wrapper is sweet

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Todd. I'm really happy with it

[@noehueber6602]

Hello Mike great vidéo

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed

[@Johnny-ib1vg]

Don’t worry Mike. After a few years of wrapping, you will love the silage.

[@mikep7810]

I don't plan on getting rid of the silage. We plan on doing both

[@GMC-lr4jj]

Had to rewatch the part and you said the final countdown. Looks like there were a few shooting stars in the sky. But was something reflecting on the glass. Caught me off guard. 👍

[@mikep7810]

That would have been a lot more cooler if it was shooting stars

[@antonyfarming]

Great job they'll make nice balage 👍just got to watch the wrap when u move them 🤞in the future might be worth looking into putting a knicker on the wrapper so when it drops the bale will turn into end make it easier to pickup (if that make sense)and maybe in future if one of the kids are interested you could bale and they could wrap saves alot of time Take care have a good week 👍👍

[@mikep7810]

Ultimately I wanna wrap everything back at the farm. I just wrapped in the field due to the rain coming. As I bale it will probably be one of the kids to load them and start taking them back to the farm

[@garybridger6707]

Makes a big difference on efficiency when the wrap cutter works.

[@mikep7810]

For sure. It goes a lot smoother

[@bradfordricher3685]

Great video as always. Thanks so much.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you

[@kevinarmison.9590]

Great video!

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Kevin

[@ianhaggart1438]

Nice seeing it wrapped up... 😉.. get yourself a small bracket to hold the remote made up in your pivot steer in a handy location so all you need to do is press a button and not aim and shoot all the time.. surprisingly a big difference ones it done 😊.. Great vid sir.. stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Ian, That's a good idea

[@RickPerry4960]

Bet the cows will eat that like candy… about how many bales can you wrap before you switch it out? I like that one man operation you don’t need to stop to wrap it… it’s self contained… Great video.

[@mikep7810]

It all depends on how many wraps you set it for. For the most part a roll can do 22-24 bales

[@michaelabbott2548]

Great video! Have you ever closed the door on a finished bale?

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I haven't done that.

[@scottmettler5164]

Thank you for a amazing video and keeps a smile on my face

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Scott. I hope you and your family are doing well after your tough loss

[@anthonyhengst2908]

Ya got to adapt when you have to. Fortunate to borrow some help on occasion. The big thing here is that you get them baled and wrapped before it rains. If it is 100° like I suspect it is the day you baled it is very nice to stay out of the hay mow. Good looking bales..... Now LED's on the loader in the future??

[@mikep7810]

Yes! The tractor gave off plenty of light but it would have been nice to have LEDs on the loader

[@farmshoffman8475]

Great awesome video Mike , I rather like the individual wrapping bales . We used a inline wrapper for many years,

[@mikep7810]

Our one salesman brought up an inline wrapper when we were throwing around ideas because we want to wrap everything back at the farm. I'm glad we went this route cause we can feed individual bales now without opening up the whole roll and we can sell individual bales. Also I have the flexibility to take this to the field like in this video

[@farmshoffman8475]

@@mikep7810 I like individual cause if you stop feeding them they won’t mold or spoil, I found it happened a lot with us with the inline wrapping

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Different tools for different jobs or operations. My job uses inline as well, because we have plenty of cows to feed when we open a line. Single wrapped bales seem to be better ( they have less spoilage) from my experience, but everyone has a different situation.

[@carolhunt7086]

Great video. I enjoyed very interesting!

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Carol. I'm glad you enjoyed

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Right about now I know you are thinking hard about having a QT loader with 3rd function for one of the tractors! It sucks when you have a "main" loader down. As to the wrapper, if it fits, it goes! No reason to wish for a bigger tractor. Great video, Mike! Baleage looks good, and I know you will be careful moving it after wrapping. Those bales can be squishy on the hugger after they ferment. Hang in there! 👍👍

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Morgan. I was joking around about putting the big tractor on the wrapper. Actually it worked perfect. Might have to get another big tractor!

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

@@mikep7810 🤣👍👍

[@dembeckfarms]

Using the the 4555 on the wrapper? Scandalous!

[@mikep7810]

I know. We are shopping for a 300 HP tractor for it, maybe an 8530

[@dembeckfarms]

@@mikep7810 why limit yourself? Get one of those articulated 9XRs 😂

[@mikep7810]

@dembeckfarms There you go. As Iong as it has the lift arms we are good to go!

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Nobody I know ever said that they had to much HP for a job! 😂

[@scottsargent8564]

55 bales with one man. You have to like that.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Scott. It was a busy day for sure but good to get done

[@dellfieldfarm]

Hey Mike The channel is awesome I'm running behind but I'm catching up. Question How do yall handle weed pressure with your corn? Do you cultivate or spray? I don't ever recall seeing a video that addresses that. Definitely a question since you are considering 30" beans. Thanks Scott

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Scott. We have our fields sprayed

[@nashcobb3056]

thank you

[@mikep7810]

Thank you

[@mattphillips4260]

how is planting going for you guys

[@mikep7810]

Going good. Planting is all done

[@redironfarms]

How did you like the flavor seal wrap, we just finished up our last pallet of it and we won’t be getting it again any time soon. If your wrapping in the sun or in a hot day it liked to just rip apart made it very frustrating to me. Just curious if we just maybe got a bad batch of it. How do you seem to be looking it? Great video

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Sunfilm seems to work well, but I have seen a black 3mil wrap (forgot the brand) that is really tough stuff. I think the black is more for inline wrapping of dry hay/straw though.

[@redironfarms]

@@MorganOtt-ne1qj we got a pallet of altra 5 and a pallet of performance 5 so we’ll see what one we like more hopefully they are better

[@mikep7810]

I'm still fairly new to round bale wrapping. I've probably wrapped 150 bales and so far haven't had an issue

[@jameschapman6908]

How many cows per day will 1 bale feed?

[@mikep7810]

It all depends. I always figure for easy number its about 20 square bales in 1 round bale

[@bevroseboom3628]

We always put the bales in rows of six to ten to avoid driving all over the field with the wrapper

[@mikep7810]

Sounds like a good idea

[@NorthEastOhio]

Nice n tight compared to our 648 newholland. Not saying anything is wrong with our baler, it could be the type of hay as well that enables a tight bale to be made.

[@mikep7810]

I could increase the PSI and make them even tighter if I wanted.

[@generationll]

How long does it take you to wrap 55 bales?

[@mikep7810]

It took me 3 hours that night

[@AllenHough-kf5nr]

Next thing you need is a bale wagon like mine.

[@mikep7810]

I do need a bale wagon for sure. What do you got?

[@AllenHough-kf5nr]

@@mikep7810 Am Automatic one that picks up and transports 12 balls and dumps them a wrapping site.

[@mikep7810]

@@AllenHough-kf5nr That would be the way to go

[@AllenHough-kf5nr]

@@mikep7810 Makes it a one man operation. I use to have to move the skid steer back and forth for each load and would always end up walking.

[@mikep7810]

@@AllenHough-kf5nr What kind of bale wagon did you get? Anderson?

[@bevroseboom3628]

We had a lift on our wrapper

[@mikep7810]

That's cool. I don't need the lift because I plan on wrapping them back at the farm off the trailer

[@john-i7e9j]

👍👍

[@mikep7810]

Thank you John

[@trentonromig9765]

Interesting but I am sad for you because I have seen these bale wapers that pick the bale up and set it on to looks like you need a extra hand their for running the tractor

[@mikep7810]

No one is in the tractor. Once I turn on the control box and set everything then the wrapper is run by remote in the cab of the loader. We got that so only 1 person has to wrap

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Jim

[@MATTREBARCHEK]

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO I'M SURE YOU'RE SWEATING RIGHT NOW. WE ARE DEALING WITH HEAVY RAINS RIGHT NOW

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Matt. Yes its been very muggy and humid all week. Makes the hay dry fast