Krone 1290HDP Baling Monster Windrows

[@glenscheible]

Wish folks around Central Texas baled the large square bales instead of the 5'x5' or 5'x6' round bales as they are easier to stack in the barn. Keep up the good work Bubba. You're the Man.

[@josippenezic7106]

My neighbor has a krone round baler bought it second-hand 20 years old. When it did around 20,000 bales broke the chains in the chamber that's changed, and now I continues to work.Really indestructible machines.

[@cotontop3]

People who have never run a baler, won't understand the magnitude of what the krone is doing by eating windrows that size at that speed!!! I am impressed ur tractor is running it so well too.

[@simulatorgamefan5013]

cotontop3 that is true my family has the same Baylor is that and it runs a wind Row almost bigger than those easily

[@DagonNaxos]

That Krone is damn impressive! If I ever hit it big and retire, I know what baler I'm getting for my farm! It's nice to see, after all of these years of watching you struggle and cuss out the New Holland gear, you finally being happy with a baler.

[@walkersundstrom]

Just saw one of those krone balers driving down highway in my area and couldn't believe how big it was. Awesome

[@georgiaswampman4542]

That reed canary grass looks a lot like what we call Johnson grass down here in GA. Glad you enjoy your Krone, we enjoy our Vermeer, glad we ditched our New Holland junk also

[@KPearce57]

So glad your happy with the Krone (crown)Eng.a good working baler makes life so much more enjoyable.

[@janvandenbos7085]

Amazing operation flawless working with Krone, awesome working Wes and Tim, keep it up onelonelyfarmer 👍👌✌😊

[@canvids1]

Excellent video Wes glad that you finally have a baler that does what it is supposed to do .

[@super6954]

Hi That Krone's a great baler for you and I'm pleased you like it. The biggest problem I see now with baling video's is from a viewer point is it eats hay and craps bales out in any field/ crop density you like perfectly. with the NH, we always had something go wrong every other day or so. it added a bit of real life not over the top drama like discovery channel would film.. I used to make a point of coming in for morning coffee and looking for the onelonleyfarmer hay baling drama video of the day this isn't quite the same L.O.L

[@carlwereld5131]

I miss that to and his makeshift repairs )))you can see he earns money in the hay businesshe gets better equipment ))))

[@super6954]

Hi it might not always be about making more money when buy new machines, it's about how much you can save by being in the field running when you should be. Not being sat in the yard fixing and buying thousands in parts or mechanic time if you can't do your own repairs. I ran junk tractors here we dumped one and updated to a better machine. the time and money I save on not fixing junk myself/buying parts paid a big part of the finance on the newer tractor, plus it's more productive with the better features it has. we joke that we miss the drama with the NH but I know from my experience,with the tractor , Wes is a lot less stressed/worried and enjoying that new baler.

[@PeterE89]

I guess, you can say you are pretty happy with your new Krone mashine :-D ...greetings from Austria

[@scottviers3794]

Looks like that Krone baler is turning out to be a great investment. Gives new meaning to the word high capacity. See you next post.

[@paulsnell6650]

Great vid again Wes love seeing that krone work

[@billmoran3812]

Gives new meaning to "make hay while the sun shines". Good to see the machinery is doing its job, making money.

[@tractormark1]

you seem to be allot happier this season wes, things seem more chilled with the krone instead of stressfull new holland

[@truckerman-01]

good to see the krone working so hard for you

[@seansmith720]

I've seen a lot of balers in my day and that Krone is just a windrow eating machine...pure production to its fullest.....

[@jbmbanter]

Looks like the Krone baler is working fine. Sure does look like you could use some rain. The fields look really dry.

[@rlashbrook6865]

Wes it's enjoyable to watch you in the field bailing takes me right back to when We bailed hay.when we going to get story time from the tractor cab?its also great to see your family all working together thank you

[@toddbrewer8215]

Very impressive bailer. I have bailed windrows that big with a JD 535 round bailer but at half the speed.

[@scottkailey1]

Good choice going with the Krone.

[@thedonleroy]

Looks like a hell of a baler. Love the videos.

[@infoanorexic]

They've come a long way in equipment. We started with an old International 45 baler. Bale one, miss-tie. Bale three, miss-tie two. Bale two, miss-tie. Being new to using a baler, Dad didn't know to check the alignment of the needles. With windrows half that size, we'd still be working around the first one in the time it took you to film all of that. Next was a side tie Case that produce rather lop-sided bales. Then the International 46. Hit a bump, get a quarter bale. Each one we owned had it's quirks. I liked everything about hay season. Until the time came to haul it to the barn. The itch from the dust would nearly drive me insane. But it was a good way to build muscle ... sort of. Showing up the fat flabby town life high school senior at chin-ups in gym class when you were a peon "bottom of the totem pole" freshman turned out to be not such a good idea...

[@bryang9095]

Them windrows look like what we bale up here in northwest wisconsin for first crop!!

[@The_JEB]

you mentioned in a different video that you arent as tired when you finish bailing with the krone as you were with the NH, and I think i figured out why you're not tired, because you're not stressing out about the krone breaking, nor are you having to fix it every day.

[@brianwalsh890]

glad that you are going Well!

[@kevinwillis9126]

like a well oiled machine your operation wes.. Thanks for sharing sir....

[@AussieMusicRocks]

This made me laugh. All I could think of was the Keystone Cops. They were always in a car chase. LOL

[@s1mon1983]

love your videos and this one is great. it would be cool if you could get your camera up on the baler or something as you're going round (if there's somewhere not too dusty)

[@crslyrn]

Impressive seeing that baler take in those wind rows. I'm curious how well that baler holds up after 2 or 3 seasons of use. Looking forward to hearing your list of likes & dislikes of the baler.

[@ih1206]

You guys are shittin and gettin with that Krone. It's running like a well oiled machine should!

[@Ham68229]

Any plans for adding gathering wheels to help accept those large windrows?

[@charlesmiller5078]

I know stupid question :After you mow and bail it all up, Does it automatically just grow back, or is that it.Do farmers rank different crops and say harder to plant and harvest then others would be.If so where does growing hay fit in to that list ?As you can tell, I know about as much as I've learned off your videos.Hey but I do own a tractor !Thanks for taking the time to video some of your work, we that know nothing about farming get a little insight on what it takes to be a farmer, the good and the bad. I used to bring the Fertilizer both liquid and dry from the producers to the people you would buy it from. Haz Mat driver for 10 years, always wondered what farmers would do with it, now I know !Mainly trucked from, Mosaic and CF.

[@TheZwerfer14]

The hay will grow again :) Growing hay is one of the easier crops. In my opinion the easiest but I am from a vegetable farm and I think all the cow farmer with grass land are dumb fucks lol. I would say wes is one of the smarter grass/hay farmers but no way near the level that the Dutch vegetable farmers do their stuff. Here in The Netherlands quite alot of the hay / grass farmers (food for the cows) put liquid nitrogen in the field with a special machine, or just slurry / manure but the rules are quite strict here.

[@charlesmiller5078]

In Florida where I live I guess they grow a lot of things, what I see mostly is Tomatoes, huge areas along the sides of the roads, Its truly amazing that everything we eat someone planted and harvested so we can open up a can and have something for dinner. Thanks to all the farmers for the hard work they do. Thanks for the answer, 2 questions down 100s to go :)

[@TheZwerfer14]

Charles Miller yay :D

[@ramblinman2033]

Looks like you are dry too. We need rain badly here on parts of the Illinois Prairie.

[@norman7179]

There probably isn't a lot of demand for a massive machine like Wes needs for the scope and size of his operation. The other machines just weren't designed to be worked that hard, day in, and day out. It's nice that the Krone is holding up because time in the shop doesn't contribute to the bottom line, when the machine is down and a man is out of the field. The repair video's were nice but that's sort of like enjoying someone else's pain. Maybe now, Wes can spend some time getting the dozer up and running?

[@TheRedneckRailRoad]

Pickin it up and putin down. getting done. looks like you guys work good together.

[@rob244810]

Have you ever thought of or used a 3 point darf rake? We run two on our farm they've never really given us issues and are fairly reliable and don't take up much room.

[@advandervelden1588]

A happy farmer is a joy to watch

[@oldpackfan]

Wes I saw a video of some one using a big baler a Class i believe but they had wheels on the front of the of the tractor to flatten down the wind rows some. what do you think

[@canadianboyee]

Hey I got a question, I've watched a million of your videos but not a farmer, could that baler produce faster with a higher hp tractor in that stuff?

[@canadianboyee]

Wesley

[@canadianboyee]

+sean john Wesley Pipes

[@45wyatt1]

Not really

[@bovellois]

I can't travel any faster due to rough ground so not likely.

[@rw3dog]

I just saw two little sized regular bail Krones up here in Connecticut. It was the first time I ever saw one besides yours. Looks awful dry down there in NJ.....

[@augustreil]

This an old post but hello from Cromwell, Ct !!

[@jonlowe8727]

so how high are the windrows? they look to be 2-3 feet. incredible.

[@trentboulanger8245]

good video, would the bailer work with hemp

[@koriandmikenorth1991]

This is probably a dumb question. But, on fields like that, why are there trees in the middle? Is it not worth having that space to produce crop as well? I've seen fields that have one or two single trees in the middle of the them and never knew why.

[@fatty409]

Glad its working great for you. Question though with the bales being ~500lbs heavier than what the NH was producing is it having any effect on the stack wagon? I'm sure it can take quite a bit of hay on it but I'm sure the running gear might be getting tired as I don't remember seeing or hearing about you working on or replacing that.

[@greenhatparts6552]

Do a update on the baler at 500 bales, 1000 bales, etc to show how the machine is wearing.

[@joetiller1031]

I wish I had that baler today, I got 40 acres ready to bale with a wore out round baler and tractor, hope for the best.

[@paddyboy557]

Good Video that grass is more like irish stuff, I think when your machinery is going good and the weather is favourible you are in better form and not clustered up in your workshop. Let's see TIM do some baling? With some close up video of the baling and not so much of your head

[@tym2345]

Wes I wonder how my McCormick Hay Baler would do in this stuff . That would be interesting lol.

[@mikejankoviak8542]

I was running a case round bailer at work and we had windrows that were probably about that size. and using a case Magnum 7220 on the bailer doing about 3-4 mph and plugs it up. it would take forever to do what you did in 20min

[@jamesberry4438]

are you going two mower with the gehl mower this year and if so can you make the video of you mower with it

[@garethsmith8525]

Great video Wes

[@kriller2796]

Just two quick questions why square bales not round. And how do you pick the bales up

[@norman7179]

Square bales pack tighter on the truck and they're easier to secure for transport. Round bales waste a lot of space.

[@f0rumrr]

He has to haul his hay like 10 hours away, so he needs to get as much on a truck as possible. And he uses a 7410 with a front end loader and bale spikes to load.

[@kriller2796]

Norman Bates Thanks

[@MEJB7]

Nice looking property. You should slow the video down when you guys pass by the camera and then speed it back up.

[@Starchface]

I just watch it at 1/2 speed.

[@MEJB7]

Yeah i tried 1/4. Still wasn't the same lol

[@mischef18]

Nice one. atb from NZ

[@robhallam9363]

hi wes do ever get any trouble from the tractor its a john deere

[@freefall0483]

To put that into perspective, the original mini at it's heaviest in 2000 when production stopped weighed 1512 pounds. Your bales are as heavy as a fucking car! That makes them as dense as the average troll! :)

[@ih1206]

Haha that troll comment is great!

[@allied1394]

What tractor is raking how's the 4960 doing haven't seen her around much you still running it with the stack wagon

[@776jacek]

Im new :) so Hello and i ask Did you have air condition in tractor ? - Great films

[@SuperSparkie123]

How many bales would you expect per acre/hectare ??

[@terrellfarms1]

Just curious Wes to how many hours you have on the 8120 now compared to when you bought it? Glad to see your Krone is working great.

[@watahyahknow]

thats the way a machine should work no complaning and keep going without a hitch now that everything is running like clockwork it should be fun to see how mush you pick up in time and total weigh harvested compared to last year

[@joseph-ur2ks]

can you put some music in the back ground of the time lapses. it would make them a lot more interesting. keep up the good work

[@JAKPM]

Does it take more grass to make a dry bale?

[@briandemas2548]

1590 pounds! Thats impressive.

[@grmeyers]

how long does it take to pay off a bailer like the krone?

[@clearingbaffles]

At 3:48ish 1590# I thought you had a 1290# baler I guess that H or D or P or all together add the extra 300#

[@JiHadJoe910]

How tall would you say those windrows are?

[@TheDonnerkeil21]

is that 2nd cutting already?

[@richarddeangelis7254]

Is that field on Kuhl Rd?

[@onelonleyfarmer]

Yes it is

[@korbinsalisbury3306]

+onelonleyfarmer what size is that john Deere tractor

[@keithhylton4631]

+Korbin Salisbury 8235

[@korbinsalisbury3306]

+keith hylton 8235 r

[@adammckenzie2046]

+Korbin Salisbury 8120

[@perryc8943]

Have you ever thought of getting a rake that mounts on the front of your tractor that you bale with it would save time I would think and fuel.

[@itsnickooooooo8892]

He would have to run a smaller take , which would make smaller windrows , and would make more windrows to be baled . His new krone can handle much bigger windrows and to use a rake on the front would mean he would spend longer bailing. Running a bailer would consume much more fuel than a rake

[@perryc8943]

The front mount rake still rakes two rows together that's all The Rake they are using now is doing. and they're not running another tractor.

[@bennyrlove]

was that steam coming from the fresh bales?

[@f0rumrr]

Steam is normal when you move around grass that has been cut and sitting for a couple days.

[@bennyrlove]

tkx

[@tractormanmike1830]

The krone is by far a better machine. How many bales did you have through the new Holland before the major problems started.

[@johnrw2012]

doing a great job

[@CALOCALKY]

I love the simplysiti and effectiveness of the rake. If it was possible with a tree head mower to inter change a front head to the back.You could keep spare head . mounted on a simular chase to the rake with a 3 point hitch behind the mower at the back as well. Would It that syst more appealing to this kind of contractor

[@martyrand9441]

Have to let the hay dry a bit before baling.

[@keithbrettell2058]

What a monster!

[@theeasterntexan]

How much hay do you have? Cause you bale hay almost everyday right?

[@norman7179]

Think I heard somewhere around 3,000 acres total. It's in different size parcels scattered around the countryside. Some just a few acres some in the hundred(s).

[@alanclark3385]

how are you picking up those bales?

[@kevinwillis9126]

with the stack wagon that Tim is operating.. you can see it in the video.....

[@webbsuperiorbelties5800]

I'll bet any doubts you had about krone at the beginning of the season are all but gone!

[@ItsAGameThing]

any idea why your videos havent been hitting sub boxes lately, i havent seen any in mine the past 2 days....

[@robinwolf3226]

can you show us some stacking action too please?

[@crapper1]

wow no doubt that thing is looking like an amazing machine if it didnt id say you got yourself the machine many bale farmers lust over something that packs tight and just keeps working making money (granted if you dont slash another tractor tire with the long tailgate) :D

[@jankotze1959]

The Krone impress.

[@heyhey1956]

Jan I said he would be happier than a pig in shit with a Krone baler didn't I??

[@jankotze1959]

Yes You did and no one can argue You was amongst the first to suggest Krone, I remember all the links to site's You posted that demonstrate the efficiency of Krone, my hart still bled for the BB340, but I lost this race.

[@muddpuppy07]

what is the difference between a tedder and a rake

[@krisdeere4097]

A tedder spreds the gras and a windrower puts the gras in a strip

[@silage6920s]

A tedder throws out the grass just spreads it over the ground for drying purposes up to 2/3 times dependant on weather. A rake pulls it all into one big swath to reduce time spent in field with baler make job faster and less times turning in a field. Their rake is ground driven so when it's on the ground and the tractor moves the wheels turn but in Ireland we use rotor rakes driven via pto.

[@crazyhass84]

what was the price difference between the krone and NH again? 60k? not worth it for most hay farmers. since he bales wet junk hay for the mushroom barns that is 4ft tall it's worth it lol

[@f0rumrr]

I dont think the price difference is that high, probably more around 30k.

[@IOWNA11]

Why squares and not circle?

[@solja239]

gonna be a good year

[@mattphillips4260]

damn baler is one hungry mother

[@philiphilton2121]

Your the man Wes

[@matthewqualkenbush9197]

Hey Thelonelyfarmer you should be a big video of you baleing hay

[@matthewqualkenbush9197]

Onelonelyfarmer sorry about that

[@howardbardsley1705]

From someone who knows nothing about farming, How much does a 1500 lb. bale of hay sell for??

[@joshmorgan2846]

is there A/C in that tractor

[@Nicolasdu5]

why not?

[@joshmorgan2846]

+INCO what??

[@Nicolasdu5]

+John Morgan must have it, it is standard with cab tractor

[@joshmorgan2846]

+INCO tru tru

[@justinwade2428]

looking good

[@clearingbaffles]

it's work to you but it looks like a blast; grandkids spoil them wind them up & give back to parents; that blast probably wouldn't be after awhile. How much to you charge to pull the rake? Did Messicks (or wherever you got Krone part; bale weighing part) have it in stock? It seemed to bale but you just didn't know how much they weighed. So why don't they make a mower (ok we'll call it a John Deere) with a BIG engine that sips fuel tows a rake & had a P.T.O. to run the baler (ok call it a Krone); I'm not lazy just want to be phishing sooner. Lived in Phoenix 82->86; horse properties on Central Ave north of Northern & 3crops of cotton a year at 43rd & Indian School. They put a pro-football stadium on the west side.

[@Blazer02LS]

They could but you would have a LOT of fires from the green hay. :-(

[@clearingbaffles]

+Blazer02LS from cutting to baling how long to be safe? I assume you can rake soon to help dry out? (yes I know what ass-u-me spells)

[@Blazer02LS]

All depends on what you intend to do with the hay and what the weather is like. For mow hay you want it much drier than for haylage. On a hot dry day with a breeze hay that was cut early in the morning could be ready to bale by that night, during a cooler period it might be cut one day and not baled for 2 days. Normally you would run a tedder to spread the hay out to dry it faster. Having been out to my share of 16-48 hour barn fires caused by green hay, I get a bit worried this time of year, especially with the new "farmers" who move up from the cities. It's just like the house fires that result from first time wood stove owners...

[@cmandrell]

to bad you did not slow it down so we could see the hay rake better and the krone

[@johnbellas490]

Krone, !!!! WOW what a machine !!!! Wes is real HAPPY, you can tell just by looking at his face !!!!! ------- John A Bellas

[@theprojectcollector7260]

German Engineering still rules!

[@keithbrettell2058]

You're probably going to make more money this year due to your improved efficiency with the Krone baler and your lack of down time for repairs.

[@allioinorge]

Get å gopro to have on the cab

[@fordpower398]

let tim film when he is stacking