Kuhns Bale Accumulator

After visiting Den Martin in Dover, PA, Neil talks about how his bale accumulator functions and how it could make your baling operation more effective.
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[@yrualeg1]

I could have used that in the 80's when I walked behind a truck and threw bales on one at a time....I have never been so tired in my life.

[@troypriest4014]

In the 60’s and 70’s loaded and unloaded many, many bales by hand, before the big round balers! And it was hot here in southwest MS! God bless!

[@briannelson4493]

My dad baled hay with a John Deere wire tie . In 69 he bought a New Holland hay liner we finally got bales that didn’t weigh 100 pounds, that accumulater would have been great after the bale thrower broke and couldn’t be fixed great video Neil

[@AhmedLoonat]

How does a unit like this compare in price to a unit from Steffens? Reliably? Speed? Cost?

[@memyselfandifarmer]

Getting a AF10 in the spring. I have 5 ez trail hay baskets now.

[@davidbalvin8112]

Great video. Back in the 60s and early 70s those machines took away a lot of summer jobs from country and small town high school kids. Now with the child labor laws they wouldn't be allowed to work anyway.

[@rodbagley1686]

Think I got about 5cents a bail to stack them on the trailer. Then restock them in the barn. Seemed like a lot of money in the 60's. Never knew why some farmers had long sleeves on untill my arms were all scratched up from throwing hay bales.

[@justinrumbley3665]

These days you have to get them off a phone, tablet, or computer and they still wouldn't want to do it.

[@rodbagley1686]

@@justinrumbley3665 so true. Got the brains to figure things out but not enough ambition to get off the chair and actually move farther than the refrigerator!

[@tylers7390]

@@justinrumbley3665 $20 still goes a long way around here...at least where the nephews are concerned. I've also got a crew of young duck hunters that offer their occasional labor as a thanks for some early morning fall fun. They're not easy to find, but young men still exist!

[@rodbagley1686]

@@tylers7390 far and few.

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

I’ve seen other videos here on KZbin showing a bale elevator mounted on the side of a truck. One was powered by a gas engine and if I recall correctly another one I saw was ground driven. I think that both were in Australia. Were any of those sold in North America? My family’s dairy farm a regular small square baler, then we bought a New Holland pull type automatic bale wagon.

[@tylers7390]

How did you like the automatic bale wagon? Many breakdowns? It's on my Amazon wishlist... 😉

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

@@tylers7390 We bought ours new in the middle to late 70’s. Farm sold in 1981. I don’t remember any breakdowns. We liked it and I got to run it several times. We should have bought a truck to move the stacks.

[@tangydiesel1886]

We used a ground drive bale elevator on a trailer in the US. Few different brands out there.

[@danstevens2204]

Any of you folks using the Dewpoint machines? We sell them here in Aus, has been a game changer for contractors.

[@tangydiesel1886]

They're used in the western states, but probably not in the east where they are. They fight getting rid of water.

[@thirrybelisle]

Wish i could afford a 10 bales flat but few dealers here and too expensive for my small operation. But it's on top on my wish list

[@arthurr8670]

Don't worry, I'm in a different sector of farming, watch this channel because it's interesting. Everyone starts somewhere, and you build up. Both of us will get there nicer things one day.

[@plakor6133]

Harrowbeds rule around here. It seems there are fewer steps invoved with a harrowbed. But I have merely watched from a distance, have not operated one.

[@tangydiesel1886]

Distance hauling the hay, and barn size are the limiting factor on stack wagons. But tall, close by barns, or storing outside, yeah, stack wagons win.

[@Glock21911]

How are these on hilly farms?

[@tylers7390]

I can imagine the center of gravity is pretty high. Watch those turns at the base of the hill!

[@Butch-fn2xr]

I live the tractor.

[@d.a.ballou9740]

But where's the "fun" in that!? 🤣👨‍🚒

[@tylers7390]

A bigger "toy" collection, of course!

[@JCWren]

I didn't think you were old enough to know what a Plinko machine is.

[@MessicksEquip]

Love the price is right.

[@donaldstrishock3923]

These "New-fangled " gizmoes take all the fun out a simple operation. The price of hay has TRIPLED in the last 10 years--wonder why= "New-fangled "gizmos; somebody has to PAY for "easyness"& productivity.

[@MessicksEquip]

That Gizmo is cheap compared to the amount of labor that it takes to do this by hand.

[@donaldstrishock3923]

@@MessicksEquip All them "tractor drivers " must make 45cents an hour to pay for ALL the two types 50,000.oo$ ballers each, 175,000.oo$of cutters,conditioners,rakes,windrowers,stackers,hayliners,drills,plows plus the three tractors @ 85,000.oo$,65,000.oo$& 45,000.oo$ = a measlely 560,000.oo$ so Nobody has to "touch" a bale. The "math" shows that 8.oo$ small squares,& 5×4s @ 55.00.oo$ are real bargins.