How To Bale Hay With PA Farms

Hey Guys. I realize you can get bales out of a baler every 5 or 6 seconds. Usually you see that in the higher capacity balers. I think this New Holland 565 was baling about at capacity. Hay was dry and it was another nice day to get it done.

[@alphaone101]

Wow......you have a million dollar view to look at when you're working in the fields. That is beautiful country! Sure beats working in an office any day, plus you get to smell the hay...PRICELESS!~

[@walterdavis4808]

Your hay looks great. I feel your pain. Was out there all week too

[@PAFarms]

Yea it made for long days this week

[@redwire2364]

I grew up in the PA hills and as a kid I used to get a job riding in the wagon behind the kicker and I would stack the bales as they were kicked off. That way we could really fill the wagons. I guess they would call that child endangerment today but I lived through it just fine. I was even hit in the back because I didn’t stack the bales fast enough but I learned real quick. Thanks for the video! brings back some good memories...

[@PAFarms]

That’s a memory not easy to forget. I remember being back there eating dust, getting hit, I always wished I was the guy on the tractor!

[@randywilliams3246]

Get some plastic twine much easier but you still might have trouble because of that dam belt thrower it can melt the strings I have heard but I never been around a belt thrower. I’ve heard some guys put groves in there belts for the strings

[@PAFarms]

Yea the grooves that wear in was on some of the older balers. They changed the design a little with this style.

[@crazycoyote1738]

I’m surprise to see such a small amount of viewers for such a good and helpful channel. We just started farming in October, in upstate New York, and everything is new to us. I purchased a beaten 273 new Holand baler, and don’t know which side of the cow is the head.. your videos are definitely helping, thanks for sharing and taking your time helping others, god bless!!

[@PAFarms]

Thanks for the comments, I was born in upstate NY, I know it fairly well. Best of luck to you.

[@jankotze1959]

Awesome video

[@PAFarms]

Thanks, glad you liked it.

[@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754]

we always set speed to get a set amount of flakes per bale. thin hay go faster heavy hay go slower. cant remember what our goal was if it was 8 flakes a bale? of course had John deere balers but nieghbor has an old 273 new holland. you have any opinion on that baler? he says its not as good as the deeres but its a nice baler. see if i can rent it and try it out.

[@PAFarms]

I had a NH 275. I think it’s similar to the 273. It did very good for me. I baled a lot of rye straw with it. The only trouble was the pickup is smaller than the more modern ones. You have to rake it close. I don’t think I ever saw a JD Baler in person

[@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754]

he liked that new holland except they didnt have the flywheel mass that the deeres had. you would get more of the plunger grunt through the tractor.

[@crslyrn]

Looks like you made up some really nice windrows with the old IH 35 rake. The New Holland 565 was pumping out some nice looking bales. Watch that heat, it'll sneak up on you when you least expect it. It's been rather hot & humid here the last week or so. How many bales did you end up with? Stay safe.

[@PAFarms]

This field gave about 460, exactly one less than last year. But I did crank the tension down more this year.

[@farmerpete]

Your 565 looks like it has about the same capacity as my 316. I really like these old NH balers. Back in the late 70s I bought a new JD 336 baler & thrower, never did like it much, but kept it around for about 20 years anyway.

[@PAFarms]

Yea I think some places in the field, I was about fast enough. I started pushing the windrow with the pickup.

[@southtexashunting0872]

How many acres of hay do you run?

[@detroitdieselpower1]

We had that problem with 7200 sisal twine and changed to 9000 sisal and works much better. We tried poly once and didn’t like it, had problems with the knots, no problems with the thrower. Just too much down time. Worked well in the round baler though. Also, central tractor twine is not so great.

[@PAFarms]

Yea I should look into it more. My dealer only has the 7200. Have to look around

[@antonyfarming]

Hi pa Farms if you watch gerry6420 trim hay festival really good older hay making

[@PAFarms]

Ok will definitely check it out.

[@GerraldFarms]

Looks like every things running good. I’d like to try a bail thrower

[@PAFarms]

Yea other than the twine jamming everything, I have no complaints. If you get good with a thrower you can almost put a bale anywhere you want it. I baled with an old timer who could set the speed and angle just right, he could almost stack the bales!

[@farmerike-treasuredhavenfa66]

We use 20ft flat hayracks so we get 30 bales a layer 5 layers high on edge with our grapple fork. Works very good. Can get up to 150 bales on a load. We used to use sisal but our organic certifier didn't like it so we switched to the plastic which has been working great. How many acres of hay are you currently doing?

[@PAFarms]

I wish I could use the 20ft wagons. They just get too heavy on some of our hills. At the dealership I saw a Baler with the wagon tong ripped off from a full 20ft and hillsides.

[@markcornell986]

yes wider pickup and faster plunger speed.really eats hay.heavy duty u.joints and drive line..

[@PAFarms]

That would be the way to go for sure. If I was going to add hay Fields, I would go for it.

[@donvoll2580]

Good day Yea up here if this is Sun. It is suppose to be extremely hot, high humidity, very hard on my breathing. Boy you were pumping they out. At 8 bales per second =480/hr. I notice while driving it sometimes took 2 strokes to get hay in chamber. That other field that is not cut, 2 different colors what is problem? Put fan in barn when working on hot days. Good luck & thanks

[@PAFarms]

Yea we are headed for a heat wave. I haven’t figured out why the 2 different colors

[@markgamble8377]

Nice bales.i leave the cover over knoters up when baleing.some of the chaf flies out.it still builds up in there tho

[@PAFarms]

Yea it’s usually after about 400-500 bales it needs a good air bath

[@walterdavis4808]

We have a new Holland 315 baler. I used to have it times so tight it could throw a bale about every 2 to 3 seconds. But my father used to lone it out and it always came back broken. Now it's set for about every 10 seconds .

[@PAFarms]

Yea I sell by the bale so I have it set for that. I don’t want to sell 80lb bales. Right now they are about 50lbs.

[@familyfarmertn8931]

Making hay by yourself makes for long days. I done it a lot when I had a dairy between milkings. Take care and have fun

[@PAFarms]

Your right on that! Much respect from PA for someone who did it this way. From start to finish I wonder how many times I handled the bales.

[@farminwithfergusons]

what do you use fer inoculant, and hay moister tester looked like agratronix?

[@PAFarms]

Yea I did a video on the install of the moisture tester. I haven’t used the preserve yet. Probably will get crop saver

[@calumanderson5617]

What's the spare parts situation like for the hay rake e.g. wearing items ? Hope you've got enough room in your barn for those bales, haha

[@PAFarms]

That’s actually a great question. I didn’t even look into it to see if I can get parts. I think I should have room for 3-4 years worth. I was told they once got 12,000 bales in the 2 bays.

[@memyselfandifarmer]

How fast are you going. Also what is your tie technique between bales

[@PAFarms]

Not sure on the ground speed. Don’t really have anything to tell me that. I can say I was in 3rd Low range. Square knot between twine

[@MrRanger518]

Looks good! How long are your bales with only 8 flakes per bale?

[@PAFarms]

Never really measured the length. I did have to make them a little longer than how it was set when I bought the Baler. (Can’t make them too long, I sell by the bale)

[@ernestodiaz2154]

Hi sir would like to know the plastic container with red liquid is for?

[@PAFarms]

It’s for hay preserve. If the hay is a little too wet you can spray it on and it keeps it from molding

[@donald1056]

Need 1 of those bale stacker's - but the system worked real good

[@PAFarms]

Yea I was looking at a few different ways to do this. I’m not sure how long I want to keep making all this hay. Needs to be rotated soon.

[@mattphillips4260]

hey dont take this wrong but with them bale throwers how do you keep from busting bales when they hit other hay in wagon

[@PAFarms]

I haven’t had any do that. They will sometimes if you throw it over the wagon and it hits the ground.

[@antonyfarming]

Great vid looks a nice crop and a lovely bit of hay you take care out there drink plenty

[@PAFarms]

Thanks, I think this was some of the nicer hay I had so far. Now I have all the wagons full and more hay to bale Monday

[@pennderosafarms7910]

Looking good! That's a lot of work for one guy to do.

[@PAFarms]

Yea and I’m not done with it yet. I cut more and all the wagons are still loaded. I don’t work on Sunday so Monday morning is going to be another long day....

[@walterdavis4808]

How do you like the preservative? Always wanted to try it

[@PAFarms]

To be honest I didn’t try it yet. I made the homemade system that’s on it. Never used it yet. Will keep you posted

[@mikekahl5609]

a New Holland mechanic said they are supposed to have 12-13 plunges per bale.

[@PAFarms]

Yea I could see that too. My bales could be a little longer I guess

[@billquantrill4960]

@@PAFarms Then they'd be heavier.

[@mftech1607]

Nice nice nice!! Great looking bales!!

[@PAFarms]

Yea there’s a lot of Timothy in this field. The horses should love this stuff.

[@gateway8833]

I love seeing bails being chunked across a wagon, but where the teenager earning money for a car? Man, I loved working hay, it was way better then pulling and hanging Tabacoo. Well it was better as long as the bailer didn’t go down. You may have said before, I apologize if you have, what did you grow, and how many cuts a year.

[@PAFarms]

I haven’t found the kids willing to help, tried it last year, after one load they were sitting in the car with the AC on. It’s Timothy and orchard grass. Usually 2 cuttings depending on September weather

[@gateway8833]

PA Farms I surly would jump up there to help you if I could.

[@farmworkMi]

Great work glad you have it so smooth I would be out there for days ha ha . Cutting next week

[@PAFarms]

Good luck with the hay

[@farmworkMi]

Thanks should end up with profit this year

[@markcornell986]

nice baler.i ran 570 for years 310 before that awesome balers.dad a new 273 in 1973 great baler..good luck

[@PAFarms]

I almost wish I bought a 570 or 575. One nice thing with them is the wider pick up

[@colebroadbent4088]

If you are having trouble with missing some of the hay because your pickup is too skinny then get a hay saver wheel. They are nice to have, even when you have the wider pickup

[@michiganfarming1955]

really punching out the bales!

[@PAFarms]

Yea I think I was able to take the Baler to capacity for the video. Some places I was pushing the windrow with the pickup. I can hear the certain sound it makes when I better throttle up and slow down!

[@HayMap]

Get it

[@storminnormanz]

you should get into custom square baling for people its a good way to make money

[@PAFarms]

It would be some nice income, most of the guys in my area have balers, also I think there’s only 2 of us left making little bales.

[@storminnormanz]

yea theres fewer and fewer people baling square bales in my area too

[@jlsmith6310]

Poly twine sucks to handle though I think anyway

[@PAFarms]

Yea it’s harder on the hands.

[@jlsmith6310]

Plastic twine

[@charlietanner6211]

how many bales per wagon

[@PAFarms]

I never really counted. I should do that someday

[@IHVA-ir9gp]

how many bales are you getting on each wagon?

[@PAFarms]

I never really counted, the wagons are all different sizes. I would say just having them go on from the thrower about 100-110? If I have somebody on staking them you can get more

[@IHVA-ir9gp]

Thanks We had old gehl silage wagons( back end unloading via electric motor and cables) that we had added rack tops to. I couldn't get more than 95-98 per load. Hilly ground in Western PA always had to be careful loading the uphill side so you didn't tip the wagons

[@farmworkMi]

Why is your arm numb

[@colebroadbent4088]

He’s having a heart attack

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

Looks like the field yielded well!!

[@PAFarms]

It surprised me when I looked back and got 1 bale less than last year!! I will say I’m packing them tighter this year.