Round or Square Bales? - A Bale Tutorial - Farming Simulator 17

[@SlimRhyno]

Thank you so much for posting this video! I've just started playing '17 on my Switch, and your videos have been suuuper helpful. I actually used to play FS '15 on my PS3; and, incidentally, your channel played an enormous part in making that game so enjoyable. Thus, once, I saw '17 on sale in the Nintendo Switch online store, the first thing I did was hop on here to make sure that you had videos about this specific version. Anywho, this is the 2nd FarmSim game that you have helped me with, and I am genuinely grateful. When I think about the time and energy that went into researching, filming, and editing (etc.) just one of these guides, it boggles my mind! 🤯 But, seriously, thank you for creating and posting all of these, and please take care. 🤙

[@tylers9601]

Great, informative video. Very calm and relaxing to listen to while I was harvesting lol

[@togglefire3537]

See in the tutorial they teach you how to bale hay and how to pick it up and how you go about doing it. I understood that you get straw and chaff from harvesting things but I never understood where grass or straw comes from. The only thing I understood was that there were grass seeds that your planter has but now after watching this video I understand it completely. I went through about 10 videos just trying to get this answer right here. Thank you for the awesome vid bro

[@Vbluguitar]

Glad to hear it!

[@McdonnellDouglas-11]

I have the switch version and I love it!! Love your channel, still learning new tips about the game. Also, I just subscribed :~]

[@Vbluguitar]

Glad to have you!

[@grindingeveryday3091]

This help me a lot Arthur thank u a lot, love your videos

[@redknight3439]

Hi, for those that r new to the game: Getting a autoloader or trailer with UAL script, this will make life way easier when bailing as it picks up auto and unloads auto as well

[@yellca]

Your videos are amazing!!! Thanks so much

[@Dat_Boi324]

Me personally as a farmer we only tett once or twice then we bale and rake at the same time.

[@joeroberts9502]

If you have GPS use that while baling. That way you don't need to watch it all the time to keep your bales in a straight line. Also, if baling in a grass paddock, you can set GPS to stop the tractor almost right on the end of the field.

[@tommycooker3996]

Thanks Arthur, another great tutorial!

[@daltonduhnub2658]

Just bought the small bailing kit working to get the 10 bucks for the Kuhn wrapper recommend wrapping a full wraped round bail trailer is around 46k in the bank

[@Vbluguitar]

Yup - its like printing gold

[@kevinsetchylenox]

Love this channel!

[@Vbluguitar]

Glad you are enjoying it Kev

[@neilharbott8394]

I tend to prefer the "follow-me" mod when doing round bales. The follow-me helper will unload the round baler automatically, whilst taking care of all that stopping and starting. I'll either drive the windrower or mowing unit, as it takes less concentration and I can watch an Arthur KZbin vid at the same time!!

[@Vbluguitar]

That is what I do too. I even put a follower on a bale wrapper when I can. As long as you offset them, they do fine.

[@neilharbott8394]

Ah, I'm using the Kuhn baler/wrapper, so it's the last unit in the train. I've installed the Wrapper On/Off Switch mod, so I don't have to wrap everything.

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

Just bought my first baling machine yesterday, but did not have a chance to use it yet. Game is actually pretty fun.

[@unospuñetasporahi]

yup

[@GNRLKNB-kq9ge]

Dont forget that you could also lease the equipment until you have bales in storage. I usually do this when I start out or dont have large amounts of money.

[@ibroussia6489]

I love you channel and what your doing for the game omg community

[@Vbluguitar]

My pleasure!

[@agentorange153]

You DO NOT want to use a roll-type bale fork to pick up bales (especially round ones) -- I tried that and it was sheer torture!

[@buck_maize111]

I just started playing this game.. and can't get enough lol.. I'm on the nintendo switch though so no mods but still really fun

[@Vbluguitar]

I still play it on my switch. Great game for sure.

[@buck_maize111]

I literally just bought farm simulator 19 for my PS4.. started playing 5 mins ago.. wow it's really detailed and looks amazing!

[@ethanbandy185]

i farm, wrapped round bales actually do turn to silage in real life.

[@Pomegranate44]

Ethan Bandy I know right lol I’m a farmer to

[@starcitylei]

Very true. But I believe that he was saying that wrapped hay bales don't become silage because the hay is too dry to ferment.

[@4TheFellas]

he said, hay won't, grass will.

[@bulwinkle]

You can make square bales more economically if you have the Massey Ferguson DLC. The square baler in that pack is lower in price and requires less hp.

[@Vbluguitar]

True, but once again, for the sake of the tutorials I keep everything "non-modded" so it can be applicable cross platform.

[@jbgaming7570]

Thanks very helpful

[@wregend285]

You should really use the KRONE BIG M500 2017(mod), it makes mowing a much quicker process! 😃

[@Vbluguitar]

I try to keep to the base game for the tutorials as many people with consoles don't have the mods. But yeah - I agree - thankfully the Big M is in the base game for FS19

[@Panda-nm9yh]

Very helpful

[@Immortal198626]

Hey love your vids been going through ur tutorial Playlist I'm pretty new to the game so it's helped me alot but I was wondering if you could do a potato, beets and auger wagon tutorials

[@Vbluguitar]

I will definitely keep this in the request list - Kinda booked up right now with work, but as the summer ends I should have more time come fall - If you need help with Potatoes and Beets I do have tutorials for both under my FS 15 Tutorials and they remain pretty much the same if that helps - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYqse2CCpq51jdk and kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4u4d6OXeJV1lbc

[@Immortal198626]

Arthur Chapman thanks man very much appreciate :)

[@Pomegranate44]

In farming sim the round bales are tiny compared to real life lol (I’m a farmer in real life)

[@Vbluguitar]

They look tiny anyway - but stand next to them and you will see they are at least eye level if not taller. The tractors all look smaller too.

[@PopCultureFan_]

@@Vbluguitar I came here to figure out how the baler works, i knew once but its been so long since i played my game. Anyways im from a rural town surrounded by miles of farmland. I used to see these big giant white round looking things in the fields.. they looked like gaint marshmellows lol. I assumed the farmers wrapped them with some kind of material ( and just like you said in the video), they must do that to preserve them.

[@blackpirate5925]

I like these videos that u do

[@Vbluguitar]

Hopefully they help the "big picture" as you learn the game. Back when I started playing in FS15, there were no tutorials and it was quite a learning curve.

[@TrackerRoo]

Just a note in the shop saying what type of bail the baler makes would be nice

[@Vbluguitar]

They say underneath - there is small picture of a round our square bale, so that way you will know.

[@radrickdavis]

Do I need a telehandler to grab bales with a fork? Which cheap equipment will work for manual moving of bales to and from a flat trailer? Easiest front loaders to use on bales?

[@Vbluguitar]

I would just use a tractor with arms, a bale fork, and a weight. If you want to grab more than one bale at a time there are some good mod forks that can pick up 2 or 3 at a time.

[@334outdoors8]

It’s just called a rake not a wind rower and you want to tead the hay as little as possible the more you tead the more expensive it is

[@Shiftry87]

If u start your farm by selling silage bales witch i recommend if u play on easy or normal. Then there is a mod to speed up the wrapping machine. Yeah u might think it´s cheating but it takes nearly 24 sec/bale it may not sound so bad at first but after u done it for 2 harvest u get sick of waiting for it. U can use a mod for it or u can change a specific number in 1 xml file that say how long the wrapping process will take. Standard value is set to 20 = 20 sec the bale is spinning. lowering this number will speed up the spinning and will go mutch faster. WARNING. If u change this value u can not play multiplayer unless u change it back to the standard value off 20. Just change the number back and u are fine.

[@Vbluguitar]

That would definitely help with the monotony of wrapping. IT TAKES SO LONG!

[@quackersmacker1372]

Arthur and Simone Chapman is this mod available on console

[@dragonzgamesTEDz]

The Kune Merger could be a good Windrower at 9.1 M for this may be quicker and you can set where you want the plies to be

[@Vbluguitar]

Definitely. I do try to keep these tutorials as "stock" as possible though as many don't have that kit.

[@impapaterry]

Aloha Arthur. I'm enjoying immensely your tutorials. I haven't seen them all yet but I have a problem that needs some of your time. I am using a favorit 511 C for the tractor. the seeder is an an Amazon D 830 super. The field is has not been plowed but it's been fertilized. I can't get any help her out of the menu all from 2 different things that I tried even though it has a helper in the menu when I click on it, says that that helper has finished and it just goes through the helper A or B or C have finished their task and no other helpers are available. I am playing on a PC with a mouse. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you again for all the time you have spent on these tutorials, it's amazing.

[@Ivellios23]

I always wondered why someone would bother with round bales when square ones were so much easier. Now I know that it's a capital investment and power requirement, which requires even more capital. It makes sense now.

[@Vbluguitar]

even more info - IRL - small square bales (like heston bales that you pick up by hand) are about the same cost as round bales to make, or cheaper and are easier to manage since they can be moved by hand. The new version of FS finally supports this and has small bales in it. Also there are some companies out there that make mini round bales for little (25-75 hp) tractors.

[@GR19611]

Bale stacks are to high? Simply run into them at speed, Cheap solution .😆🚜

[@Vbluguitar]

haha - If its too tall - KNOCK THAT CRAP DOWN

[@rowanfranks6554]

Or An Easier Way You Could Get That Automated Bale Collector, Go Near The Stack(s) Of Bales, Then It Would Be Doing It On Itself. When The First Stack Is Done, Go Onto The Next.

[@AbideinChristFully]

Awesome, thanks. What do you think about the Krone Ultima wrapper/baler? I love it but it keeps crashing my game where the game won't load. I have to load game without mod...then buy it again. I found a square version of the same krone, but the bale size it odd and my tractor won't pick it up. Plus when I walk up to the silage bale it says it's grass.

[@Vbluguitar]

I haven't used it yet. I will have to try it out and see if it crashes mine. I just use the "kuhn DLC" baler wrapper if I am gonna wrap stuff.

[@artayers2372]

Mr. Chapman, What is your opinion of the Kuhn FBP 3135 Baler/wrapper in the DLC pack?

[@Vbluguitar]

I think both the FBP and the Kuhn Merger make the pack worth the money.

[@bradharmon913]

To sell wrapped bales to the red Barn...are round and square same price

[@Vbluguitar]

Yes. Both round and square bales are 4000 liters, so they make the same money. Another strategy would be to sell them at the BGA - its slower, but you get free digestate which can be used for fertilizer.

[@shadowwolf7866]

If the grass bales were not wrapped will they turn into straw ?

[@Vbluguitar]

Nope, they stay grass. Straw is leftover from crops like wheat and barely. Grass is grass and dried grass is hay. In real life a grass bale would eventually catch fire, believe it or not, because of the rotting process.

[@skhotzim_bacon]

@@Vbluguitar oh wow thanks for that crazy fun fact

[@gamestvkk6429]

Round or square bale is better?

[@Vbluguitar]

Depends on how much money you have, how big your tractors are, and how hilly your fields are.

[@gamestvkk6429]

@@Vbluguitar oo thanks 💞 for help

[@pictlandpickers1171]

What do you prefer? 17 vs 19?

[@Vbluguitar]

all said and done, 19. Its just more in depth and has a less arcade feel to it.

[@grindingeveryday3091]

Can u just drop off bales where food goes for animals or do u have to use loading wagon or power food mixer to feed them?

[@Vbluguitar]

You can drop bales off BUT, the cows also need power food (1 silage bale + 2 hay + 1 straw OR 2 Silage bales + 1 hay + 1 straw) so you have to have a mixer if you want your cows to be more than 70 percent productive. You will also give them straw bales and grass bales and hay bales separately, but you need to give them the mix too.

[@neilharbott8394]

If you drive a front loader with a bale - the bale will autofill the feeding area when you hit the unload point.

[@Josh-i9b]

How do you make that field grass it’s corn for me

[@Vbluguitar]

use a seeder and plant grass after you cultivate it.

[@grindingeveryday3091]

There is a good mod for sqar bales, it only cost 70,000 and it only need 75 hp very good to start

[@Vbluguitar]

While that is true, I keep my tutorials to non-modified equipment as many people who have the console version watch these too, and don't have access to mods. Thank you for the ideas though :)

[@willgibson9718]

can you help me with arcusin forstack 8.12 on farming Simulator 17 and on arming Simulator 22 at 4:34, Arthur Chapman?

[@Vbluguitar]

What do you need help with?

[@willgibson9718]

@@Vbluguitar arcusin forstack 8.12 farming simulator 17

[@MartyGPN]

My gramma lives on a farm and the cows go crazy for hay

[@tommycooker3996]

‘Stay on target’ 👨‍🚀

[@Vbluguitar]

;)

[@zp-4373]

where do you sell the grass bails

[@Vbluguitar]

Grass bales can be sold at the same barn where you sell Hay and Straw. If you are talking "goldcrest" its the big red barn just south of the house on the main farm.

[@joeroberts9502]

One thing about round bales in real life. Say you're feeding sheep or cattle in a paddock. You can drop a round bale off a truck, cut it open and just roll it out like a rug.

[@Vbluguitar]

Oh wow - that is nice - Never would have thought of that.

[@Guest-uf7ke]

can I sell the square ones without wraping them? thanks for the videos!

[@Vbluguitar]

You can, but they are worth 3-5x more wrapped.

[@Guest-uf7ke]

oh ok thanks bud

[@danieljohnson67]

Where can i get a square wrapper

[@fuggleradventures5820]

If the DLC was available for the switch I would have bought it

[@Vbluguitar]

IKR me too - It would be so nice to have estanchia lapacha for the switch.

[@fuggleradventures5820]

@@Vbluguitar yeah it would be sadly we switch players can only dream

[@LeonidSaykin]

I can live without the bale wrappers because honestly there is an alternative way to make and transport sillage

[@Vbluguitar]

Ah, but one thing you haven't considered... Bales never drop in price. You get the same amount of money for every bale sold forever. Loose silage will bottom out after about 30 bucketfuls and then you have to wait for days for the market to recover.

[@axell3225]

How do you turn the blinkers on

[@Vbluguitar]

That depends on what system/controller you are using. Are you console or PC?

[@samuellock6000]

I’m on pc, how do I do I do it

[@axell3225]

Arthur Chapman console

[@al3xand3rl3wis3]

@@axell3225 (I'm just looking through so ik I'm late) Go into the settings and access the controls, look down until you find the indicators (blinkers for Americans). You've probably already found out and fs19 is imminent, but better late than never

[@cloverdog85]

the game needs better detail on what things do lol and what they are for.

[@Vbluguitar]

hehe, I am glad it doesn't, because then more people watch my tutorials :) - They do cover almost everything in detail at the phone booths located around the map though. So if you get lost find a phone booth.

[@cloverdog85]

ahh ok thats good to know. I like watching the videos so id probably just keep watching but more info on like what each thing does and maybe history on what it was for would be awsome. Are you planning on getting the farm sim 19 version coming out in 2 months?

[@ilovebrean]

Thank goodness for these tutorials

[@BuuDaMenace]

How do you sell

[@Vbluguitar]

what are you selling? there are several different things and places to sell.

[@ordernow12345]

Bummer. I’ve been trying to look up which is more cost effective and what not.

[@TheFallenFaob]

As far as i can tell the square and round bales sell for the same price so short term round are better long term go with square if you have a small area you are using for grass and are just going to feed it too your sheep not sell it don't bother baling it just use the collector unload what you need for the sheep to eat buy the placeable item hay barn and you can dump it in the back to store it then fill your trailer in the front you can still sell the loose hay if you want but i think you might make less money from it

[@ordernow12345]

Dennis G thanks!!!

[@TheFallenFaob]

I watch another video and found out that the price for straw and grass / hay bales is always the same but the price for silage bales is much higher at 5,880 on easy on the xbox so take the time to wrap the hay and unless you have that dlc pack you'll have to go with the round bales

[@Vbluguitar]

Yeah, the only reason I don't wrap bales is if I need it for the cows or I am making straw (which you can't wrap). Straw and Hay are paid per liter, so bales get you the same money as loose material, and round and square bales give you the same amount of money since they are both 4000 liters.

[@bikinglikebecker]

neither, how about using loading wagon.. save your time... and fyi guys, straw is not food, it is bedding... lol...

[@Vbluguitar]

True, though it can be feed through TMR as filler

[@Clipzy586]

Do u need to pay for the Kuhn dlc

[@Vbluguitar]

yes - its called the 'Straw harvest DLC' - Here is my review - kzbin.info/www/bejne/in2Tg5aviZ2kgdE - the link to the DLC is on that video

[@CodyCannon81]

Brother?

[@Vbluguitar]

Lol - I never knew!

[@CodyCannon81]

@@Vbluguitar Keep up the good work man. You're doing great!

[@caseyodonnell55]

Thanks my man this game confusing as fuck

[@Vbluguitar]

There is a LOT to it. But that also makes it fun because there are so many directions you can take it.

[@thecoolguy2012]

I can't find that in the mods

[@Vbluguitar]

Find what? Can you give me a time stamp?

[@thecoolguy2012]

@@Vbluguitar you said a modified square wrapper for bales and i can't find it and I'm on the xbox version of farming simulator 17

[@quackersmacker1372]

Cool Guy it’s one of them mods that’s not on console only on pc if you download it from a website or something else

[@erickgonzalez3523]

RaZor Cole if I got a website I can get pc mods?

[@ayyalfi3]

Am I blind or just really stupid I play on ps4 and can not find no vanilla round bailers

[@Vbluguitar]

There is a yellow New Holland round Bailer under bailing tech on the shop

[@Vbluguitar]

Should be about 50-70k if I remember

[@ayyalfi3]

Arthur Chapman I’ve just found it after playing this game for a year and a half 🤦🏼‍♂️😂

[@ayyalfi3]

Arthur Chapman cheers 💙💪🏻

[@xavierbachop3235]

how the f did you get 86million please tell me if poor af

[@Vbluguitar]

editing the XML File - there is a money mod too.

[@eddieruddy3083]

That was disappointing