Bales per Day....

Not sure this is the right forum section, but.....

 

Just curious - how many square bales of hay you can/do reasonably put up in a day with ONE square baler and crew?  This is baled, taken off the field and under cover of some sort, i.e. barn or shed or tarp, etc.

 

Our yield is probably going to be double this year.  Our plan is to have enough wagons to do a maximum of 1,000 bales in a day and pull them under our shelters.  They won't be unloaded, but at least they will be under cover.  We'll unload another day when it's cooler, i.e. early morning or late evening - BUT, the hay is baled, off the field and let it rain!

 

Not sure we can do 1,000 bales in a day, but that is a max goal for now.  FYI - we stack off the baler onto a wagon.  No question - last year, unloading wagons cost us a LOT of time - far away our long pole in the tent.  Now we want to avoid that - at least up to 1,000 bales and pulling loaded wagons (left unloaded) into our shelters is our remedy for unloading the same day as baling such that we can put up as many bales as possible in an afternoon.

 

What's your typical day with one baler and crew?

 

Bill

Bales per Day....