What tool is used to pick up hay?
A tedder (also called hay tedder) is a machine used in haymaking. It is used after cutting and before windrowing, and uses moving forks to aerate or “wuffle” the hay and thus speed up the process of hay-making. The use of a tedder allows the hay to dry (“cure”) better, which results in improved aroma and color.
What is a hay accumulator?
The CID Hay Accumulator Grapple allows one man in a skid steer to gather eight to ten square bales of hay. The grapple allows the operator to lift, load and off-load bales to a trailer. The hay accumulator can also be used to stack hay up in the fields for later pick up, or to stack inside buildings.
What is hay baler machine?
A baler or hay baler is a piece of farm machinery used to compress a cut and raked crop (such as hay, cotton, flax straw, salt marsh hay, or silage) into compact bales that are easy to handle, transport, and store.
What size tractor do I need to bale hay?
Most standard square balers on the market require 35 horsepower at your tractor’s PTO, and a minimum tractor weight of around 3000 pounds. That means that they cannot be run with today’s compact tractors.
How many small bales make an hour?
On a high capacity inline baler that has 100 strokes per min, this would produce approximately 500 bales per hour if baling was non-stop. On other balers the strokes per minute are less, around 92 strokes per minute which is approximately 460 bales per hour if baling was non-stop.
What does a bale Baron do?
As bales exit the baler they are packed by the BALE BARONĀ®. Powered by an impressive 173 HP engine, the Self-Propelled Bale Baron efficiently grabs small bales and packs them up. With an in-field pickup speed of 12 MPH, you can easily keep up to 3 small balers.
What equipment do you need to bale hay?
Hay Equipment A compact tractor is the staple of every operation, but mowers, conditioners, hay rakes, balers, and sometimes hay tedders and bale wrappers are also needed.