[AT] Semi-O.T. One man baling?

[charlie hill]

I've seen a rig somewhere around here that is a simple ground driven
conveyor that follows the bailer.  The bails slide up from the ground onto
the conveyor and scoot escalator style up and then fall into a wagon.  Of
course they don't stack themselves.

It doesn't seem like one of those would be too hard to build.

Charlie
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> Farmer,
> I know A-C made a bale loader for use with the Roto-Baler, perhaps one of
> those could be made to work with either your baler or as a side loader for
> a wagon. They are old enough that the $$$ factor shouldn't interfere with
> your budget. :o)
>
> Phil
>
> > I'm switching another dab of acreage (about 10 more)
> > over to hay this year and my biggest problem is and
> > has been handling small square bales alone. There are
> > a lot of devices made that will do the job but at a
> > serious $$$$$ level. I MUST keep cost way down. I was
> > just wondering if any of you has ran across anything
> > recently "low cost" that will let one man bale alone.
> > The closest thing I've seen so far is a large trailer
> > type hauler with a pipe framework that the baler
> > pushes the bale up a chute and drops them down from
> > the top. You then pull it to the barn and back up to
> > the elevator/conveyor and open the whole back. It
> > didn't look too hard to build but lately I haven't
> > even been able to find a picture of one. I think I
> > first saw it at the state fair a few years ago.
> > Most accumulators I have seen were just too $$$$ at
> > least to start. I haven't even seen one of those side
> > pick-up conveyors that you attach to a wagon or truck
> > lately.
> > Scott works too many hours in good weather to be
> > reliably available. Diana keeps volunteering to ride
> > wagon and stack bales but I won't let her. She also
> > couldn't drive the baler.   :-)   Last year a neighbor
> > (much younger) was running back and forth between the
> > tractor and baler every few bales and stacking the
> > wagon. Most of the time he has family to help. If my
> > joints were not giving me so much trouble I would
> > trade work with him but I'm afraid he would be getting
> > a very short end of the stick.  :-)  We would also
> > always be wanting to bale on the same sunny day.
> > I plan to bale some small round bales with my best
> > Allis Chalmers Roto-baler which won't be hurt by a
> > quick rain. That market is limited though. I also plan
> > to pick up a large round baler too but again that
> > market is limited (and very competitive here). We do
> > have a huge horse market for small square bales here.
> > I'll have a total of about 16 - 17 acres of hay this
> > year (maybe twice that next year) and that is more
> > than I want to bale 3 cuttings off of all the hard
> > way.
> > Once at the barns I expect to be handling the small
> > bales mostly on very large pallets with a fork lift.
> > Pallets will be stacked on the ground and lifted to
> > the loft where they will be positioned with one of
> > those manual pallet dollies. We have been looking at
> > hoop barns for a while now for more storage. It all
> > becomes a lot simpler down on ground level.   :-)
> > I have been thinking of trying at least for this year
> > of using the old sweep rake I bought a few years ago.
> > I made brackets to mount it on the tractor loader and
> > that worked decent for loose hay. If I made it an all
> > new set of teeth of straight oak it should sweep up
> > about 20 bales a trip.
> > I have also thought of making a large very low
> > platform sled to load bales on with out the lifting to
> > the height of a wagon. Would be a temporary solution.
> > I even thought of making such a thing with a row of
> > very small wheels down each side to keep it very low
> > and still not tear up the ground like a sled.
> > I keep leaning toward the pick-up conveyor that bolts
> > onto a wagon or truck (Diana could drive that) but I
> > am trying to look at the problem from all possible
> > directions. Later I might pick up a good baler with a
> > kicker on it but that is out of the question at the
> > moment.
> >
> > Just fishing for ideas. I know that some of you make
> > hay.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "farmer"
> >
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> >
> > Francis Robinson
> > Central Indiana, USA
> > robinson at svs.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
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