Anyone else not a farmer, but you just like watching these videos?

We used to buy bales from another farm a few towns over, then we switched to making our own. Making our own it was insane how much heavier they were

Neil, one of your most interesting videos. I don't raise hay, but am around those who do, and found your discussion very informative. Thanks.

Excellent detailed answer to a question I had some time back.

Hi Neil How about a video on using a two speed pto on a compact tractor? Keep up the good work Michael

Great information Neil. Thanks as always for the great content.

Don't forget about when choosing a tractor to think about the front axle on that machine and what you will be handling... sometimes it might be better to spend extra $$ on the next series or frame size so the front end can handle more. For example, it's one reason I chose the smallest 7600 massey vs the largest 6600 series, the beefiness of the frame to handle everything.

We feed our grass fed beef small squares. Less waste, stored under cover for better feed value over a long time. Easier handling and the feed can be moved to different areas depending on ground conditions.

My family and I were on vacation in PA this last weekend and stopped at the store on Route 30 on our way back from gettysburg to check it out and buy a sticker for my toolbox of fame, but we had just missed closing time. ☹️ worst day ever ding dang! My wife thought I was wired when I said hey thats a messicks!! but whatever she signed up for this.

That thumbnail is adorable

This could be a thing of different areas use different stuff but around where i live the majority of the balers are 6x5 hardcore or softcore round balers. So i was surprised to hear that they mostly sell 5x4 the only people i know that have 5x4 anymore are for silage bales as the bigger bales tend to be to heavy for silage.

Great video thank you

How do 3 point hitch mounted bale spikes measure up? You can't stack them or anything like that, but you can pick em up and move them around.

Neil, have you ever told the story as to how Messicks got started? What brand or brands of equipment were originally sold there?

Have a old B2400 that handles round bales like they aren't even there. Average of 1000 - 1200 lbs each. I counter balance with my backhoe if it is on or pick up a weight plate that comes in around 600 lbs on my 3 point. Double stack is my limit because of lift height.

I was carting bales with my cousin a month ago and I had 2 silage bales on the back of a MF3080 and it was wheeling across the field as the bales were close to a metric tonne each and his MF390 had a loader what can lift 2 metric tonne had two bales on the front and 1 on the back. The MF 3080 only weighs 3-4 tonne and the MF 390 is about 2 tonne maybe, you don't need a big tractor for shifting couple hundred bales. We had 230 some grass silage and 130 barley oat and grass arable silage bales.

In my area many of the hay farmers went to large bales to cut down on theft...people were literally driving out into farmer's fields in the middle of the night and picking up those small 2 string bales and loading their trucks and/or trailers and driving away. So now the farmers not only had theft of their income, they now had to fork out the money to buy equipment to bale in larger bales to keep people from literally walking off with them....although someone could go out and steal the large round or square bales if they had the equipment, but hasn't really been an issue.

My father n law has a 3901 and loaded my gooseneck 2 bails high. They were 5x5s round bails

On the 4x5 round baler, like the others how many remotes are needed, hydraulic GPM flow and PTO hp does 4x5 baler need? I assume term to be operational requirements?

Sweeps, accumulators, and grapples, too.

Can a Kubota BX2680 run a regular small square baler? I've heard mixed information on this, I say no they can't, I'll wait for an expert in this to clarify. Thanks.

How big of a tractor do you recommend for unloading a double stack gooseneck trailer?

Standard L3901 is definitely limit of standard rounds. Idk the density, but loader makes it maybe a foot off the ground safely. Edit: See comment from Tim Strickland as well.

10/10

No fronthitch?

Hi Neil. Are there any balers that work with the kubota compacts tractors - specifically the B Series? I just purchased 7 acres of mostly landscaped and pastured land, but I have 2.5 acres of timothy grass I would like to cut and bale. I have looked online but am struggling to find something that works with 19.5 (B2650) or 27 (B3350) horsepower at the PTO. Is my only option a mini-round baler or is there a small square baler that can work with that PTO horsepower? Is PTO "horsepower" is the measurement I should be looking at?

Just curious would 50 something hp power Grande L60 be able to pick up a medium to large round bell

Is it possible to use a B series Kubota if the bale spear is on the three point attachment in the rear or is ballast weight still the worry?

I lose to play with the same tractor in the thump nail about 4 years ago.

Women are high percentage square bale buyers for horses and a smaller small square is better for their back. I try to keep it under #60 and 6' tall bales stacked on a semi trailer are too tall for many overpasses. The 4 x 5 is the best size and net wrap is much better than string when selling hay. I've seen string bales damaged by the wind on a long haul. I would never buy 5' wide bales due to hauling issues. OK if you are baling and feeding on the same ranch.

For someone who wants to sell hay, what baler type would you reccommend? P.S, I have a 75HP tractor.

Just need a 2025r

Buffer factor prevents pucker factor

I'm not even a farmer but its my dream one day

Can an L3901HST run a baler?

Is this the first day of farming school

What about bail forks?