Baling Hay by Hand May 2012

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12 жыл бұрын

After cutting the grass in the orchard by scythe, we tried out our human-powered hay baler. The results are well-compacted bales slightly smaller than the standard and so easier to handle and ideal for smallholder and horse owners. This hay is entirely fossil fuel free.
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@anonadei 11 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I was looking for!!! I don't have very many people to help make large haystacks around my property and I wondered if there was something like this out there! And here it is! And it works beautifully! I would love plans on how to make one!!!

@pamelamilks5355 11 жыл бұрын

That is exactly what I am looking for. I would be interested in purchasing either the plans or the built baler.

@downbntout 11 жыл бұрын

you folks have shamed me into cutting my grass, that's a nice result

@ltlewis15 12 жыл бұрын

nice! it will keep working for you long after your tractor stops.

@davedrewett2196 9 жыл бұрын

I love it. I think its fantastic for use on a small farm with a few head of sheep or cattle. No noise, no pollution and if you use sisal twine no plastics.

@davidtrees1714 9 жыл бұрын

I love it too... If they're in Cumbria then they're only a couple of hours drive from us here in North East Manchester... I will find them on Google and see where they are. Dave Drewett

@davedrewett2196 9 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mr Trees :-)

@MyDom55 10 жыл бұрын

Un grand bravo ,vous êtes génial .Toutes mes félicitations . Dom.

@ngonsor 3 жыл бұрын

I want one!

@arseniosifontes5878 8 жыл бұрын

Interesante, muy buen diseño...saludos desde Venezuela

@Santu1939 8 жыл бұрын

that was neat, and the nature is neat. but that just made me to appreciate the technology even more.

@plane15 10 жыл бұрын

Such a long time for one bale but it's nice to see traditional farming methods.

@Mittzie 7 жыл бұрын

plane15 the traditional method is to stack it loose... this is a newer method, and fairly far from traditional.

@ndudman8 12 жыл бұрын

Really nice result :)

@oreopuppydawg1564 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!

@tanyagarcia3721 8 жыл бұрын

wow! I wish I could do that

@todmills 8 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much volume is saved over just stacking it, and is all the additional effort necessary? I live in an area with a lot of Amish, and while they do a LOT of manual labor, I've never seen any of them do anything like this. With all the labor to create these bales, I should think one could easily build a roofed haymow to store unbaled hay and be ahead on the game.

@Mittzie 7 жыл бұрын

tod mills it doesn't need to be bailed, it can just sit loose, this just saves space if you don't have room to store it properly (or the skills to stack it in the field to preserve as much as possible) it also makes it a more sellable product the reason we started bailing hay was so we could keep MORE of it indoors to help preserve quality, this means smaller buildings and less cost but if your having to do everything by hand? Loose hay is the way to go, it saves time and effort just not space, if your only producing for a small herd of goats etc then keeping it loose doesn't make a difference if you having to farm large numbers of animals then it takes a lot more hay and a ridiculous amount of space to store loose, now we even have compression balers, a regular 50lbs small square the size of a carryon suitcase, that's the only difference is it does save a lot of space but the end result is the exact same product if stored in hay shed or in a hay loft protected from the elements.

@mukhlisbe7677 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@naooqponho 8 жыл бұрын

Wau its a very hard work, but if you don't have to do so many its really good,

@SamsungA-uy1ku 5 жыл бұрын

good

@gma617 11 жыл бұрын

Id like to either purchase one or the plans as well.

@erastushaufiku8882 11 жыл бұрын

how do i download that video. i want to make my home made baler too.

@NeuesvomFeld 11 жыл бұрын

Gibt es für die Ballenpresse auch eine Bauanleitung?

@skiptindle5976 11 жыл бұрын

As long as you have fuel, what happens after the fuel is all gone?

@oscar5699 11 жыл бұрын

Now I know what happened to Ed, Edd and eddy.

@born2run76 12 жыл бұрын

this is cool but if I could make a suggestion, pitch forks are the cats meow so you donthave to keep bending over

@Mittzie 7 жыл бұрын

Christian S that was my thought, holy back pain!

@sgtlonelyheartsclubband2844 3 жыл бұрын

That's how these older folks are staying 😎

@stig92410 11 жыл бұрын

You've missed the point.

@ronaldziehlke9720 9 жыл бұрын

Most people take hay off of the field; these people "Make" hay.

@Mittzie 7 жыл бұрын

Ronald Ziehlke semantics, but if you want to get technical they are making hay BAILS, and hay does take some making it's the end result of cut grass after drying, if you didn't cut the grass to dry and make hay it wouldn't be hay it would be pasture.

@1carterkm 11 жыл бұрын

Get a used tractor and used baler at an auction....time is your most precious resource and your labor not to mention....do 10x amount of work in the same amount of time.