mcupps - 4/6/2011 02:11

We used to tie 20000 bales with a 1049 newholland. Just grab 12 balls of twine and throw them under the deck, then tie the twine to the top bar. then after you have loaded 3 tiers, simply pull the twine from the top bar down across the bales and turn 3 tiers into 3 bundles of 10 bales. Turns one bale wagon load into 9 bundles. It takes alot less time than you would think and you only have to get out of the bale wagon 3 times. I usually had to get out of the bale wagon 3 times before that when we were trying to make tie-layers because the spikes wouldn't catch the bale correctly or something would always turn just a little bit wrong. Those bundles only had 18 bales in them though because a 1049/69 only stacks 6 high. But that made them fit in a van trailer very nicely! A 7 bale long bundle is a tight fit in a 96 wide trailer.

I wouldn't mind picking up 715 bundles with my versatile bidi one bit. I probably wouldn't want to do it in one day though. :)

Im not trying to act all big and bad, (Im more of small-time and bad in the wrong sense of the word) Hopefully your not taking it that way. Im just being curious. Are you in the horse hay, straw, or overseas markets? Do yo already have the pro ag stacker. I guess that makes a huge difference. If I already had it, I would use the heck out of it!.