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| To answer your question, using John Deere cover edge 9000 ft roll for 5 ft wide balers making a 5.5 ft tall bale I get right around 200 rolls per roll of net. For 4 ft wide balers there is 12,100 ft per roll so even more rolls. Be careful buying net some don't like JD net but some of the other brands will have 6,000 to 7,000 ft per roll for a lower price but it works out to being more expensive per bale not to mention having to change rolls more often slowing down the baling process.
Your net is only as strong as the weakest link. Use 2 wraps or 3 wraps but 2.5 is no stronger than the side that has 2 wraps on it so the side with 3 wraps is wasted material. As far as the math goes it does cost more to put net on than twine in almost all cases. With that said it normally takes 40 to 50 seconds to put a good number of twine wraps on a bale, with net that time is reduced to around 6 seconds. More bales per hour, less wear on the baler, less fuel used, the roll looks better, it hauls better, it weathers better and it has more eye appeal to the buyer. When net became popular people were charging an extra dollar or two to put net on verses twine because of the same math you are using. Now if someone insisted that I put twine on a bale it would be at least $2.00 more than net. I haven't threaded twine in any of my balers in at least 10 years. | |
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John Deere net wrap? How many bales per role?
