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Enjoy and I'll be looking forward to seeing some of them being used on many routes.

That square bale Jonathan, any chance of you cutting it down in size, please, I can load some smaller stacks onto my tractor and trailer then, thank you.

Cheerz. ex-railwayman.

ex-railwayman wrote:That square bale Jonathan, any chance of you cutting it down in size, please, I can load some smaller stacks onto my tractor and trailer then, thank you.

Cheerz. ex-railwayman.

I'll make a new smaller version tomorrow, about how big would you like it to be in feet?

Don't known what US farmers use or bail, but I just measured a small aussie lucerne bale and the dimensions are approx 3ft x 20" x 16" ( 900mm x 508mm x 406mm ).
Depending on several conditions...can weigh between 20 to 30kg.

HTH.

Big J,

That is very clever/unique! Neat idea, and well executed, good work!

Take care

jpetersjr wrote:I'll make a new smaller version tomorrow, about how big would you like it to be in feet?

Hmmm, errrr, well, I don't know exactly. In real life a man can lift one bale of hay if it is properly tied together with string. Going by the size of the human models in your screenshot, that square hale bay is absolutely enormous, and you wouldn't really have one that size because you can't lift it up manually. If you could experiment a bit with sizes, a much smaller one would be very welcome, thank you.

Watch this video to see how big a bale of hay can be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAul1Ugul7Y

Cheerz. ex-railwayman.

ex-railwayman wrote:

jpetersjr wrote:I'll make a new smaller version tomorrow, about how big would you like it to be in feet?

Hmmm, errrr, well, I don't know exactly. In real life a man can lift one bale of hay if it is properly tied together with string. Going by the size of the human models in your screenshot, that square hale bay is absolutely enormous, and you wouldn't really have one that size because you can't lift it up manually. If you could experiment a bit with sizes, a much smaller one would be very welcome, thank you.

Watch this video to see how big a bale of hay can be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAul1Ugul7Y

Cheerz. ex-railwayman.

Then there are these.

Gentlemen,

On the internet, where EVERYTHING is true, I found...

https://www.reference.com/business-fina ... 98d43a41bd

and

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/s ... -hay-weigh.

Sixty years ago, I remember struggling with the d*mn things during a local farmer's harvest...

Kind regards,

John M

Jonathan you got it right. These are the type of Bales used on todays Farm. However back in the 60 and 70 they were of the smaller type. I know because I used to Bale them and haul them on a Truck. Usually they weighed around 70 lbs. or so depending on the type of product being Baled. Clover was the heaviest and Straw was the lightest. So you can take your pick.

All the best,
Dave

Okay too much talk, but without proof. Just took a walk to the barn, and with a tape measure handy...