What is the smallest hay baler?
The smallest of the three, the Mini/S, has a total width of only 59 inches, making it the narrowest baler in the compact square baler class.
What’s the difference between pine needles and pine straw?
The term “pine straw” refers to pine needles which are harvested after having fallen from pine trees. They are tied together with either wire or string into a unit most commonly called a “bale”, although it is sometimes sold in rolls (which tend to be roughly two to two and a half times larger than bales) as well.
How do you make small straw bales?
- Chose a box of the size you would like for your hay bales.
- Cut several lengths of raffia.
- Place hay or straw inside the box.
- Bring the raffia strings up around the hay and tie the ends of the raffia strings together tightly to secure the hay or straw.
- Remove the hay bale from the box.
How did they bail hay in the old days?
Baling Hay Hay was carried by hand to wagons that then took the hay to these early balers, where the machine pressed the hay into square bales. By the 1930s, hay baling equipment could be pulled by tractors and pick up the hay from the ground. This saved the farmer a lot of time and energy!
How much horsepower does it take to run a hay baler?
If you already own a tractor, be sure to select a baler model that your tractor can handle. If you are buying a baler first, keep horsepower requirements in mind when pairing with a tractor. PTO horsepower requirements for round balers start at 30 hp and can run up to 120 hp.
Can you use a hay baler to Bal pine straw?
An error occurred while retrieving sharing information. Please try again later. Building and using a hand hay baler as demonstrated in the video above can be a great tool to have around the home; it can be used for baling pine-straw, leaves and grass.
What materials do I need to build a baler?
A general construction approach, tools required and short bill of materials follows. The baler was built with one 4×8′ sheet of exterior grade treated 1/2″ plywood, 5 treated 8′ 2×4’s, some leftover cedar 1×4 and a piece of untreated 2×4 for the handle.
How do you attach twine to a baler?
However, a brief description of how to run the two strands of binding twine down the inside back, bottom and front door of the baler may be useful. The twine should be looped over the back retaining hook, pinched at the bottom and run out through the front door slots and wrapped around the front retaining hooks.
What is the size of a hay baler?
This wooden hand-operated hay baler makes a compressed bale of dry grass clippings/hay approximately 12″x15″x28″. The attached pdf illustrates the finished project components.