Absolutely awesome and (probably) exactly what I need for making bales on my small homestead. Looks like much easier than a lot of the vertical hand baler designs. Towable feature is huge. 2 questions and a thought or two... 1. How well would it do with shorter strands of hay??...ie 15 to 40+ inch grass cut by a garden tractor with a standard mowing deck as opposed to being cut by a proper hay mower that leaves the strands long. 2. How do I buy plans from you?? Hand drawn with detailed dimensions and notes is fine. I could probably get close on my own, but no sense thinking harder and wasting time on trial and error if you're able and willing to sell some plans. If it can do shorter strands successfully I'd be VERY interested in buying some plans. A thought...he said someone could probably do 60 bales in a day, but (I assume) that estimate is based on it being run by only one person. With a semi-stout teenager either loading or pressing (whichever is harder 😆) I'd think it would go much faster. Dropping the fork to press and then picking it back up to load the next wad surely adds a lot of time to the process. 🤔 And a third person (even a young-ish kid that's old enough to do it safely) driving the tow vehicle down the windrow while the other two load and pack would speed the process even more if it's being done in the field. Another thought, if you're baling in the barn like that, perhaps you could rig a counter weight system for the plunger handle? Depends what your rafters are like but I'm imagining some sort of pulley system that assists with the downward plunging motion but then also returns it to the open position without having to manually raise the handle. If doable it would perhaps save a bit of time and a fair amount of physical energy. Thanks for posting this video, looks like you've got a nice, productive homestead going!
Hey! Thanks for the great thoughts and comments. If you are using shorter pieces of hay or grass clippings you could tie with more strings. Three per side and a couple around the other side so that it was tied like a package. The mechanical advantage for the size of piston I used maxs out the 2x4 design. A smaller piston would give you tighter bales. Charging the baler does not take very much time it is tying the bale that takes all the time and a lot of finesse. If you are building one of these the sleeves on the piston are super important as they prevent it from jamming. The piston size for this baler is 18x16” which gives a surface area of 288” sq. I don’t have formal plans made up for this design as I hadn’t thought of selling them. If you plan on making this feel free to ask more questions! Oh ya, and any extra help from young people would help for sure getting these made faster! Lol. Take care, Glen
Great video !
Thank you! 🌺
Absolutely awesome and (probably) exactly what I need for making bales on my small homestead. Looks like much easier than a lot of the vertical hand baler designs. Towable feature is huge.
2 questions and a thought or two...
1. How well would it do with shorter strands of hay??...ie 15 to 40+ inch grass cut by a garden tractor with a standard mowing deck as opposed to being cut by a proper hay mower that leaves the strands long.
2. How do I buy plans from you??
Hand drawn with detailed dimensions and notes is fine. I could probably get close on my own, but no sense thinking harder and wasting time on trial and error if you're able and willing to sell some plans.
If it can do shorter strands successfully I'd be VERY interested in buying some plans.
A thought...he said someone could probably do 60 bales in a day, but (I assume) that estimate is based on it being run by only one person. With a semi-stout teenager either loading or pressing (whichever is harder 😆) I'd think it would go much faster. Dropping the fork to press and then picking it back up to load the next wad surely adds a lot of time to the process.
🤔 And a third person (even a young-ish kid that's old enough to do it safely) driving the tow vehicle down the windrow while the other two load and pack would speed the process even more if it's being done in the field.
Another thought, if you're baling in the barn like that, perhaps you could rig a counter weight system for the plunger handle? Depends what your rafters are like but I'm imagining some sort of pulley system that assists with the downward plunging motion but then also returns it to the open position without having to manually raise the handle. If doable it would perhaps save a bit of time and a fair amount of physical energy.
Thanks for posting this video, looks like you've got a nice, productive homestead going!
Hey! Thanks for the great thoughts and comments.
If you are using shorter pieces of hay or grass clippings you could tie with more strings. Three per side and a couple around the other side so that it was tied like a package.
The mechanical advantage for the size of piston I used maxs out the 2x4 design. A smaller piston would give you tighter bales.
Charging the baler does not take very much time it is tying the bale that takes all the time and a lot of finesse.
If you are building one of these the sleeves on the piston are super important as they prevent it from jamming. The piston size for this baler is 18x16” which gives a surface area of 288” sq.
I don’t have formal plans made up for this design as I hadn’t thought of selling them. If you plan on making this feel free to ask more questions!
Oh ya, and any extra help from young people would help for sure getting these made faster! Lol.
Take care,
Glen
Wow good design
Thanks so much! 🌺
Nicely done!
Thanks very much!
This is a design that was built around 1900
Pretty slick Glen, I’m impressed
Glen says thank you! He hasn’t figured out commenting yet! 😂
Have a great day.
@@TheCowEmporium that’s funny😂
That's tricky and time consuming.. Im very impressed 😉
Thank you! So true, thank goodness we only need about 30 or so. 😅
I’m missing something…why would you re-bale the round bale into square bales?
We often have left over bale in the barn after calving. No point in wasting it!
I am missing in a farm now
I understand. 😊 Hope you are doing well.