Square bales of straw- great stuff

locky76 · 23-12-2011 09:19AM #1

I got a load of straw on Wednesday- 48 bales of 8'x3'x2.5'
We fitted 38 of them into a shed where previously we could only get 16 round bales, they're great users of space!

kboc · 23-12-2011 12:03PM

locky76 wrote: »

I got a load of straw on Wednesday- 48 bales of 8'x3'x2.5'
We fitted 38 of them into a shed where previously we could only get 16 round bales, they're great users of space!

do people make silage bales square?

rliston · 23-12-2011 04:51PM

locky76 wrote: »

I got a load of straw on Wednesday- 48 bales of 8'x3'x2.5'
We fitted 38 of them into a shed where previously we could only get 16 round bales, they're great users of space!

Don't be telling people that; I've a full haybarn of round bales to sell

bogman_bass · 23-12-2011 06:23PM

kboc wrote: »

do people make silage bales square?

contractor round here does them. neighbours used them and recons there is two round bales worth in them

allthedoyles · 23-12-2011 06:28PM

Long before the days of your fancy sheds and lean-to's , these bales were packed to the rafters in out-houses .- where a round bale would'nt even fit in the door .

red menace · 23-12-2011 06:31PM

Spreading the big squares is a bit of a chore compared to round though.
Easy enough to roll out a round bale and throw it around. Lot more effort to spread a square.
Tremendous amount of straw in them though

Bizzum · 23-12-2011 06:35PM

allthedoyles wrote: »

Long before the days of your fancy sheds and lean-to's , these bales were packed to the rafters in out-houses .- where a round bale would'nt even fit in the door .

I think you're mixing these 8x3 bales up with the small square bales!

Milton09 · 24-12-2011 10:55AM

locky76 wrote: »

I got a load of straw on Wednesday- 48 bales of 8'x3'x2.5'
We fitted 38 of them into a shed where previously we could only get 16 round bales, they're great users of space!

Any harm asking what you paid for them? Was on to a guy in Cork who was looking for 12 euro ex shed for 7*3*2.5 a while back, it was nice straw but way too expensive at that price.

locky76 · 24-12-2011 02:04PM

Milton09 wrote: »

Any harm asking what you paid for them? Was on to a guy in Cork who was looking for 12 euro ex shed for 7*3*2.5 a while back, it was nice straw but way too expensive at that price.

I paid €14.50 a bale to get it delivered from Cahir and stacked into a shed in Limerick, I consider it good value as there are around 1.5 round bales in a square one this size, 8'x3'x2.5'. It'll keep for the following winter too if i don't use it all this year.

Birdnuts · 24-12-2011 05:07PM

locky76 wrote: »

I got a load of straw on Wednesday- 48 bales of 8'x3'x2.5'
We fitted 38 of them into a shed where previously we could only get 16 round bales, they're great users of space!

Is that why I see round bales in many parts of the country still sitting in the fields apparently rotting

same 130 · 24-12-2011 05:12PM

one round bale in a 8x3x2.5 sq.

nilhg · 24-12-2011 05:52PM

same 130 wrote: »

one round bale in a 8x3x2.5 sq.

That would entirely depend on which baler made the round bale and what way it was set, all round bales are not made equal.....

All I can say is that we've weighed the square bales we sell, 7x3x3 (actually 7x2'10x2'8) at 190 KG and the round bales from a McHale fusion baler at 140KG

nilhg · 24-12-2011 06:02PM

Just a quick addition, 3 lorries, each with 76 bales on board ready to head north last Saturday morning, they made a nice hole in the shed:D

Milton09 · 24-12-2011 07:50PM

nilhg wrote: »

That would entirely depend on which baler made the round bale and what way it was set, all round bales are not made equal.....

All I can say is that we've weighed the square bales we sell, 7x3x3 (actually 7x2'10x2'8) at 190 KG and the round bales from a McHale fusion baler at 140KG

Out of curosity I re-baled one of the sample 7*3*2.5 bales from Cork and got 8 reasonable small square bales, thats the main reason I thought they were expensive.

Square bales of straw- great stuff

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