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  • #62
    rushvalley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭rushvalley


    nashmach wrote: »
    Don't see too many B47's nowadays!

    No you wouldn't really. That was her first time baling after sitting in a corner for 15 years. Was delighted with her after making a 100 bales without any problems.


  • #63
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Brought the hay home today. They were perfect in field. All heating now. Feckin stuff.


  • #64
    Sami23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,689 ✭✭✭Sami23


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Brought the hay home today. They were perfect in field. All heating now. Feckin stuff.

    Feck, wonder is a bit of heating in them any harm ?


  • #65
    sea12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭sea12


    Sami23 wrote: »
    Feck, wonder is a bit of heating in them any harm ?

    Did u ever cut Ure meadow Sami or is she still standing.


  • #66
    Sami23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,689 ✭✭✭Sami23


    sea12 wrote: »
    Did u ever cut Ure meadow Sami or is she still standing.

    Yep cut it last week n baled Tuesday. Noticed some of them heating small bit today. That's why was asking is a bit of hearing ok in long run


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  • #67
    Greengrass1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭Greengrass1


    Sami23 wrote: »
    Feck, wonder is a bit of heating in them any harm ?

    There fairly hot now. Only in the shed 3hrs. Father said I put them too close together


  • #68
    Sami23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,689 ✭✭✭Sami23


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    There fairly hot now. Only in the shed 3hrs. Father said I put them too close together

    Mite b safer leave them out for few weeks


  • #69
    Willfarman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,239 ✭✭✭Willfarman


    Sami23 wrote: »
    Mite b safer leave them out for few weeks

    Your dad is correct


  • #70
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,634 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Leave them up on pallets aswell if ya can green


  • #71
    Greengrass1
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    Leave them up on pallets aswell if ya can green

    None left all burnt :eek:
    Put 4 up on the trailer and separated rest out. Cooled down an awful lot since.


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  • #72
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,634 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    None left all burnt :eek:
    Put 4 up on the trailer and separated rest out. Cooled down an awful lot since.

    We always stack them as bottom ones on pallets and they are about a foot or two apart and the the next line in the middle of the gap of the bottom two. It leaves the centres exposed if ya know what I mean


  • #73
    sea12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭sea12


    Sami23 wrote: »
    Yep cut it last week n baled Tuesday. Noticed some of them heating small bit today. That's why was asking is a bit of hearing ok in long run

    Well it rained fleck all here despite the forecast giving lots of rain for last weekend. I baled mine this day lady week but could have legtbitvanother day. Have a couple heating from bales at the headlands.


  • #74
    Miname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭Miname


    I throw down a run of lorry tyres first then stack the bales on them, works a treat. I have this years sitting on an un roofed slatted tank just to be safe for another few days.


  • #75
    Sami23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,689 ✭✭✭Sami23


    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Brought the hay home today. They were perfect in field. All heating now. Feckin stuff.

    How'd the hay fare out for you since Greengrass. Is it still heating and what do you think quality will be like ?


  • #76
    Willfarman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,239 ✭✭✭Willfarman


    Good bit of hay still on the field in these parts. Would the rain hav got in them?


  • #77
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,634 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Willfarman wrote: »
    Good bit of hay still on the field in these parts. Would the rain hav got in them?

    Same here. Couldn't be good for them


  • #78
    9935452
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭9935452


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Same here. Couldn't be good for them

    I wouldnt be worried about the rain , The bale in theory is thatched .
    But what would worry me is the water they would soak up. That cant dry


  • #79
    Zr105
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭Zr105


    9935452 wrote: »
    I wouldnt be worried about the rain , The bale in theory is thatched .
    But what would worry me is the water they would soak up. That cant dry

    If you get a driving rain against the side it'll get into them a fair bit tho..


  • #80
    paddysdream
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭paddysdream


    Zr105 wrote: »
    If you get a driving rain against the side it'll get into them a fair bit tho..

    Spot on.
    Sold 5x4 bales of hay many years ago to a man who decided to leave them on the field for a few weeks.
    Got heavy rain with a wind behind it for a day and when he drew the bales they were rotten at least a foot in on the weathered side.Basically nearly half the bale was black rotten.
    And before anyone asks,yes they were well made bales but of soft pasture hay.


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