Do you load a trailer in the field then unload at the stack, or can you put them on a hay rack 3x4 bale feeder free slide them off? Are there any tricks to feeding other than one guy in the pickup cab and another guy on the flatbed? Just trying to keep things cost effective. Clinton If you are talking 3x3x8 or 3x4x8 3x4 bale feeder free, We load'em on a hay wagon or flat bed trailer with loader tractor then unload them into pole shed with skid steer or vice'a versa.

I would recommend at least a 3 prong bale spear 4 works better. Keep the spears all in line, not a tri-angle type spears like round 3x4 bale feeder free guys use and have a hard time pulling out of the bale.

Clinton, hello! I think you will like the 3x4's once you get used to them. The truckers prefer them also if you sell any hay We have done 4X4's for 20 years and really like them. Tried many stacking methods and just depends on your labor situation.

Heck, even pickups and gooseneck trailers work and have a guy chase them around with the loader. Those bales are light enough most loaders should be able to pack 2 if not 3 depends. The neighbor used to have one and really liked it for stacking and loading bales. But spears will work just fine too. As far as feeding I just put the pickup in low and get on the back and go 3x4 bale feeder free flaking it off We use tractors when its tough going but otherwise.

How far south of Billings are you I farm and ranch near FortSmith, like to meet you someday Oh nice Clinton, I haven't been through Bridger for about a year, maybe we can meet up sometime my email is good. Did 3x4 bale feeder free get that road project all done yet?? I'm only about 12 miles south of ST. We eat at Edgar once in a while, and I know the Buckeye has good food also Take care, still kinda wintery here today for this time of the year.

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Message format Flat Threaded 3x4 bale feeder free. Hello, I was 3x4 bale feeder free how many guys out there put up 3x4 3x4 bale feeder free bales? Do you load a trailer in the field then unload at the stack, or can you put them on a bale rack and slide them off using the truck hoist?

Thanks for the spear "tip" haha. We will be putting up 3x4x8 bales. Ben D, N CA. Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot. I don't put any up, but most of what I feed is 3x4x8's. I'd rather feed our 3 tie bales, just easier to feed for smaller herds. The biggest problem is if you are only feeding part of a bale.

Unload and stack in the barn with a squeeze. You can do the same thing with a spear rather than a squeeze, just takes a little longer. An accumulator on the baler will 3x4 bale feeder free speed things up immensely.

How far from field to barn? 3x4 bale feeder free just flake the bales off on the ground. Like you said, one guy or a kid or dog driving the pickup, and another guy flaking hay off. Newhouse makes a really nice, and really expensive feeder. Robbins equipment is supposed to have something quite a bit cheaper that just flakes the bales off as well.

Huntley Montana. Grapple forks to load out, like farmhand loaders on s. Big Square. Eastern Half of Kansas. Fwiw, you could have about 14k invested in a hydra bed and hydra flaker new not including a truck. 3x4 bale feeder free look around 3x4 bale feeder free can find some used. I have in my hydra bed and hydra flaker, 3x4 bale feeder free came from separate auctions. Not including truck. To feed by yourself manual transmission truck in 4 wheel low can allow you to flake off bales easily.

Or I'll feed with tractor 3x4 bale feeder free 16' flat trailer and put it in low and flake off. Starting out two loader tractors or skid steers and couple ft goosenecks, straight trucks or hay trailers can move more hay than your baler can put out an hour it just takes labor.

But guys with trailers and doing their own loading and unloading of bales and move plenty of hay. Good to know. I will look a little harder for a good Hydra-Bed, they are they preferred brand in our area. Are you located in ks? Freight might add up some depending on where you are on a dealers price of new.

Besler 3x4 bale feeder free a flaker that could probably be used with most any bale bed. It might take alot of looking, I figured 9k for a bed and 5k for the flaker, I might be a lil off with that.

I am south of Billings, Montana. I didn't call anyone else though. That might be inline because of freight from kansas and since the last time I priced. SE MT. We are at Bridger, MT. About 50 miles south of Billings. I just went to Hardin through St. X the other day DV, NV. Cheapest way to move bales is with lots of junk equipment and free help I know from experience as I was the free help. Really spoiled with my Kirby bale feeder now, and the tractor heater works better than the IH flatbed with no doors!

We roadside with a Freemanmove with squeeze and trucks. Loading feed wagon is much better with loader and forks. Robbins feeder is okay, really slow as you have to cut strings one bale at a time and it's hard to hold a cut bale in the feeder. Do you ever see many of the Freeman stackers for sale? If so how much do they run? Our baler happens to be 3x4 bale feeder free Freeman Most guys willing to buy one put a lot of hay through them.

I'm not up on the models, but if you can find one of the models that doesn't cross tie the blocks it 'should' be cheaper. WY, OK. It is miserable feeding large squares with a pitch fork. If you are feeding one a week it would be fine but a day isn't feasible, at least "here". It is actually far easier to feed them off a regular flatbed than a bale bed.

If you have the arms up or out at all, all they do is catch the flakes and make it even worse unless you load them sideways and raise the arms to 90 degrees and feed them off the side.

I flip them on edge, load them lengthwise on the bed with about 4" hanging off the side the length of the bale. Cut the twine and it is pretty easy to flip flakes off. Most of it will bounce off when you hit a frozen cowpie. If they are flat, and none of it is hanging off, you are right, it is very miserable. If you've got much to feed, just try setting the bales out. Only 3x4 bale feeder free I won't do it with is alfalfa now.

They just eat it up too quick. But grain hay, grass straw, wheat straw and cornstalks Don't even cut the twine. Just pick the twine up the next day if your feeding lots, or in a few days if not many cows. Works about like a self feeder.