I built something somewhat similar when I was in the small square hay business (no longer doing that). Mine didn't "pivot" at the back corner to squeeze, but instead, it slid each side in straight, using one hydraulic cylinder (plumbed together) for each side. The "pivot" design will tend to make the stack bow out in the center away from the tractor when you squeeze, more than a straight in squeeze design would, and, it will make it almost imperative that you have some space between stacks in the barn. Mine held 27 bales in a 6' high x 8' wide stack, with the bale seams all overlapping (4 bales high on edge). I also still had to hand stack them, but I did that at home, out of the hay racks. I'd park my flatbed alongside of the rack, fill my "squeeze", and then put them in the barn. We had 2 balers and 15 hay racks, all 9x18's, so we could make about 2500-3000 bales at a turn, then get them in the shed, and unload them there, even if it was raining (in SE Minnesota, we were almost always trying to beat a rain). Could stack them in the barn, and retrieve them again with the squeeze. Even though I always made exceptionally tight bales (always had the baler cranked down as tight as it could go), I still always had an "issue" with the stack "expanding" when I let the pressure off with the squeeze... and that was then of course accentuated with additional layers (second stack on top). I went to wrapping the stack with twine on the top and bottom layers once I squeezed them, hand tying them. Though we had somewhat "reasonable" capacity, this was still a very labor intensive process, and slow. I had designed a system to make my "stacks" automatically right behind the baler, but never did get around to building it, because I got out of the hay business. That system would have bound the bundled bales, somewhat similarly to the way that a Bale Baron or Bale-Bandit does. I did approach a major manufacturer with my design... they liked it, but said that the small square market was so small anymore that they couldn't justify manufacture... I've since converted my "squeeze" into a round bale unroller for feeding the cattle in the pasture.
We are just a little deep south hay producer, My Son is a Hands Off Small bale thinker......Every time you hand touch a small square you lose money.....So with that in mind , We started With A Bale Bandit and later upgraded to a Bale Baron...... The !840 MF baler Bale Baron combo is used both stationary under cover for rebaling Rounds in the winter & in the field during the summer....... You can handle THE Baron Bundles with a Marcrest design bale spear...... We have a Small(5045E Deere) that will fit inside a box van....for loading 36- 21 bale bundles in a 53 ft trailer..... Recent Video showing Operation in the field and under Cover.......
Really like the clamp idea over most others with the hooks to hold the bales
I built something somewhat similar when I was in the small square hay business (no longer doing that). Mine didn't "pivot" at the back corner to squeeze, but instead, it slid each side in straight, using one hydraulic cylinder (plumbed together) for each side. The "pivot" design will tend to make the stack bow out in the center away from the tractor when you squeeze, more than a straight in squeeze design would, and, it will make it almost imperative that you have some space between stacks in the barn. Mine held 27 bales in a 6' high x 8' wide stack, with the bale seams all overlapping (4 bales high on edge). I also still had to hand stack them, but I did that at home, out of the hay racks. I'd park my flatbed alongside of the rack, fill my "squeeze", and then put them in the barn. We had 2 balers and 15 hay racks, all 9x18's, so we could make about 2500-3000 bales at a turn, then get them in the shed, and unload them there, even if it was raining (in SE Minnesota, we were almost always trying to beat a rain). Could stack them in the barn, and retrieve them again with the squeeze. Even though I always made exceptionally tight bales (always had the baler cranked down as tight as it could go), I still always had an "issue" with the stack "expanding" when I let the pressure off with the squeeze... and that was then of course accentuated with additional layers (second stack on top). I went to wrapping the stack with twine on the top and bottom layers once I squeezed them, hand tying them.
Though we had somewhat "reasonable" capacity, this was still a very labor intensive process, and slow. I had designed a system to make my "stacks" automatically right behind the baler, but never did get around to building it, because I got out of the hay business. That system would have bound the bundled bales, somewhat similarly to the way that a Bale Baron or Bale-Bandit does. I did approach a major manufacturer with my design... they liked it, but said that the small square market was so small anymore that they couldn't justify manufacture...
I've since converted my "squeeze" into a round bale unroller for feeding the cattle in the pasture.
Love it, thanks for the video.
Nice setup.
How is that quick hitch made? I like it
Am I missing something? How is that saving labor if somebody had to hand stack the groups in the field? Try beating the rain with this system.
We are just a little deep south hay producer, My Son is a Hands Off Small bale thinker......Every time you hand touch a small square you lose money.....So with that in mind , We started With A Bale Bandit and later upgraded to a Bale Baron...... The !840 MF baler Bale Baron combo is used both stationary under cover for rebaling Rounds in the winter & in the field during the summer....... You can handle THE Baron Bundles with a Marcrest design bale spear...... We have a Small(5045E Deere) that will fit inside a box van....for loading 36- 21 bale bundles in a 53 ft trailer..... Recent Video showing Operation in the field and under Cover.......
Oops... sorry, my clamp held 36 bales, not 27. 9 to a layer, 4 layers high.
I am definitely stealing this idea! its a shame you have only produced one video
Could not hear you