How do you pick up your bales?

**downtownjr** · 08-31-2008 10:09 PM

What type of system do you use to pick up bales, accumulator, hay basket, bale wagon, or the old fashion way, sweat and muscle. I threw some name brand accumulators out there to use the 10 choices, although I know there are more. I know some folks, such as myself, are thinking about one soon. Thanks and hope everyone has had a great Labor Day weekend.

**greenacres** · 09-01-2008 01:29 PM

bale thrower into a thrower rack for small sqs' and tractor and loader for big sqs' with two big 20 ft racks to haul on 12 ton gears

**JD4755** · 09-01-2008 07:24 PM

My vote went for "Other", since our stacker is home built and the bales are just a little too big to pick up by hand

**Hayboy1** · 09-01-2008 09:21 PM

14 hay racks with two NH balers and seriously thinking of an accumulator system!!

**4020man** · 09-02-2008 10:06 PM

I have a thrower behind my baler. Still have to unload them by hand though, but it saves a lot of labor not having to handle the hay twice.

**OhioHay** · 09-07-2008 08:57 PM

We have two 15 bale Kuhns. This is our fourth year with them and have been well satisfied.

**swmnhay** · 09-10-2008 07:12 AM

I use a Highine 14 bale mover to pickup rd bales.One person can pickup 500 bales in a day if unloading on end of field.Some of the best money I have spent in my hay opperation.

**haymaker** · 09-12-2008 10:33 AM

I have what they call a three bale accumulator for a 3x4 baler, it dumps two at a time. It works well because you can group the bales across the field more, or have the capacity to go to the end of the field and dump them. You travel across the field alot less.