JeffP40
Well-Known Member
This sounds like a wreck waiting to happen. Good thing it's not something serious. First off, it's bales, not bails. You don't say what kind of bales, so I we are assuming small squares. The most labor intensive pieces of schit there are. Pretty much trashed my back following my stupid dad around while he stuffed these into a cow. All by hand, couldn't use any machinery. Round bales make much more sense, if you have a tractor to move them. One guy with a moco and round baler can do about 40 acres in three or four days. A lot less screwing around.
Your neighbor is an idiot if he thinks he can get 1000 bales off of 2 acres. That figures out to be about 25 ton per acre. Not. Three or four ton per acre total is more like it. That rate would give you about 300+ 50# bales. If they are heavier, you will get less.
You said there are a group of you. That usually doesn't make for a smooth operation either, usually someone will have an opinion without a clue as to what they are doing. If the neighbor wants the hay for doing the work, then that makes it easy. Just let him do it and stay out of the way. If he wants you to help, it could be a pain. "Hobby farmers" generally do things the hard way.
Your neighbor is an idiot if he thinks he can get 1000 bales off of 2 acres. That figures out to be about 25 ton per acre. Not. Three or four ton per acre total is more like it. That rate would give you about 300+ 50# bales. If they are heavier, you will get less.
You said there are a group of you. That usually doesn't make for a smooth operation either, usually someone will have an opinion without a clue as to what they are doing. If the neighbor wants the hay for doing the work, then that makes it easy. Just let him do it and stay out of the way. If he wants you to help, it could be a pain. "Hobby farmers" generally do things the hard way.
