bale basket

[Dave H (MI)]

Anyone know how much these are new? I don't want to get on the radar of some starving salesman so I was hoping someone here could tell me.

 

[muleman51]

I have no idea about a hay basket, but do know what you mean about getting bombarded. Yesterday I looked up about a Buick, before I got do looking I had two phone calls.

 

[Keith Molden]

I have 2 of them I bought year before last, both are in good condition but could use some repainting to make them pretty. They hold about 80 bales each. I also have the hitch that fits onto the baler. I gave $3000 for the two of them and don't think I will put any more square bales so they are for sale here in Meigs County, Ohio. Emails open

 

[Chester5731]

Last year I bought 2 new ones. They were $4700 each. Well worth it as far as I m concerned. If you need the offset hitch for a new holland baler I have two of them in the thumb of MI. I switched to a Deere baler.

 

[Dave H (MI)]

I have a JD baler too. A couple years ago I bought two baskets from two different sellers. I paid the one guy $1K and the other $850. The cheaper one has very little paint but is the better of the two. I want to pick up a couple more. They work well with my small square operation now that help is so scarce. The ones listed currently on marketplace have been on there for years. No one is budging on price so I thought I would do my homework and see if I was wrong or they were.

 

[Leroy]

I would never have one to dump every load on a pile to get farther and farther away from where you want to start storing then, possibly the end of elevatot to get them into barn. Wagons to get load to where you want to unload are too cheap for the hasel of getting multiple loads spread out a good distans from where you actually want to store the bales. Then have the chaf spread out every place to have to clean up after storing the bales. Only time I can see them workin is with crew to keep unloading then direct to truck in field where you do not worry about chalf build up as location for every load would be moved. Years ago hay buyer worked that way but have not seen any square bale hay buyers for years. When we put hay in barn elevator got set until barn was full and with them first load would not be far from end of elevator but you dump second load farther to carry then third load still farther to carry and fourth load still getting way to far to carry bale to get on elevator. Wagon you can pull full up to elevator and when empty pull the next full one up. And If you had shed room for wagons or a tarp you could get bales in dry if rain started and kept up for a solid week or more. and those bales dumped from the basket even if covered with tarp laying on ground would get wet. If you had enough help to keep all the hay up the elevator as being baled then could not have thar problem but who has that kind of help? Have not seen any bale baskets for years now, only were around for a couple of years then gone.

 

[Ken Macfarlane]

I was told the forage kings are only built every few years now in short runs.

Ive bought 7 over the last few years over a wide range of prices. We are going to try to hunt down a few more, work great for us. We have a few kicker wagons and a friend still has a kicker but they are a pain in butt especially for delivery sales.

 

[Chester5731]

I just back up to the elevator, trip the back then prop up the gate. Works great. Nothing spread out.

 

[deere4040]

No affiliation. Just don't see these in this area. May be of interest to someone.
https://meadville.craigslist.org/grd/d/butler-ez-trail-hay-basket-wagons/7563096520.html

 

[Leroy]

Sounds like you do not need to unload for every load baled but just to deliever to a buyer and drop the load and let then take care of the hay. If so then you don't need to consider when you are going to be able to get help to put in storage. Even 50 years ago would never be assured of help for unloading at baling time so you would not be having that problem that I see as the biggest problem for most. I think finding help would be worse now.

 

[Leroy]

If you have somebody to take care of what you droped while you bale the next
load good. Most people would have to wait a week to even get any help putting
it up and that is when it would get spread out with multiple loads droped.
This is as you are working by yourself. You drop the load and have to take
care of it when you should be back out baling anouther load.

 

[Chester5731]

Just me and my girls. No counting on anyone else.