Small hay bale question

stockdogtta · #21 07/30/12, 02:48 PM

I say somewhere in the 625 range....13x6=78x8=624

pancho · #22 07/30/12, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by arabian knight

And it all depends on the Size of those bales. Are they small light weight "kickers" That are small and at 40 or so in weight, or are they "Huge Kickers"
The ones I get are roughly 40 inches long, and I can stack 3 high would be about 4 feet~!
Are they 2 string bales? Are they 3 string bales.
Size matters in this case as to how many you are going to get in said space.

Not a lot of people know and less care but the govt. has given weights and measurements for a bale of hay.

solidwoods · #23 07/30/12, 03:02 PM

You can get about 4000 cubic feet of bailed hay in 20x20x10.
jim

coolrunnin · #24 07/30/12, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by FarmBoyBill

Now fellers, This would be in a hay loft, so the bottom tier wouldnt rot, and above the box would be a inverted V roof so I could stand to put those last 2 tiers in .

And yes, ive tripped on strings on light bales before. Not on the tighter and heavier ones. BUT Ive sure fallen through the cracks MANY times on bales that ws set on edge.

I wouldnt work for a farmer but once if he stacked them all on edge.

Around here we all stacked em on edge and if you fell thru the cracks you werent doing it right.

JohnP · #25 07/30/12, 03:59 PM

20'x20'x10' converted to inches is 240"x240"x120"
bales are 14"x18"x36"
240" divide 36" is 6.6666666667 so 6 bales lengthwise in 20'
240" divide 18" is 13.3333333 so 13 bales the short way in 20'
120" divide 14" is 8.57 so they can be stacked 8 high

6x13x8=624 bales total

I got A;s in math and flunked most everything else and I'm a fabricator, not a farmer.

78 bales per tier

FarmboyBill · #26 07/30/12, 04:08 PM

U must be right then

Yeah CR , like I said Id only work once for a guy who stacked them all on edge. All ours was twine up home. Most people didnt even stack the bottom tier on edge. If they did we built the first on edge, and the 2nd on top of it flat and came out up to the front and then all the rest was stacked regular. Likely that was the way it was done, hence I dont remember if we stacked them on edge on the floor or not really. As long as that second tier was laid on top the first on edge and we came out to the front, then we could walk on them flat all the way to the top of the barn. I have been in a few barns where we stacked them to where I could touch the hay rail. Boy, when your that close to the top, it gets hot, and you keep close company with the bees.

FarmboyBill · #27 07/30/12, 04:18 PM

yep John Your right on the 78.
1 bale 14in high
10 bales 140in high
140inches = 12 high WITH useing peak.

78 = 1 tier
780 =10+156 bales = 936, hopefully a 1000 into the peak.

wy_white_wolf · #28 07/30/12, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnP

20'x20'x10' converted to inches is 240"x240"x120"
bales are 14"x18"x36"
240" divide 36" is 6.6666666667 so 6 bales lengthwise in 20'
240" divide 18" is 13.3333333 so 13 bales the short way in 20'
120" divide 14" is 8.57 so they can be stacked 8 high

6x13x8=624 bales total

I got A;s in math and flunked most everything else and I'm a fabricator, not a farmer.

78 bales per tier

With .66 left over one can easlily run a row of bales turned the other direction and get 6 more bales per layer. 84 X 8 = 672

Also 8 layers will end up 6" short of the 10' hieght. Place the first layer on it's side and get 17 bales instead of 13. 17 x 8 = 136 +6 = 142 in the first layer and 7 layers of 84 on top for 730 bales total.

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