modern roto-baler?

ibexowner wrote: Can you post a link to the lower cost balers that will work on a compact tractor, i assume they weight less than 1,000 lbs ?

That lower cost baler plus a used WD or D17 might still cost less than $5000 combined.

Seems to not know the history of the Roto baler, I suppose it's possible but not likely for an AC enthusiasts.

Edited by ibexowner - 06 Sep 2019 at 3:16pm

Where at in Northern VA I'm right down the road,I'd like to see this thing in action.

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House west of dc, near front royal, nearer to woodstock va, baling more next week.

Gary Burnett wrote: thendrix wrote: I agree Hubert. I can't see a lot of moisture resistance because if rain soaks the first 3 or 4 inches you lose a fair percentage of the bale With an AC Roto Baler if the bales are baled as large as they can go and baled very tight they'll keep real well out in the field,and when baling that tight it'll make a WD45 snort a little when the bale is close to being finished.

yes sir...very weather resistant...now they must be turned a 1/4 turn or so after a hard rain and the sun comes out, but they will stay nice for awhile outside

$5 says ibexowner is some sort of: marketer, importer, dealer, employee.....cleverly discussing his ibex with us.  Any takers?

Never argue with an ibex...

jaybmiller wrote: OK, I have a question... If rotobalers are so good, yet parts dang hard to find, WHY isn't someone making and selling parts for them ? Really ,with today's tech , I can tka e afew photos..import to PC, PC to CNC , and presto ..out pops the part. press x2 and two more magically appear. While I may have simplified the proceedure ,  my friend does exactly that in wood( easier and cleaner) not steel. Hek, if you've got a good working one, ship it to China, they'll 'reverse engineer' it in a week, you'll have brand new roto-balers by Xmas ! Just saying IF the demand was there...... Jay

Jay,
I do that with steel.
Just today I popped out the part for a local feed mill, to replace one on their 50+ year old corn cracker.
Picture of new part.

Roto baler might have been a innovative idea at its time but certainly crude by today’s standards. Like many of Allis’s ideas maybe too far ahead of its time.

My mottto is until I can afford a good over the edge net wrap I’ll much sooner hire it out. My custom baler is running a $60,000 plus Krone.

Actually, in Swinford's book, he mentions that AC was toying with the idea of a large round baler, made by Hawk-Bilt.  tests proved less than satisfactory, it was a ground driven baler, that rolled up a loose bale, if at all...

Edited by DiyDave - 14 Sep 2019 at 5:44pm

Back in the 70's I put up 6000 allis round bales a year. We used barge wagons and had a loader that picked them off the ground and lifted into the wagon . Put 122 bales on each wagon. Stacked most either in the barn loft or the machine shed. Yes we used an allis elevator to get them up into the loft. Out side the barn two rows of deader posts 50 f apart to be the stack ends uaually 1000 bales outside. The roto baler made great bales but they required a lot of hard labor. Squares were just easier to handle they stacked Better but you really need to cover them outside or they soak all the way thru. We use nothing but large rounds now 6x5 bales rolled tight their about 2000 lbs. and require a much larger unit to handle them but no manual labor involved. We can carry 48 bales at a time and leave a loader in the field and use a pay loader at the farm. That would be 1600 square bales. We get alfalfa in squares for the calving shed stack of 200 on the bale handler and I have to restack them to get in the building

Dang it girl!! If my eyes don’t deceive me, she looked barefoot.
If gonna venture a guess here; when it comes time for nighty-night, and they are engaged in some ‘adult activities’, he better make damn sure she ‘gets to the mountain top’, or she’ll beat the crap out of him.