It ’s July , which means it’shay seasonon my northernWisconsin farm . As soon as we can catch a three - daylight windowpane of sun without any chance of thunderstorm popping up ( they can be irregular ) , we ’ll cut and bale as many fields as clock time will allow .
In the meanwhile , we ’re staying busy preparing equipment and stocking up on supplies , including bale twine .
We sure enough do n’t want to run out . Without twine , our baler ca n’t tie off the pocket-sized square bales we make , and we would n’t get very far in the baling process .
If you ’re just getting bulge baling your own hay , you might question how to account the amount of bale string you ’ll involve for the season . It ’s not hard , but it does require a little high school algebra and a couple of cardinal numbers to work with — namely , the number of bales you expect to produce and the size of the bales in interrogation .
Hopefully you have an estimate of how many bale you ’ll be produce during any give three - day windowpane . If you ’re not sure yet , take a hypothesis for calculating function . Then buy some additional twine so you ’ll have a reserve stockpile if your harvest outmatch expectation .
utilize this checklist to ensure you ’re quick for hay season .
Calculating for square bales
Now it ’s time to pull out a figurer and initiate crunching some numbers .
First — how large are the Basel you ’re producing ? If you ’re working with square bale , determine the circumference by add the width ( W ) to the tallness ( total heat ) and multiplying the result by two .
Then multiple the circumference by the issue of strings enclose around each Basle ( S ) . This will give you length of string used per Basle ( TPB ) .
The convention await like this :
( W + H ) x 2 x due south = TPB
If your Basel measure 3 feet long by 1 1/2 - feet high , and each bale is wrapped with two strings , then every bale will apply 18 infantry of twine :
( 3 + 1.5 ) x 2 x 2 = 18
If you carry to get 1,000 bales , you ’ll take 18,000 feet ( 18 x 1,000 ) of baling twine . A distich of 9,000 - metrical unit drum roll should do the whoremaster .
Square Basel or round — which is right for you ?
Calculating for round bales
A different normal can be apply if you ’re get pear-shaped bales envelop with twine .
manifold the diameter of the bale ( D ) by 3.14 to determine the circumference , then reproduce the circuit by the figure of sentence the twine will be wrapped around the bale ( roentgen ) to determine the length of string used per bale ( TPB ):
D x 3.14 x R = TPB
A round bale with a diameter of 5 feet , wrap 30 time , will postulate 471 foot of string :
5 x 3.14 x 30 = 471
Thus , a 16,000 - invertebrate foot part of twine will be sufficient for just shy of 34 Bale ( 16,000 ÷ 471 = 33.97 ) . If you plan on produce 50 bales , you ’ll require 23,550 feet of twine ( 50 x 471 = 23,550 ) .
When copulate with an accurate projection of the bit of Bale you ’ll be producing , these bare formula can chop-chop influence how much twine you ’ll need to purchase .
Have fun baling !
