Good info everyone, thanks I think I got it. When you people say square bales do you mean square same size on all sides or long one way and square the other? I have never seen a square square bale and I am an old fart.

 

I've never seen a "square bale either......I assume they are speaking of rectangular shaped bales.

 

you either have round bales or what a lot of us folks have always called square bales even tho for you retentive people they are not perfectly square

 

Actually I thought you guys may have developed a new size in baling.....we have just begun to see round bales here, but we have at least five sizes of
"square" bales that I know of.

 

yea small squares and the the size goes up. i haul out of n.m. a lot. cant seem to convince folks around here to go with the big squares they want rounds which are a pain to haul

 

I saw a guy N. of Dallas who had a trailer built for round bales. He towed 14 at a time. My neighbor hauls small square bales(about 85 lbs) into a banded cube of 18 bales....pretty handy.......he can haul 6 cubes at a time with his trailer.

 

Was that a modified flatbed? Or was it one of the purpose built round bale wagons?

I've seen the ones that haul two rows side by side in the cradle with the flat side forward. Makes for a wide load when you're dealing with 6' rolls. Plus it requires the grapple to load as far as I know.

Most balers in this area do the 5' wide rolls, so they're a little wide on the trailer. But most of the bought hay we've picked up has been the 4' wide rolls. They haul really nice since they sit perfectly on the deck with no overhang.

 

Looked like a custom built trailer. Carried them in two rows of seven. Bales went into a V shaped carrier.

 

Was this it?

http://www.kensi90.com/prairiepride.htm

Would be nice for moving hay since it saves the unloading time.

 

Looked a lot like it, he had seven per side. I think his was a triple axle. What class Justin......77 here.

 

Class of '98 here.

 

My nephew is class of 2000.

 

You folks are wondering what a "square" bale of has is........

Help me understand what a "round" bale of has looks like!

 

Weighs usually from 1600-2200 lbs is about 5' in diameter and 6' long. A lot of times you will see a greenish mesh fabric wrapped around them.